J2EE Web services using BEA WebLogic: Includes index

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 10
Foreword......Page 19
Introduction......Page 22
Chapter 1 Introduction to Web Services......Page 28
 Developments Leading up to Web Services......Page 29
 Web Services Standards Organizations......Page 31
  XML......Page 32
  SOAP......Page 35
  WSDL......Page 40
  UDDI......Page 43
  WS- Security......Page 44
 Summary......Page 45
 Overview of J2EE......Page 46
 The J2EE Architecture......Page 47
  J2EE Components......Page 48
  J2EE Containers......Page 54
  J2EE Services and APIs......Page 55
  Assembling a J2EE Application......Page 61
 Web Services Support in J2EE......Page 63
  J2EE 1.4 Specification......Page 64
 Summary......Page 68
 References......Page 69
 Building Blocks of the WebLogic Platform......Page 70
 WebLogic Server......Page 71
 WebLogic Workshop......Page 73
  Workshop Integrated Development Environment......Page 74
  Workshop Runtime Framework......Page 75
  WebLogic Control Framework......Page 76
 WebLogic JRockit......Page 77
 WebLogic Integration......Page 78
 WebLogic Portal......Page 79
  Support for Creating Web Service Clients......Page 80
 Summary......Page 81
 Understanding the SOA......Page 84
  Architecture......Page 85
  Infrastructure......Page 86
  Implementing the Service Interface......Page 87
  Factors Driving the Business Decision......Page 88
 Going Live with Web Services: HP Case Study......Page 89
  Challenges Faced......Page 90
  The Web Services Solution......Page 91
  Benefits of the Solution......Page 92
 Summary......Page 93
  Conforming to Standards......Page 94
  Designing WSDL First......Page 95
  Selecting SOAP Messaging......Page 96
 Publishing Enduring Web Services Contracts......Page 99
  Integrating Through Loose Coupling......Page 100
  Versioning New Releases......Page 102
  Facilitating Asynchronous Communication......Page 106
  Exposing Business Logic Components......Page 108
  Security......Page 111
  Manageability......Page 113
 Summary......Page 115
 Designing WSDL with XMLSPY......Page 116
  XMLSPY WSDL Editor......Page 117
  Specifying Types......Page 119
  Specifying Services......Page 120
  Specifying Messages......Page 121
  Specifying Bindings......Page 122
  Validating the Completed WSDL......Page 123
  Adding Operations to the WSDL......Page 124
  Creating a Web Service from the WSDL......Page 128
  Web Service as JWS Files......Page 130
  Testing the Web Service Using Workshop......Page 131
  Testing the Web Service Using a Client......Page 133
  Versioning the Interface......Page 140
  Versioning the Implementation......Page 141
 Summary......Page 143
 Building an Asynchronous Web Service......Page 144
  Callbacks......Page 146
  Conversations......Page 147
  Buffering......Page 152
  Polling as an Alternative to Callbacks......Page 153
 Using SOAP with Attachments......Page 154
  Sending a SOAP Attachment......Page 155
  Receiving a SOAP Attachment......Page 156
  SOAP Attachments in the Real World......Page 157
 Transforming XML Messages......Page 158
  XQuery Map......Page 159
  ECMAScript......Page 162
  UDDI Explorer......Page 164
  Web Service Control......Page 166
 Deploying to Production Environment......Page 167
  Manual Creation of Server Resources......Page 168
  Viewing and Testing the Assembled Web Service......Page 171
 Summary......Page 172
 Using Workshop Control Framework......Page 174
  Building a Custom Control......Page 175
  Building a Database Control......Page 176
  Building an EJB Control......Page 178
  Using an ISV Control......Page 180
  Controls and Software Reuse......Page 183
 Binding Java to XML Using XML Beans......Page 184
  Understanding XML Beans......Page 185
  XML Beans Hierarchy......Page 188
  Using XQuery and XPath Expressions......Page 190
  Using XML Cursors......Page 191
  Using the StAX Parser......Page 192
  Comparison to SAX and DOM......Page 195
 Summary......Page 198
 Building EJBs in WebLogic Workshop......Page 200
  Creating an Entity Bean......Page 201
  Creating a Session Bean......Page 206
 Connecting to EIS Using the Application Integration Framework......Page 210
  Understanding Elements of J2CA......Page 211
  Components of WLI......Page 212
 Summary......Page 225
Chapter 10 Managing Business Processes......Page 226
  Orchestration, Choreography, and Collaboration......Page 227
  Three Stages of a BPM Solution......Page 228
  Building a Business Process in Workshop......Page 229
 Importing-Exporting PD4J (Omitted) WS-BPEL......Page 246
  Processes......Page 247
  Grammer of WS-BPEL......Page 248
 Implementing ebXML in WLI......Page 251
  WLI and ebXML......Page 254
 Summary......Page 259
 Overview on Security Considerations......Page 260
  How Does SSL Work?......Page 261
  Two-Way SSL in WebLogic Server......Page 263
  Issues with SSL Encryption......Page 264
 XML Firewalls......Page 265
  WS-Security Documents......Page 267
  WS-Security and Interoperability......Page 268
  Designing for Security Using WSS......Page 269
  WS-Security in WebLogic......Page 270
 Security Standards in Identifying Management......Page 272
  Liberty Alliance......Page 273
  SAML......Page 274
 Summary......Page 275
 Understanding Performance Constraints......Page 276
  Securing Web Services......Page 277
  Factors Impacting Performance......Page 278
  HP OpenView Transaction Analyzer......Page 279
  SOAP Implementation Options......Page 280
  XML Parser Selection......Page 282
  XML Compression......Page 285
  XML Accelerators......Page 286
  SSL Accelerators......Page 287
 Improving the Business Logic Layer and Database Performance......Page 288
  Leveraging Patterns......Page 289
  Tuning EJBs......Page 292
 Tuning the JVM......Page 294
 Summary......Page 295
  Differences from Traditional Testing......Page 296
  Extending Current Testing Methods......Page 297
  Invest in Testing Tools......Page 298
 Building Your Test Suite......Page 299
  Test View in WebLogic Workshop......Page 300
  Unit Testing......Page 301
  Functional Testing......Page 302
  Integration Testing......Page 305
  Interoperability Testing......Page 308
  Performance Testing......Page 310
  Load Testing......Page 313
  Stress Testing......Page 315
  Capacity Planning Testing......Page 316
 Summary......Page 317
 Why Managing Web Services Is Different......Page 318
  Managing at Different Levels......Page 319
  Comparing with Traditional IT Management......Page 320
 Using JMX Architecture......Page 321
  Using JMX on WebLogic Server......Page 323
  Using JMX with HP OpenView......Page 325
 Using J2EE Management Specification......Page 328
  Management Using Web Services (MUWS) Specification......Page 329
  WS-Notification......Page 331
  Core Capabilities......Page 332
  Business Monitoring......Page 333
  Controlling Management Functions......Page 334
  Other General Evaluation Criteria......Page 336
 Lifecycle Management for Web Services......Page 337
  WSM......Page 338
  Effective Improvements Using LCM4WS......Page 339
 Web Services Network Monitoring......Page 341
 Summary......Page 343
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 H......Page 348
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 M......Page 350
 O......Page 351
 Q-R......Page 352
 S......Page 353
 T......Page 354
 W......Page 355
 X-Z......Page 358