J2EE Tutorial THE TM [...]... platform for the server And this book helps, continuing the tradition of The Java™ Tutorial, but this time for the J2EE platform Like the original Tutorial, this is an example-filled, easy-to-use entry point and quick reference for programming with the J2EE platform And I’m sure, like the original tutorial team, Stephanie, Dale, Eric, Kim, and Beth all have stories to tell about the time they’ve spent... included with the browser That guide was the granddaddy of The J2EE™ Tutorial The guide was the first documentation to include applets It looked somewhat similar to The Java™ Tutorial, and in fact The Java™ Tutorial probably still has some of the text originally published in the guide Because we had no HTML tools, however, I had to generate the guide completely by hand Let me tell you, hand coding navigation... to be one of the books in The Java Series, but the publisher wanted it to have a less intimidating name So we changed its name to The Java™ Tutorial There we were, two increasingly large women working insanely long hours to finish the book before the babies arrived in mid1996 We managed—just barely—to get the book to our publisher in time We couldn’t have done it without the help of yet another ex-NeXTer,... Compiling the Enterprise Beans Packaging the Enterprise Beans Compiling the Web Client Packaging the Web Client Compiling the J2EE Application Client Packaging the J2EE Application Client Packaging the Enterprise Archive File Opening the Enterprise Archive File Reviewing JNDI Names Mapping the Security Roles to Groups Deploying the Duke’s Bank Application Creating the Bank Database Running the J2EE... deploying applications for the J2EE platform Kathy Walrath Sun Microsystems San Francisco, CA December 21, 2001 4 On the Web at http://java.sun.com/docs/books /tutorial/ , or in book form as The Java™ Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics Preface T he Java™ Tutorial has been an indispensable resource for many programmers learning the Java programming language This tutorial hopes to serve the same role for developers... encountering the Java™ 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) for the first time It follows an example-oriented focus similar to The Java™ Tutorial Who Should Use This Tutorial This tutorial is intended for programmers interested in developing and deploying J2EE applications It covers the technologies comprising the J2EE platform and describes how to develop J2EE components and deploy them on the J2EE Software... list of the examples and the chapters where they appear xxi xxii PREFACE Prerequisites for the Examples To understand the examples, you will need a good knowledge of the Java programming language, SQL, and relational database concepts The topics in The Java™ Tutorial listed in Table P–1 are particularly relevant Table P–1 Prerequisite Topics Topic Java Tutorial JDBC™ http://java.sun.com/docs/books /tutorial/ jdbc... that the environment variables have been set to the values noted in the Table P–2 Table P–2 Settings for Environment Variables Environment Variable Value JAVA_HOME The location of the J2SE SDK installation J2EE_HOME The location of the J2EE SDK installation ANT_HOME The location of the ant installation PATH Should include the bin directories of the J2EE SDK, J2SE SDK, and ant installations 3 Go to the. .. indicated with the right-arrow character →, for example, First→Second, should be interpreted as: select the First menu, then choose Second from the First submenu Acknowledgments The J2EE tutorial team would like to thank the J2EE SDK team for their technical advice We are extremely grateful to the many internal and external reviewers who provided feedback on the tutorial This helped us to improve the presentation,... book In mid-2000, Mary retired from paid work Alison and I still work on The Java™ Tutorial, in both its Web and book forms Although we rely on guest authors from time to time, the rate of change has become less frantic as the J2SE platform matures The J2EE Tutorial Now there’s a new platform—and a new tutorial in town The success of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) has been phenomenal Developers . somewhat similar to The Java™ Tutorial, and in fact The Java™ Tutorial probably still has some of the text originally published in the guide. Because we. platform for the server. And this book helps, continuing the tradition of The Java™ Tutorial, but this time for the J2EE platform. Like the original Tutorial, this