WebLogic

Jon Mountjoy has worked with J2EE technologies since their inception, and with WebLogic in particular. He currently works as a Product Development Manager at a firm specializing in risk management, and has held posts training and consulting in J2EE technologies. Jon has a post-graduate degree in computer science. Avinash Chugh presently works as Senior Development Manager for a firm that produces software for the regulated industries (finance, energy, pharmaceutics). He has over three years experience with J2EE technologies, primarily on the WebLogic Server. Avinash holds a post-graduate degree in computer applications from Delhi University. He likes to spend his free time on vegetarian cooking, racquet sports, and ambient/experimental music.

Preface; 1. Introduction Overview of WebLogic Server Software and Versions Getting Started with WebLogic Server; 2. Web Applications Packaging and Deployment Configuring Web Applications Servlets and JSPs JSP Tag Libraries Session Tracking Session Persistence Clusters and Replicated Persistence Configuring a Simple Web Cluster Security Configuration Monitoring Web Applications; 3. Managing the Web Server Configuring WebLogic's HTTP Server Virtual Hosting HTTP Access Logs Understanding Proxies Web Server Plug-ins; 4. Using JNDI and RMI Using WebLogic's JNDI Using JNDI in a Clustered Environment Using WebLogic's RMI Using WebLogic's RMI over IIOP; 5. JDBC Overview of JDBC Resources Configuring JDBC Connectivity WebLogic's Wrapper Drivers Rowsets Clustering and JDBC Connections; 6. Transactions Overview EJB Transactions The Transaction Service Managing WebLogic JTA; 7. J2EE Connectors Assembling and Deploying Resource Adapters Configuring Resource Adapters WebLogic-Specific Configuration Options Using the Resource Adapter Monitoring Connections; 8. JMS Configuring JMS Resources Optimizing JMS Performance Controlling Message Delivery JMS Programming Issues Clustered JMS WebLogic's Messaging Bridge Monitoring JMS; 9. JavaMail Configuring a Mail Session Using JavaMail Using Other JavaMail Providers; 10. Using EJBs Getting Started Development Guidelines Managing WebLogic's EJB Container Configuring Entity Beans EJBs and Transactions EJBs and Clustering; 11. Using CMP and EJB QL Building CMP Entity Beans Features of WebLogic's CMP Container-Managed Relationships EJB QL; 12. Packaging and Deployment Packaging Deployment Tools Application Deployment WebLogic's Classloading Framework Deployment Considerations Split Directory Development; 13. Managing Domains Structure of a Domain Designing a Domain Creating Domains Domain Backups Handling System Failure Domain Network Configuration Node Manager The Server Life Cycle Monitoring a WebLogic Domain; 14. Clustering An Overview of Clustering A Closer Look at the Frontend Tier Load-Balancing Schemes Using J2EE Services on the Object Tier Combined-Tier Architecture Securing a Clustered Solution Machines, Replication Groups, and Failover Network Configuration Monitoring Clusters; 15. Performance, Monitoring and Tuning Tuning WebLogic Applications Tuning the Application Server Tuning the JVM; 16. SSL An Overview of SSL Configuring WebLogic's SSL Programmatic SSL Mapping Certificates to WebLogic Users; 17. Security The Java Security Manager Connection Filtering The Security Provider Architecture The Providers Configuring Trust Between Two Domains JAAS Authentication in a Client Creating a Custom Authentication Provider Creating an Identity Assertion Provider; 18. XML JAXP Built-in Processors The XML Registry XML Application Scoping WebLogic's Streaming API WebLogic's XPath API Miscellaneous Extensions; 19. Web Services Using the Web Services Framework Web Service Design Considerations Implementing the Backend Components Datatypes Implem