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Preface

Oracle Application Server 10g (9.0.4) includes a J2EE environment known as Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE (OC4J). This book describes the services provided by OC4J.

This preface contains these topics:

- Audience

- Documentation Accessibility

- Organization

- Related Documentation

- Conventions

## Audience

This book was written for developers familiar with the J2EE architecture who want to understand Oracle's implementation of J2EE Services.

## Documentation Accessibility

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    http://www.oracle.com/accessibility/

##### Accessibility of Code Examples in Documentation

JAWS, a Windows screen reader, may not always correctly read the code examples in this document. The conventions for writing code require that closing braces should appear on an otherwise empty line; however, JAWS may not always read a line of text that consists solely of a bracket or brace.

##### Accessibility of Links to External Web Sites in Documentation

This documentation may contain links to Web sites of other companies or organizations that Oracle Corporation does not own or control. Oracle Corporation neither evaluates nor makes any representations regarding the accessibility of these Web sites.

## Organization

This document contains the following chapters:

##### Chapter 1, "Introduction to OC4J Services"

Gives an overview of the service technologies included in OC4J.

##### Chapter 2, "Java Naming and Directory Interface"

Covers using the JNDI to look up objects.

##### Chapter 3, "Java Message Service"

Discusses plugging Resource Providers into the Java Message Service (JMS) and the two JMS providers of its own that Oracle furnishes.

##### Chapter 4, "Data Sources"

Discusses data sources, vendor-independent encapsulations of a connection to a database server.

##### Chapter 5, "Oracle Remote Method Invocation"

Describes OC4J support for Remote Method Invocation (RMI) over the proprietary Oracle RMI (ORMI) protocol.

##### Chapter 6, "J2EE Interoperability"

Describes OC4J support for EJB2.0 interoperation using RMI over the standard Internet Inter-Orb Protocol (IIOP) protocol.

##### Chapter 7, "Java Transaction API"

Documents Oracle's implementation of the JTA.

##### Chapter 8, "J2EE Connector Architecture"

Describes how to use the J2EE Connector Architecture in an OC4J application.

##### Chapter 9, "Java Object Cache"

Details the OC4J Java Object Cache, including its architecture and programming features.

## Related Documentation

Refer to the following additional OC4J documents that are available from the Oracle Java Platform Group:

- Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE User's Guide

  This book presents an overview and general information for OC4J; primer chapters for servlets, JSP pages, and EJBs; and general configuration and deployment instructions.

- Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Support for JavaServer Pages Developer's Guide

  This book provides information for JSP developers who want to run their pages in OC4J. It includes a general overview of JSP standards and programming considerations, as well as discussion of Oracle value-added features and steps for getting started in the OC4J environment.

- Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE JSP Tag Libraries and Utilities Reference

  This book discusses conceptual information and detailed syntax and usage information for tag libraries, Java Beans, and other OC4J Java utilities.

- Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Servlet Developer's Guide

  This book includes information for servlet developers regarding use of servlets and the servlet container in OC4J.

- Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE Enterprise JavaBeans Developer's Guide

  This book documents the EJB implementation and EJB container in OC4J.

The following documents are available from the Oracle Application Server group:

- Oracle Application Server 10g Administrator's Guide

- Oracle Enterprise Manager Administrator's Guide

- Oracle HTTP Server Administrator's Guide

- Oracle Application Server 10g Performance Guide

- Oracle Application Server 10g Globalization Guide

- Oracle Application Server Web Cache Administrator's Guide

- Oracle Application Server 10g Upgrading to 10g (9.0.4)

The following are available from the JDeveloper group:

- Oracle JDeveloper online help

- Oracle JDeveloper documentation on the Oracle Technology Network:

      http://otn.oracle.com/products/jdev/content.html

For information about Oracle Application Server 10g Personalization, which is the foundation of the Personalization tag library, refer to the following documents from the Oracle Application Server 10g Personalization group:

- Oracle Application Server Personalization Administrator's Guide

- Oracle Application Server Personalization API Reference

The following OTN resources are available for further information about OC4J:

- OTN Web site for OC4J:

      http://otn.oracle.com/tech/java/oc4j/content.html

- OTN OC4J discussion forums, accessible through the following address:

      http://www.oracle.com/forums/forum.jsp?id=486963

Printed documentation is available for sale in the Oracle Store at

    http://oraclestore.oracle.com/

To download free release notes, installation documentation, white papers, or other collateral, please visit the Oracle Technology Network (OTN). You must register online before using OTN; registration is free and can be done at

    http://otn.oracle.com/membership/

If you already have a user name and password for OTN, then you can go directly to the documentation section of the OTN Web site at

    http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/content.html

## Conventions

The following conventions are used in this manual:

Convention | Meaning
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. . . | Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted
Boldface text | Boldface type in text indicates a GUI component such as a link or button to click.
Italics | Italic typeface indicates book titles or emphasis, or terms that are defined in the text.
`Monospace (fixed-width) font` | Monospace typeface within text indicates items such as executables, file names, directory names, Java class names, Java method names, variable names, other programmatic elements (such as JSP tags or attributes, or XML elements or attributes), or database SQL commands or elements (such as schema names, table names, or column names).
`Italic monospace (fixed-width) font` | Italic monospace font represents placeholders or variables.
[ ] | Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none.
| | A vertical bar represents a choice of two or more options. Enter one of the options. Do not enter the vertical bar.

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