About This Tutorial

Who Should Use This Tutorial

Prerequisites

How to Read This Tutorial

About the Examples

Further Information

How to Print This Tutorial

Typographical Conventions

Chapter 1: Overview

Web Services Support

Distributed Multitiered Applications

J2EE Containers

Packaging

Development Roles

J2EE APIs

Chapter 2: Introduction to Web Applications

Web Application Life Cycle

Web Modules

Configuring Web Modules

Deploying Web Modules

Listing Deployed Web Modules

Running Web Applications

Updating Web Modules

Undeploying Web Modules

Duke's Bookstore

Internationalizing and Localizing Web Applications

Accessing Databases from Web Applications

Further Information

Chapter 3: Java Servlet Technology

What is a Servlet?

The Example Servlets

Servlet Life Cycle

Sharing Information

Initializing a Servlet

Writing Service Methods

Filtering Requests and Responses

Invoking Other Web Resources

Accessing the Web Context

Maintaining Client State

Finalizing a Servlet

Further Information

Chapter 4: JavaServer Pages Technology

What Is a JSP Page?

The Example JSP Pages

The Life Cycle of a JSP Page

Initializing and Finalizing a JSP Page

Creating Static Content

Creating Dynamic Content

Including Content in a JSP Page

Transferring Control to Another Web Component

Including an Applet

JavaBeans Components in JSP Pages

Extending the JSP Language

Further Information

Chapter 5: Custom Tags in JSP Pages

What Is a Custom Tag?

The Example JSP Pages

Using Tags

Defining Tags

Examples

Chapter 6: JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library

The Example JSP Pages

Using JSTL

Expression Language Support

Core Tags

XML Tags

Internationalization Tags

SQL Tags

Further Information

Chapter 7: Understanding XML

Introduction to XML

XML and Related Specs: Digesting the Alphabet Soup

Generating XML Data

Designing an XML Data Structure

Chapter 8: Introduction to Web Services

The Role of XML and the Java Platform

Overview of the Java APIs for XML

JAXP

JAX-RPC

JAXM

JAXR

Sample Scenario

Chapter 9: Building Web Services With JAX-RPC

Types Supported By JAX-RPC

Creating a Web Service with JAX-RPC

Creating Web Service Clients with JAX-RPC

Further Information

Chapter 10: Web Services Messaging with JAXM

The Structure of the JAXM API

Overview of JAXM

Tutorial

Code Examples

Conclusion

Further Information

Chapter 11: Publishing and Discovering Web Services with JAXR

Overview of JAXR

Implementing a JAXR Client

Running the Client Examples

Further Information

Chapter 12: The Coffee Break Application

Coffee Break Overview

JAX-RPC Distributor Service

JAXM Distributor Service

Coffee Break Server

Deploying and Running the Application

Appendix A: Java Encoding Schemes

Further Information

Appendix B: HTTP Overview

HTTP Requests

HTTP Responses

Glossary

About the Authors

Index