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Preface

1 Configuration and Deployment

Introduction to OC4J Standalone

OC4J Installation

Requirements

Basic Installation

Testing the Default Configuration

Starting and Stopping OC4J

Starting OC4J

Administering OC4J

Shutting Down OC4J

HTTP and RMI Communication

Quick Start for JSPs and Servlets

Creating the Development Directory

Configuring the FAQ Application Demo

Environment Setup for FAQ Demo

OC4J System Configuration for FAQ Demo

Deploy the FAQ Demo

Deployment Details Explained

Deploying Applications

Archive Application into an EAR File

Deployment In a Production Environment Using ADMIN.JAR

Deploy your Application Manually in a Development Environment

Verifying Deployment

Undeploying Web Applications

2 Advanced Configuration, Development, and Deployment

Overview of OC4J and J2EE XML Files

XML Configuration File Overview

XML File Interrelationships

What Happens When You Deploy?

Sharing Libraries

Manually Adding Applications in a Development Environment

Configuring a Listener

Configuring J2EE Applications

Building and Deploying Within a Directory

OC4J Automatic Deployment for Applications

Changing XML Files After Deployment

Designating a Parent of Your Application

Developing Startup and Shutdown Classes

OC4J Startup Classes

OC4J Shutdown Classes

Setting Performance Options

Performance Command-Line Options

Thread Pool Settings

Statement Caching

Task Manager Granularity

Enabling OC4J Logging

Viewing OC4J System and Application Log Messages

Redirecting Standard Out and Standard Error

OC4J Debugging

Servlet Debugging Example

3 Data Sources Primer

Introduction

Definition of Data Sources

Retrieving a Connection From a Data Source

4 Servlet Primer

A Brief Overview of Servlet Technology

What Is a Servlet?

Servlet Portability

The Servlet Container

Request and Response Objects

Learning More About Servlets

Running a Simple Servlet

Create the Hello World Servlet

Deploy the Hello World Servlet

Run the Hello World Servlet

Automatic Compilation

Running a Data-Access Servlet

Create the HTML Form

Create the GetEmpInfo Servlet

Deploy GetEmpInfo and the HTML Page

Run GetEmpInfo

5 JSP Primer

A Brief Overview of JavaServer Pages Technology

What Is JavaServer Pages Technology?

JSP Translation and Runtime Flow

Key JSP Advantages

Overview of Oracle Value-Added Features for JSP Pages

Running a Simple JSP Page

Create and Deploy welcomeuser.jsp

Run welcomeuser.jsp

Running a JSP Page That Invokes a JavaBean

Create the JSP: usebean.jsp

Create the JavaBean: NameBean.java

Deploy usebean.jsp and Namebean.java

Run usebean.jsp

Running a JSP Page That Uses Custom Tags

Create the JSP Page: sqltagquery.jsp

Files for Tag Library Support

Deploy sqltagquery.jsp

Run sqltagquery.jsp

6 EJB Primer

Developing EJBs

Creating the Development Directory

Implementing the Enterprise JavaBeans

Accessing the EJB

Creating the Deployment Descriptor

Archiving the EJB Application

Preparing the EJB Application for Assembly

Modifying Application.xml

Creating the EAR File

Deploying the Enterprise Application to OC4J

Using ADMIN.JAR to Modify SERVER.XML

Updating SERVER.XML Manually

Verifying Deployment

7 Security

Overview of Security Functions

Authentication

Specifying Users and Groups

Authenticating HTTP Clients

Authenticating EJB Clients

Authorization

Specifying Logical Roles in a J2EE Application

Mapping Logical Roles to Users and Groups

Plugging In a User Manager

Using the JAZNUserManager Class

Using the XMLUserManager Class

Creating Your Own User Manager

Confidentiality Through SSL

Overview of Using SSL for OC4J Standalone

Configuration of OC4J for SSL

HTTPS Common Problems and Solutions

A Additional Information

Description of XML File Contents

OC4J Configuration XML Files

J2EE Deployment XML Files

Elements in the server.xml File

Configure OC4J

Reference Other Configuration Files

Elements in the application.xml File

Elements in the orion-application.xml File

Elements in the application-client.xml File

Elements in the orion-application-client.xml File

Standalone OC4J Command-Line Options and Properties

Options for the OC4J Server JAR

Options for the OC4J Administration Management JAR

OC4J System Properties

Configuration and Deployment Examples

J2EE Application XML Configuration Example

B Third Party Licenses

Third-Party Licenses

Apache HTTP Server

Apache JServ

Index