BEA WebLogic Server 8 For Dummies

385 Pages·2003·7.863 MB·English

by  Jeff Heaton

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BEA WebLogic
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FOR
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BEA WebLogic
Server 8
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FOR
DUMmIES
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by Jeff Heaton
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BEA WebLogic Server™8 For Dummies®
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About the Author
Jeff Heatonis the author of four books and more than two dozen articles, a
college instructor, and a consultant. He teaches introductory and advanced
Java at St. Louis Community College at Meramec. His specialty is in Internet,
socket-level/spidering, and artificial intelligence programming. Many exam-
ples and tutorials can be found at his web site at http://www.jeffheaton.com.
Jeff is a Sun Certified Java Programmer, a member of the IEEE, and holds a
master’s degree in Information Management from Washington University in
St. Louis.
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Dedication
This book is dedicated to my mother, Mary Heaton, for always supporting me
in everything I do. I love you very much and am very grateful for all you have
done for me over the years.
Author’s Acknowledgments
There are many people who were helpful in the creation of this book.
I owe a great deal to Susan Pink for all her hard work editing this book and
making sure that my ideas stayed on track and were easy to follow. I would
also like to thank Allen Wyatt for helping construct the flow of many of the
chapters in this book and adding additional material. Will Iverson did a great
job as technical editor, making sure everything was just right and suggesting
additional material as needed.
Everyone at Wiley was easy to work with, and I appreciate your support.
Iwould like to thank Melody Layne for working out the initial details of this
book and making it a reality. Melody was also helpful in getting information
about version 8.1 of WebLogic.
Finally, I would like to thank everyone at the Studio B agency for helping with
this and other book projects of mine. In particular, thanks to Laura Lewin for
all your help and being my agent on this book.
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Contents at a Glance
Introduction.................................................................1
Part I: Installing and Configuring WebLogic ..................7
Chapter 1: Introducing Application Servers ..................................................................9
Chapter 2: Installing WebLogic Server ..........................................................................17
Chapter 3: Gentlemen, Start Your WebLogic Engines .................................................35
Chapter 4: Configuring and Administering WebLogic ................................................45
Part II: Understanding WebLogic Components .............67
Chapter 5: Creating Web Applications ..........................................................................69
Chapter 6: Using EJBs ....................................................................................................87
Chapter 7: Using Entity Beans .....................................................................................107
Chapter 8: Stepping Up to Enterprise Applications ..................................................139
Part III: Employing Web Services ..............................153
Chapter 9: Building and Deploying Web Services .....................................................155
Chapter 10: Accessing Web Services ..........................................................................173
Chapter 11: Using WebLogic Workshop .....................................................................183
Part IV: The Forgotten Services .................................201
Chapter 12: Accessing Data with JDBC .......................................................................203
Chapter 13: Finding EJBs with JNDI ............................................................................219
Chapter 14: Using Transactions with JTA ...................................................................229
Chapter 15: Sending Messages Between Programs with JMS ..................................239
Part V: Big-Time, Heavy-Duty Server Configuration ....269
Chapter 16: Working with Server Clusters .................................................................271
Chapter 17: Tuning WebLogic Server .........................................................................289
Chapter 18: Implementing Security .............................................................................301
Part VI: The Part of Tens ..........................................319
Chapter 19: Ten Best Practices for Developers .........................................................321
Chapter 20: Ten Tips for Administrators ....................................................................327
Chapter 21: Ten Tasks Before Going Live ...................................................................333
Index.......................................................................339
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