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Practical J2EE application architecture / Nadir Gulzar.

By: Gulzar, Nadir.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : McGraw-Hill/Osborne, c2003Description: xxv, 373 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0072227117; 9780072227116.Subject(s): Java (Computer program language) | Computer architecture | Computers and IT | Computing & information technology | Computer programming / software engineering | Web programming | Networking packagesDDC classification: 005.133 GUL | 005.133 GUL
Contents:
Part I: Requirements and Architecture Definition -- Requirements Analysis with Use Cases -- Information Architecture for Use Case Elaboration -- Application Architecture, Security and Caching -- Part II: Design and Construction -- Struts-Based Application Architecture -- Presentation Tier Design and Implementation -- Domain Model Design and Implementation -- Business Tier Design and Implementation -- Web Services for Application Integration -- Application Assembly and Deployment.
Summary: Short for Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition, J2EE is a platform-independent, Java-centric environment from Sun for developing, building and deploying Web-based enterprise applications online. The book provides a design-to-deployment roadmap for developers constructing J2EE solutions.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Meant for developers, this title offers a roadmap for building large-scale J2EE applications. It presents a cohesive approach for producing optimal solutions through life-cycle management techniques from inception through deployment. It includes a sample Web site - hosted by the authors - that features demonstrations of the book's concepts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Requirements and Architecture Definition -- Requirements Analysis with Use Cases -- Information Architecture for Use Case Elaboration -- Application Architecture, Security and Caching -- Part II: Design and Construction -- Struts-Based Application Architecture -- Presentation Tier Design and Implementation -- Domain Model Design and Implementation -- Business Tier Design and Implementation -- Web Services for Application Integration -- Application Assembly and Deployment.

Short for Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition, J2EE is a platform-independent, Java-centric environment from Sun for developing, building and deploying Web-based enterprise applications online. The book provides a design-to-deployment roadmap for developers constructing J2EE solutions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreward (p. xvii)
  • Acknowledgments (p. xix)
  • Introduction (p. xxi)
  • Part I Requirements and Architecture Definition
  • Chapter 1 Requirements Analysis with Use Cases (p. 3)
  • Use Case Driven Modeling (p. 4)
  • Defining the Problem Domain (p. 6)
  • GreaterCause System Definition (p. 6)
  • Identifying System Context (p. 8)
  • GreatCause Context Diagrams and Actors (p. 10)
  • Identifying Risk Factors and Dependencies (p. 11)
  • GreaterCause Risk Factors (p. 11)
  • GreaterCause Dependencies (p. 11)
  • Identifying Use Case Packages (p. 12)
  • GreaterCause Use Case Packages (p. 12)
  • Documenting Use Cases (p. 13)
  • Documenting Scenarios with Activity Diagrams (p. 14)
  • Factoring Common Behavior and Variant Behavior (p. 14)
  • Creating a Use Case Summary (p. 15)
  • GreaterCause Use Case Summary (p. 16)
  • Manage Donor and Donations (p. 16)
  • Search NPO (p. 19)
  • Perform GreaterCause.com Site Administration (p. 20)
  • Manage Campaigns (p. 22)
  • NPO Caching (p. 23)
  • Portal Pass-through (p. 25)
  • Summary (p. 27)
  • References (p. 27)
  • Chapter 2 Information Architecture for Use Case Elaboration (p. 29)
  • Beginning of Information Architecture (p. 30)
  • Organizing Content (p. 31)
  • Navigating Content (p. 34)
  • Creating Wire Frames (p. 35)
  • Detailing Use Cases (p. 36)
  • GreaterCause Detailed Use Case Description (p. 37)
  • Summary (p. 48)
  • Chapter 3 Application Architecture, Security, and Caching (p. 49)
  • Application Architecture (p. 50)
  • The 4+1 View Model of Architecture (p. 51)
  • Creating a J2EE Architecture Blueprint (p. 52)
  • J2EE Components in an Architecture (p. 54)
  • Planning Application Security (p. 54)
  • Identifying Security Requirements (p. 55)
  • Functional Classification of Application Security (p. 57)
  • Digital Signatures (p. 61)
  • Public Key Cryptography in Digital Signatures (p. 62)
  • XML Signatures (p. 63)
  • Single Sign-On (p. 65)
  • Credential Mapping in SSO (p. 67)
  • Elements of Single Sign-On (p. 67)
  • Preventing Replay Attacks (p. 68)
  • Java Authentication and Authorization Service (p. 69)
  • Federated Network Identity (p. 73)
  • Liberty Architecture (p. 74)
  • Caching Overview (p. 79)
  • Application Data Caching (p. 80)
  • Cache Architecture (p. 81)
  • Cached Data Invalidation in a Distributed Cache (p. 81)
  • Summary (p. 84)
  • References (p. 85)
  • Part II Design and Construction
  • Chapter 4 Struts-Based Application Architecture (p. 89)
  • Struts as a Presentation Framework (p. 91)
  • MVC Implementation (p. 91)
  • Internationalization and Localization Support (p. 98)
  • Error Handling (p. 101)
  • Exception Handling (p. 105)
  • Once-Only Form Submission (p. 107)
  • Capturing Form Data (p. 108)
  • Custom Extensions with Plug-Ins (p. 117)
  • Struts Configuration Semantics (p. 118)
  • Parsing the Configuration File (p. 118)
  • Creating Configuration Objects (p. 120)
  • Struts MVC Semantics (p. 126)
  • The Controller Object (p. 127)
  • The Dispatcher Object (p. 128)
  • The Request Handler (p. 130)
  • Message Resources Semantics (p. 131)
  • Summary (p. 133)
  • References (p. 133)
  • Chapter 5 Presentation Tier Design and Implementation (p. 135)
  • Implementing Presentation Tier Classes (p. 137)
  • Implementing ActionForm Subclasses (p. 138)
  • Implementing Request Handlers (p. 140)
  • Implementing the Business Delegate Pattern (p. 143)
  • Implementing the Service Locator Pattern (p. 145)
  • Factoring Tags into Design Process (p. 147)
  • Factoring Validator into the Design Process (p. 149)
  • Identifying Package Dependencies (p. 152)
  • Implementing Application Security (p. 153)
  • Realization of Site Administration Use Cases (p. 161)
  • Manage NPO Profile Use Case (p. 161)
  • Pattern Discovery and Documentation (p. 161)
  • Register Portal-Alliance Use Case (p. 169)
  • Manage Portal-Alliance Profile Use Case (p. 176)
  • Register NPO Use Case (p. 181)
  • Realization of Search NPO Use Cases (p. 186)
  • Search NPO Use Case (p. 186)
  • Realization of Manage Campaigns Use Cases (p. 188)
  • Create the Campaign Use Case (p. 188)
  • Update Campaigns Use Case (p. 201)
  • Summary (p. 205)
  • References (p. 205)
  • Chapter 6 Domain Model Design and Implementation (p. 207)
  • Discovering Domain Objects (p. 208)
  • Relationships in the Domain Model (p. 209)
  • Creating the Data Model (p. 211)
  • Implementing the Domain Model (p. 213)
  • Defining the Admin Interface (p. 214)
  • Defining the PortalAlliance Interface (p. 223)
  • Using EJB QL with Find and Select Methods (p. 225)
  • Defining the Campaign Interface (p. 228)
  • Summary (p. 229)
  • References (p. 229)
  • Chapter 7 Business Tier Design and Implementation (p. 231)
  • Applying Design Patterns (p. 232)
  • Implementing the Session Facade Pattern (p. 233)
  • Implementing the Business Interface Pattern (p. 236)
  • Implementing the Data Transfer Object Pattern (p. 238)
  • Implementing EJB Home Factory Pattern (p. 242)
  • Identifying Package Dependencies (p. 244)
  • Realization of the Site Administration Use Case Package (p. 245)
  • Register NPO Use Case (p. 246)
  • Realization of the Manage Campaigns Use Case Package (p. 259)
  • Create Campaigns Use Case (p. 259)
  • Update Campaigns Use Case (p. 262)
  • Realization of the Search NPO Use Case Package (p. 267)
  • Search NPO Use Case (p. 267)
  • Summary (p. 271)
  • References (p. 271)
  • Chapter 8 Web Services for Application Integration (p. 273)
  • Introduction to Web Services (p. 274)
  • What Is SOAP? (p. 276)
  • What Is WSDL? (p. 278)
  • What Is UDDI? (p. 278)
  • Web Services Architecture (p. 279)
  • Development Methodologies and Supporting Tools (p. 282)
  • Introduction to Web Services Description Language (p. 284)
  • Summary of the WSDL Formal Specification (p. 284)
  • A Closer Look at a Sample WSDL File (p. 285)
  • Introduction to Simple Object Access Protocol (p. 295)
  • SOAP Envelope (p. 296)
  • SOAP Header (p. 297)
  • SOAP Body (p. 298)
  • SOAPFault (p. 299)
  • GreaterCause B2B Integration (p. 299)
  • Web Service Implementation (p. 302)
  • Workshop SOAP:style Semantics (p. 314)
  • Summary (p. 316)
  • Chapter 9 Application Assembly and Deployment (p. 317)
  • Installing and Configuring Struts (p. 320)
  • Configuring the Struts Validator (p. 321)
  • Configuring the WebLogic Domain (p. 322)
  • Configuring the JDBC Connection Pool (p. 324)
  • Configuring GreaterCause Users (p. 325)
  • Deploying the GreaterCause Application (p. 326)
  • Priming the Database (p. 328)
  • Deploying GreaterCause.ear (p. 328)
  • Building the GreaterCause Application (p. 329)
  • Part III Appendixes
  • Chapter A Detailed Use Case Description Template (p. 333)
  • Chapter B GreaterCause Wire Frames (p. 335)
  • Chapter C GreaterCause Site Flow (p. 351)
  • Chapter D FeaturedNPOQueryService WSDL (p. 355)
  • Index (p. 359)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Nadir Gulzar has more than 16 years of IT industry experience, including time as a senior architect, chief architect, and director of technology. He is also a J2EE mentor, and has created and delivered several training courses