The Java EE 6 Tutorial: Basic Concepts, Fourth Edition

Volume I of Suns definitive Java From the Source tutorial/reference: now fully updated for Java EE 6 platform technologies and APIs! Presents comprehensive information for developing Java enterprise applications more rapidly and easily. Shows how to fully exploit key Java EE 6 enhancements, from its simplified programming model to annotations. Covers Web Tier, Web Services, Enterprise Beans, contexts, dependency injection, persistence, security, and Java EE supporting technologies. Suns definitive, example-rich tutorial/references for JavaTM enterprise development have now been completely updated to reflect Java EE 6s most powerful new innovations and best-practice programming techniques. In this, the first of two volumes, Sun experts thoroughly illuminate many of Java EE 6s most valuable technologies and APIs, as well as its new simplified programming model. The authors provide a comprehensive knowledge base that any Java developer can rely on in building complex, large-scale applications that perform better, get to market faster, and can be more easily managed and upgraded. Volume I covers all these areas of enterprise development: Building Web tiers using the latest version of JavaServer Faces (JSF), Facelets, and the Unified Expression Language. Creating and consuming Web services with JAX-WS, JAX-RS (for RESTful Web services), and Jersey. Utilizing Javas revamped Enterprise Beans. Working with contexts and dependency injection. Providing for persistence with the Java Persistence Query Language (JPQL) and the Criteria API. Enforcing strong application security. Utilizing key Java EE supporting technologies, including transactions and resource connections. The book concludes with a comprehensive case study section demonstrating many key techniques and features in the context of a realistic enterprise application project.