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With Enterprise Java 2, J2EE 1.3 Complete, you'll learn everything you need to know for developing large-scale web and network applications with Java. You'll begin by learning which components combine to form the enterprise platform, and then move on to basic development skills: Servlet programming, creating JavaServer Pages, and programming JavaBeans. You'll also learn database programming concepts and skills, and how to secure your network from malevolent intruders. You'll learn to use XML and its related technologies for seamless cross-platform data exchange. Finally, you'll learn advanced JavaBeans programming to create reusable software components. As a bonus, the last part of the book teaches you to program spiders and bots: Although not a part of J2EE, it's a fun topic that can come in handy for Internet developers who want to create agents to automatically retrieve and organize web content.
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Part I: Java Web Applications
Chapter 1 An Introduction to J2EE
Chapter 2 The Basic Servlet API
Chapter 3: The Basic JSP API
Chapter 4: Servlet Web Applications
Chapter 5: Introducing JavaBeans
Chapter 6: Session Management
Chapter 7: Using Custom Tags
Part II: Naming Services,Databases, and Security
Chapter 8: Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)
Chapter 9: Database Connectivity (JDBC)
Chapter 10: Advanced Database Programming
Chapter 11: Secure Web Applications
Part III: XML,SOAP,and Messaging
Chapter 12: XML for Data Description
Chapter 13: Presenting XML With JSP
Chapter 14: Understanding XML Messaging
Chapter 15: A Survey of SOAP
Chapter 16: A SOAP Server Example
Chapter 17: Java Messaging Service (JMS)
Part IV: Remote Communications and Enterprise JavaBeans
Chapter 18: Persistence and Remote Method Invocation
Chapter 19: Java IDL and CORBA Connectivity
Chapter 20: EJB Architecture and Clients
Chapter 21: Session, Entity, and Message Driven EJBs
Chapter 22: EJB Transactions and Security
Chapter 23: EJB Environment, Client, and Design Issues
Chapter 24: J2EE Connector Architecture
Part V: Spiders and Bots
Chapter 25: Building a Spider
Chapter 26: Building a High-Volume Spider
Chapter 27: Building a Bot
Appendix: Setup
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