The Java EE 5 Tutorial

The Java EE 5 Tutorial, Third Edition, is the definitive, task-oriented, example-driven guide to programming server-side applications with Sun Microsystems' new Java(TM) EE 5 platform. Written by members of Sun's Java EE 5 platform team, this book enables new and intermediate Java programmers to build production-quality Java applications right away, as they gain a deep, rich understanding of the entire platform.

This tutorial offers expert guidance on developing presentation layers with the Java EE 5 platform's web tier technologies, using the platform's rich web services support, developing business logic with Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 technology, accessing databases via the Java Persistence API, and leveraging the Java EE 5 platform's powerful services. It contains extensive new material throughout, including detailed introductions to the latest APIs, and instructions for using the NetBeans 5.5 IDE and Sun Java System Application Server 9.

The technologies and services covered in depth include:

• Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0
• Java Persistence
• JavaServer Faces Technology
• Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS)
• Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB)
• Streaming API for XML (StAX)
• Java Servlet 2.5
• JavaServer Pages 2.1
• JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
• SOAP with Attachments API for Java (SAAJ)