Server User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Developing Applications for J2EE™ Servers
- Contents
- Ch 1: Introduction
- Ch 2: Programming for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition
- Ch 3: Creating applications with J2EE technologies
- Ch 4: Configuring the target server settings
- Ch 5: Using JBuilder with Borland servers
- Configuring Borland servers in JBuilder
- Making the ORB available to JBuilder
- Configurations, partitions, partition services, and J2EE APIs
- Starting the configuration or server
- Remote deploying
- Remote debugging
- Web module workarounds
- Displaying the Borland Management Console in JBuilder
- International issues
- Borland servers and JDataStore 7.0
- Ch 6: Using JBuilder’s CORBA tools
- Ch 7: Using JBuilder with BEA WebLogic servers
- Ch 8: Using JBuilder with IBM WebSphere servers
- Ch 9: Using JBuilder with JBoss servers
- Ch 10: Using JBuilder with Tomcat
- Ch 11: Editing J2EE deployment descriptors
- Ch 12: Integrating with Enterprise Information Systems
- Ch 13: Building J2EE modules
- J2EE modules
- Setting module build properties
- Adding custom file types
- Sample build scenarios
- EJB JAR without any bean classes
- EJB JAR with custom files
- EJB JAR without EJB designer XML descriptors
- WAR with custom descriptor(s) in the WEB-INF directory
- WAR without any classes
- WAR with custom class filters
- WAR with custom file types
- EAR with custom files
- RAR with classes and dependencies
- Application client module with classes and dependencies
- Improving module build performance
- Index
Chapter 2: Programming for the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition 9
How JBuilder can help
How JBuilder can help
JBuilder Enterprise Edition has many features to help your team develop J2EE
applications. These are the technologies JBuilder has to help you develop the client
tier:
Client tier technologies
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Applets
Applets are a special kind of Java application that are downloaded and run by a web
browser on a client machine. To begin developing an applet in JBuilder, start with
the Applet wizard. For information about working with applets, see “Working with
applets” in Developing Web Applications.
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Java user interface applications
JBuilder has several features that can help you develop an application that runs on
a client machine. Begin a Java application using the Application wizard. Continue
designing your user interface by using JBuilder’s UI designer. You create your UI by
adding UI components from JBuilder’s component palette. For information on
working with JBuilder’s UI designer, see “Visual design in JBuilder” in Designing
Applications with JBuilder.
If you want to create your own JavaBean components to use in your user interface,
BeansExpress can simplify the task for you. For information about using
BeansExpress, see “Creating JavaBeans with BeansExpress” in Designing
Applications with JBuilder. JBuilder’s DataExpress components for enterprise beans
make it easier for you to build client applications using database-aware visual
components such as dbSwing or InternetBeans Express. For more information
about DataExpress for EJB, see “Using the DataExpress for Enterprise JavaBeans
components” in Developing Applications with Enterprise JavaBeans.
Both a web server and/or an EJB container can run on the middle tier. JBuilder
ships with Tomcat, a servlet container that can be used as a web server, and with
the Borland Enterprise Server 5.2.1, which contains the EJB container. You can
build applications for these servers or you can set up JBuilder to enable you to
develop applications for BEA WebLogic 7.x, and 8.1, IBM WebSphere 4.0 and 5.0,
Sun-Netscape iPlanet 6.0 and 6.5, and Sybase 4.1 and 4.2.
Middle-tier technologies
These are the middle-tier J2EE technologies that use a web server:
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Servlets
A servlet is a server-side Java application that can process requests from clients.
The servlet responds to the request by generating dynamic output that is sent back
to the client. You can begin developing servlets with JBuilder’s Standard Servlet
wizard. To find out more about servlets and developing them, see “Developing
servlets” in Developing Web Applications.
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JavaServer Pages (JSPs)
An extension of servlet technology, JSPs offer a simplified way to develop servlets.
Like servlets, they generate dynamic output that is sent back to the client’s web
browser, thus bridging the client and middle tier. Begin developing JSPs with
JBuilder’s JavaServer Page wizard. To find out more about JSPs and developing
them, see “JavaServer Pages (JSP)” in Developing Web Applications.
InternetBeans Express is a component library that supplements the servlet and JSP
technology available in JBuilder. This library makes it easy to present and