Oracle Application Server 10g J2EE Deployment and Administration

Oracle Application Server 10g: J2EE Deployment and Administration focuses on the latest version of Oracle's fully J2EE-certified application server (previously called Oracle9iAS). Oracle Corporation is aggressively attacking this market with a new lost-cost version of the server, as well as a program to move BEA customers onto Oracle free of charge. Adoption interest is growing rapidly amidst favorable reports regarding performance and reliability.

Deploying and configuring J2EE applications are some of the trickiest processes in J2EE development, and they unfortunately receive scant attention in general J2EE texts. This book is a focused, no-frills guide to getting J2EE applications up and running on 10g. It covers Oracle's J2EE container, OC4J (available free of charge for development purposes), in full detail. It moves on to explain how to best configure and use the various enterprise-level features that come with the commercial editions. This is the book for anyone wanting to stay ahead in the world of Oracles application servers.

1 Overview of Features, Editions, and Releases.- 2 Developing with Oracle 10g AS.- 3 OC4J Installation and Runtime Behavior.- 4 General Server Configuration.- 5 Configuring JNDI and JDBC Services.- 6 Configuring Java Message Service.- 7 Security.- 8 Using JavaMail and Java APIs for XML.- 9 J2EE Application Deployment.- 10 Web Applications.- 11 Enterprise JavaBeans.- 12 J2EE Connectors.- 13 Configuring Web Services.- 14 Application Clients.- 15 Architecture and Deployment Topologies.- 16 Installation and Administration.- 17 Configuring J2EE Services.- 18 Deploying Applications.- 19 Configuring Web Caching.- 20 Configuring Enterprise Security.- 21 Configuring Clustering and Failover.- Appendix A Server Configuration Files and Document Type Declaration.- Server Configuration Files.- Location.- Files and Descriptions.- Appendix B Deployment Descriptors and Document Type Declaration.- Deployment Descriptor Files.- Location.- Files and Descriptions.- Appendix C Command-Line Utility Usage.- opmnctl Usage.- Purpose.- Location.- Common Usages.- Syntax.- dcmctl Usage.- Purpose.- Location.- Common Usages.- Syntax.- emctl Usage.- Purpose.- Location.- Common Usages.- Syntax.- admin.jar Usage.- Purpose.- Location.- Common Usages.- Syntax.- Appendix D Debugging Tips.- 10g AS Application Server Control Utility.- Description.- 10g AS Application Server Control Logging.- Description.- Logging and Debugging Options within OC4J.- Logging.- Debug Switches.

Erin Mulder has been working with Java since its inception. In recent years, she has helped deliver many successful Java/J2EE applications, including real-time energy usage visualization, network management for video-on-demand servers, financial market analysis, federal government accounting, and contracts management. She uses a combination of open-source and commercial tools, and specializes in making them work well together. Erin has also been a technical editor for several publications and has presented on a variety of topics at Java Users Groups and the JavaOne conference.