WebLogic: The Definitive Guide

Preface; Who Should Read This Book?; Organization; Online Documentation; Conventions Used in This Book; Using Code Examples; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Overview of WebLogic Server; 1.2 Software and Versions; 1.3 Getting Started with WebLogic Server; Chapter 2: Web Applications; 2.1 Packaging and Deployment; 2.2 Configuring Web Applications; 2.3 Servlets and JSPs; 2.4 JSP Tag Libraries; 2.5 Session Tracking; 2.6 Session Persistence; 2.7 Clusters and Replicated Persistence; 2.8 Configuring a Simple Web Cluster; 2.9 Security Configuration; 2.10 Monitoring Web Applications; Chapter 3: Managing the Web Server; 3.1 Configuring WebLogic's HTTP Server; 3.2 Virtual Hosting; 3.3 HTTP Access Logs; 3.4 Understanding Proxies; 3.5 Web Server Plug-ins; Chapter 4: Using JNDI and RMI; 4.1 Using WebLogic's JNDI; 4.2 Using JNDI in a Clustered Environment; 4.3 Using WebLogic's RMI; 4.4 Using WebLogic's RMI over IIOP; Chapter 5: JDBC; 5.1 Overview of JDBC Resources; 5.2 Configuring JDBC Connectivity; 5.3 WebLogic's Wrapper Drivers; 5.4 Rowsets; 5.5 Clustering and JDBC Connections; Chapter 6: Transactions; 6.1 Overview; 6.2 EJB Transactions; 6.3 The Transaction Service; 6.4 Managing WebLogic JTA; Chapter 7: J2EE Connectors; 7.1 Assembling and Deploying Resource Adapters; 7.2 Configuring Resource Adapters; 7.3 WebLogic-Specific Configuration Options; 7.4 Using the Resource Adapter; 7.5 Monitoring Connections; Chapter 8: JMS; 8.1 Configuring JMS Resources; 8.2 Optimizing JMS Performance; 8.3 Controlling Message Delivery; 8.4 JMS Programming Issues; 8.5 Clustered JMS; 8.6 WebLogic's Messaging Bridge; 8.7 Monitoring JMS; Chapter 9: JavaMail; 9.1 Configuring a Mail Session; 9.2 Using JavaMail; 9.3 Using Other JavaMail Providers; Chapter 10: Using EJBs; 10.1 Getting Started; 10.2 Development Guidelines; 10.3 Managing WebLogic's EJB Container; 10.4 Configuring Entity Beans; 10.5 EJBs and Transactions; 10.6 EJBs and Clustering; Chapter 11: Using CMP and EJB QL; 11.1 Building CMP Entity Beans; 11.2 Features of WebLogic's CMP; 11.3 Container-Managed Relationships; 11.4 EJB QL; Chapter 12: Packaging and Deployment; 12.1 Packaging; 12.2 Deployment Tools; 12.3 Application Deployment; 12.4 WebLogic's Classloading Framework; 12.5 Deployment Considerations; 12.6 Split Directory Development; Chapter 13: Managing Domains; 13.1 Structure of a Domain; 13.2 Designing a Domain; 13.3 Creating Domains; 13.4 Domain Backups; 13.5 Handling System Failure; 13.6 Domain Network Configuration; 13.7 Node Manager; 13.8 The Server Life Cycle; 13.9 Monitoring a WebLogic Domain; Chapter 14: Clustering; 14.1 An Overview of Clustering; 14.2 A Closer Look at the Frontend Tier; 14.3 Load-Balancing Schemes; 14.4 Using J2EE Services on the Object Tier; 14.5 Combined-Tier Architecture; 14.6 Securing a Clustered Solution; 14.7 Machines, Replication Groups, and Failover; 14.8 Network Configuration; 14.9 Monitoring Clusters; Chapter 15: Performance, Monitoring, and Tuning; 15.1 Tuning WebLogic Applications; 15.2 Tuning the Application Server; 15.3 Tuning the JVM; Chapter 16: SSL; 16.1 An Overview of SSL; 16.2 Configuring WebLogic's SSL; 16.3 Programmatic SSL; 16.4 Mapping Certificates to WebLogic Users; Chapter 17: Security; 17.1 The Java Security Manager; 17.2 Connection Filtering; 17.3 The Security Provider Architecture; 17.4 The Providers; 17.5 Configuring Trust Between Two Domains; 17.6 JAAS Authentication in a Client; 17.7 Creating a Custom Authentication Provider; 17.8 Creating an Identity Assertion Provider; Chapter 18: XML; 18.1 JAXP; 18.2 Built-in Processors; 18.3 The XML Registry; 18.4 XML Application Scoping; 18.5 WebLogic's Streaming API; 18.6 WebLogic's XPath API; 18.7 Miscellaneous Extensions; Chapter 19: Web Services; 19.1 Using the Web Services Framework; 19.2 Web Service Design Considerations; 19.3 Implementing the Backend Components; 19.4 Datatypes; 19.5 Implementing Clients; 19.6 Reliable SOAP Messaging; 19.7 SOAP Message Handlers; 19.8 Security; 19.9 UDDI; 19.10 Internationalization and Character Sets; Chapter 20: JMX; 20.1 The MBean Architecture; 20.2 Accessing MBean Servers; 20.3 Accessing MBeans; 20.4 Examples; 20.5 MBean Notifications; 20.6 Monitor MBeans; 20.7 Timer MBeans; Chapter 21: Logging and Internationalization; 21.1 The Logging Architecture; 21.2 Listening for Log Messages; 21.3 Generating Log Messages; Chapter 22: SNMP; 22.1 WebLogic's SNMP Infrastructure; 22.2 Using the SNMP Agent; 22.3 Traps; 22.4 SNMP Proxies; Colophon;