Book overview

Java provides versatile technologies for data access and manipulation. This book investigates these technologies in detail and shows how they can be used to develop robust enterprise applications.

The book is divided into five sections, the first of which looks at data and object modeling. The second section investigates accessing data in relational and object oriented databases, and directory services. The focus of the following section is data presentation for web clients. The fourth section covers Enterprise JavaBeans and distributed applications. The last section of the book consists of four real-world case studies that build on the previous chapters of the book. Transactions, performance, and scalability of data applications are also discussed throughout the book.


Who is this book for ?

Requiring a working knowledge of Java, this book is for both novice and more experienced programmers who wish to develop applications using various data access technologies provided by the Java platform. The book is for any developer who is interested in an in-depth investigation of how to use Java to handle a wide range of data stores and types.

Introduction

I. Software, Object and Data Design, and Modeling

• Chapter 1 : Software Development Method and Process
  
• Chapter 2 : Objected-Oriented Analysis and Design
  
• Chapter 3 : Object Modeling with UML
  
• Chapter 4 : Data Modeling
  

II. Database Access

• Chapter 5 : Database Concepts and Techniques
  
• Chapter 6 : Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
  
• Chapter 7 : JDBC 2.0 Optional Package
  
• Chapter 8 : SQLJ
  
• Chapter 9 : Database Performance Issues
  
• Chapter 10 : Java and the ODMG 3.0 Specification
  
• Chapter 11 : Directory Services and JNDI
  

III. Data Presentation for Web Clients

• Chapter 12 : Introduction to Web Architectures
  
• Chapter 13 : Servlets
  
• Chapter 14 : Using Servlets for Data Access
  
• Chapter 15 : JavaServer Pages
  
• Chapter 16 : Using JSP for Data Access
  
• Chapter 17 : Parsing and Generating XML
  
• Chapter 18 : WAP Clients
  

IV. Enterprise JavaBeans and Distributed Applications

• Chapter 19 : Enterprise JavaBeans
  
• Chapter 20 : Java Transaction API (JTA) and Java Transaction Service (JTS)
  
• Chapter 21 : Developing EJB Clients
  
• Chapter 22 : Developing Scalable EJB Applications
  
• Chapter 23 : J2EE Messaging
  
• Chapter 24 : Java Data Objects (JDO)
  

V. Case Studies

• Case Study : XML Web Portal
  
• Case Study : Statistical Analysis of Web Site Traffic
  
• Case Study : Web Data Toolkit
  
• Case Study : WAP Tic-Tac-Toe Game
  

Appendices

• Appendix A : SQL Primer
  
• Appendix B : Serialization
  
• Appendix C : Java and Distributed Applications
  
• Appendix D : Configuring Tomcat, JRun, and Orion
  
• Appendix E : Configuring and Deploying EJBs in WebLogic 6.0
  
• Appendix F : UML Notation