Java EE 5 Development with NetBeans 6

Table of Contents
Preface 1
Chapter 1: Getting Started with NetBeans 7
Introduction 7
Downloading NetBeans 9
Installing NetBeans 12
Microsoft Windows 12
Mac OS X 13
Linux and Solaris 13
Other Platforms 13
Installation Procedure 14
Starting NetBeans for the First Time 19
Configuring NetBeans for Java EE Development 20
Integrating NetBeans with a Third Party Application Server 21
Integrating NetBeans with a Third Party RDBMS 24
Adding a JDBC Driver to NetBeans 24
Connecting to a Third Party RDBMS 26
Deploying Our First Application 28
NetBeans Tips for Effective Development 33
Code Completion 33
Code Templates 37
Keyboard Shortcuts 38
Understanding NetBeans Visual Cues 42
Summary 44
Chapter 2: Developing Web Applications with Servlets
and JSPs 45
Creating Our First Web Application 45
Modifying NetBeans' Generated Code 52
Developing the Input Page 52
Developing the Output Page 61
Servlet Development 68
Adding a Servlet to Our Application 68
Securing Web Applications 77
Implementing Form Based Authentication 79
Implementing the Login Page 79
Implementing a Login Error Page 81
Configuring Our Application for Form-Based Authentication 82
JSP Fragments 90
Creating a JSP Fragment in NetBeans 91
Monitoring Web Applications with NetBeans HTTP Monitor 93
Summary 100
Chapter 3: Enhancing JSP Functionality with JSTL
and Custom Tags 101
Core JSTL Tags 102
Conditionally Displaying Part of a Page with the Tag 102
Displaying Mutually Exclusive Markup with the Tag 105
Iterating through Arrays or Collections with the Tag 109
SQL JSTL Tags 112
Retrieving Database Data with the Tag 115
Modifying Database Data with the Tag 119
Inserting Database Data 119
Updating Database Data 123
Deleting Database Data 125
Closing Remarks about JSTL 128
Custom JSP Tags 128
Summary 134
Chapter 4: Developing Web Applications using
JavaServer Faces 135
Developing Our first JSF Application 136
Creating a New JSF Project 137
Modifying Our JSP to Capture User Data 141
Creating Our Managed Bean 147
Implementing Navigation 152
Executing Our Application 156
JSF Validation 158
Displaying Tabular Data 162
Summary 171
Chapter 5: Interacting with Databases through
the Java Persistence API 173
Creating Our First JPA Entity 174
Adding Persistent Fields to Our Entity 182
Creating a Data Access Object (DAO) 183
Generating the User Interface 188
Implementing the Controller 191
Trying Out Our Application 193
Automated Generation of JPA Entities 196
Named Queries and JPQL 203
Entity Relationships 204
Generating JSF Applications from JPA Entities 210
Summary 218
Chapter 6: Visual Web JSF Development 219
Writing Our first Visual Web Application 219
Adding Additional Components to Our Application 232
Adding Additional Text Fields 232
Adding a Drop-Down List Component 235
Adding a Message Component to Each Input Field 239
Grouping Error Messages with the Message Group Component 242
Ajax Autovalidation 244
Organizing Our Page into Tabs 249
Binding a Drop-Down List to a Database Table 253
Ajax-Enabling Visual Web Applications 256
Summary 261
Chapter 7: Implementing the Business Tier
with Session Beans 263
Introduction to Session Beans 264
Creating a Session Bean in NetBeans 264
Accessing the Bean from a Client 272
Executing the Client 274
Session Bean Transaction Management 276
Implementing Aspect-Oriented Programming with Interceptors 278
Implementing the Interceptor Class 279
Decorating the EJB with the @Interceptors Annotations 281
EJB Timer Service 282
Implementing the Client 284
Generating Session Beans from JPA Entities 286
Summary 290
Chapter 8: Messaging with JMS and Message Driven Beans 291
Introduction to JMS 291
Creating the Project and JMS Resources 293
Creating a JMS Destination 294
Sending Messages to a Message Destination 298
Processing JMS Messages with Message Driven Beans 303
Summary 306
Chapter 9: Web Services 307
Introduction to Web Services 307
Creating a Simple Web Service 308
Testing Our Web Service 314
Developing a Client for Our Web Service 316
Exposing EJBs as Web Services 320
Implementing New Web Services as EJBs 321
Exposing Existing EJBs as Web Services 324
Creating a Web Service from an Existing WSDL 327
Summary 329
Chapter 10: Putting it all Together 331
Creating Our Enterprise Project 331
Implementing the Data Access Layer 334
Implementing the User Interface Layer 338
Adding User Interface Components to the Page 339
Populating the Table 344
Testing Our Application 346
Adding Missing Functionality 346
Defining Navigation Rules 361
Testing the Completed Application 362
Summary 365
Appendix A: Debugging Enterprise Applications
with the NetBeans Debugger 367
Debugging Enterprise Applications 367
Summary 374
Appendix B: Identifying Performance Issues
with NetBeans Profiler 375
Profiling Our Application 375
Summary 379
Index 381


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