How This Book Is Organized

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter 1, Application Server Compatibility Issues , discusses the incompatibilities between Application Server 9 and Application Server6.x/7.x/8.

Chapter 2, Java EE 5 Compatibility Issues, discusses the Java incompatibilities between Application Server 9 and Application Server.

Chapter 3, Upgrading an Application Server Installationdescribes how to upgrade an earlier installation of Application Server to Application Server 9.

Chapter 4, Understanding Migrationdiscusses the need for migrating applications.

Chapter 5, Migrating EJBdescribes how to migrate EJB 1.1 to EJB 2.0/EJB3.0 specification.

Chapter 6, Migrating from Other Application Servers to Sun Java System Application Server 9, describes the considerations and strategies to migrate applications from other application servers to Sun Java System Application Server 9 .

Chapter 7, Migrating a Sample Application - an Overview describes the migration of the main components of a typical Java EE application from Sun ONE Application Server 6.x to Sun Java System Application Server 9.

Chapter 8, Migration Tools and Resources lists the tools and resources that aid in automatic migration of applications.