Seam Framework: Experience the Evolution of Java EE

Contents......Page 8
About This Book......Page 18
About the Authors......Page 20
Acknowledgments......Page 22
PART I: Getting Started......Page 24
 Chapter 1 What Is Seam?......Page 26
  1.1 Integrating and Enhancing Java EE Frameworks......Page 27
  1.2 A Web Framework That Understands ORM......Page 28
  1.3 Supporting Stateful Web Applications......Page 29
  1.5 POJO Services via Dependency Bijection......Page 30
  1.7 Avoiding XML Abuse......Page 31
  1.8 Designed for Testing......Page 32
  1.10 Let’s Start Coding!......Page 33
 Chapter 2 Seam Hello World......Page 34
  2.2 Map the Data Model to a Web Form......Page 36
  2.3 Handle Web Events......Page 37
  2.4 Navigate to the Next Page......Page 38
  2.5 EJB3 Bean Interface and Mandatory Method......Page 39
  2.6 More on the Seam Programming Model......Page 40
  2.7 Configuration and Packaging......Page 43
  2.8 How Is This Simple?......Page 48
 Chapter 3 Recommended JSF Enhancements......Page 50
  3.1 An Introduction to Facelets......Page 51
  3.2 Seam JSF Enhancements......Page 57
  3.3 Add Facelets and Seam UI Support......Page 61
  3.4 PDF, Email, and Rich Text......Page 63
  3.5 Internationalization......Page 69
  4.1 A Seam POJO Example......Page 70
  4.2 Configuration......Page 71
  4.3 Packaging......Page 73
  4.4 POJO Trade-Offs......Page 75
 Chapter 5 Rapid Application Development Tools......Page 76
  5.2 A Quick Tutorial......Page 77
  5.3 Working with IDEs......Page 86
  5.4 Generating a CRUD Application from a Database......Page 95
  5.5 Seam-gen Command Reference......Page 96
PART II: Stateful Applications Made Easy......Page 98
  6.1 Correct Usage of ORM......Page 100
  6.2 Better Performance......Page 102
  6.3 Better Browser Navigation Support......Page 104
  6.4 Fewer Memory Leaks......Page 105
  6.5 High Granularity Component Lifecycle......Page 106
  6.6 Reducing Boilerplate Code......Page 107
  7.1 Stateful Components......Page 110
  7.2 Managing Stateful Components......Page 115
  7.3 Configuring Components through XML......Page 120
  7.4 Page Navigation Flow......Page 122
 Chapter 8 Conversations......Page 124
  8.1 What Is a Conversation?......Page 125
  8.2 Long-Running Conversations......Page 129
  8.3 Managing Long-Running Conversations......Page 135
  8.4 New Frontiers......Page 147
  9.1 What Is a Workspace?......Page 148
  9.2 Workspace Management......Page 152
  9.3 Natural Conversations......Page 157
  9.4 Workspace Timeout......Page 163
  9.5 Desktop Features in a Stateless Web......Page 166
  10.1 Why Are Nested Conversations Needed?......Page 168
  10.2 Continuing the Conversation......Page 170
  10.3 The Conversation Stack......Page 175
  10.4 Fine-Grained State Management......Page 180
 Chapter 11 Transactions and Persistence......Page 182
  11.1 Seam-Managed Transactions......Page 183
  11.2 Atomic Conversation (Web Transaction)......Page 188
PART III: Integrating Web and Data Components......Page 198
  12.1 Form Validation Basics......Page 200
  12.2 Validation Annotations on Entity Beans......Page 202
  12.3 Triggering the Validation Action......Page 204
  12.4 Displaying Error Messages on the Web Form......Page 206
  12.5 Using JSF Custom Validators......Page 208
 Chapter 13 Clickable Data Tables......Page 210
  13.1 Implementing a Clickable Data Table......Page 211
  13.2 Seam Data-Binding Framework......Page 214
  14.1 The Observer Pattern......Page 216
  14.2 Component-Driven Events......Page 219
 Chapter 15 Bookmarkable Web Pages......Page 226
  15.1 Using Page Parameters......Page 227
  15.2 The Java-Centric Approach......Page 230
  15.3 RESTful Web Services......Page 234
  16.1 Data Access Objects (DAOs)......Page 236
  16.2 Seam CRUD DAOs Are POJOs......Page 237
  16.3 A Declarative Seam DAO Component......Page 238
  16.4 Queries......Page 241
  17.1 Why Not Standard Servlet Error Pages?......Page 246
  17.3 Annotating Exceptions......Page 248
  17.4 Using pages.xml for System Exceptions......Page 250
  17.5 The Debug Information Page......Page 252
 Chapter 18 Seam Security......Page 256
  18.1 Authentication and User Roles......Page 257
  18.2 Declarative Access Control......Page 260
  18.3 Identity Management......Page 266
  18.4 Additional Security Features......Page 274
PART IV: AJAX Support......Page 280
 Chapter 19 Custom and AJAX UI Components......Page 282
  19.1 Autocompletion Text Input Example......Page 284
  19.2 Rich Input Control Examples......Page 286
  19.3 A Scrollable Data Table......Page 287
  19.4 Using RichFaces with Seam......Page 288
  19.5 Other JSF Component Libraries......Page 289
 Chapter 20 Enabling AJAX for Existing Components......Page 292
  20.1 AJAX Validator Example......Page 293
  20.2 Programmatic AJAX......Page 295
  20.3 AJAX Buttons......Page 297
  20.5 Other Goodies......Page 299
  20.6 Using Ajax4jsf with Seam......Page 300
  20.7 Pros and Cons......Page 301
 Chapter 21 Direct JavaScript Integration......Page 302
  21.1 AJAX Validator Example (Reloaded)......Page 303
  21.2 AJAX Progress Bar......Page 307
  21.3 Integrating the Dojo Toolkit......Page 310
PART V: Business Processes and Rules......Page 316
  22.1 Rule-Based Access Control......Page 318
  22.2 Configuring Rule-Based Permissioning......Page 319
  22.3 Simple Access Rules......Page 320
  22.4 Per-Instance Access Rules......Page 322
  22.5 Securing Your Entities......Page 325
  23.1 Embedded Rules......Page 328
  23.2 Generic Rules......Page 332
  23.3 Building and Deployment......Page 335
  23.4 Conclusions......Page 336
 Chapter 24 Managing Business Processes......Page 338
  24.1 jBPM Concepts and Vocabulary......Page 339
  24.2 Application Users and jBPM Actors......Page 341
  24.3 Creating a Business Process......Page 343
  24.4 Managing Tasks......Page 348
  24.5 Business Process-Based Page Navigation Flow......Page 353
  24.6 jBPM Libraries and Configuration......Page 356
  25.1 The Process......Page 358
  25.2 The Rules......Page 360
  25.3 Conclusions......Page 361
PART VI: Testing Seam Applications......Page 362
 Chapter 26 Unit Testing......Page 364
  26.1 A Simple TestNG Test Case......Page 366
  26.2 Simulating Dependency Bijection......Page 367
  26.3 Mocking the Database and Transaction......Page 368
  26.4 Loading the Test Infrastructure......Page 370
 Chapter 27 Integration Testing......Page 374
  27.1 Simulating JSF Interactions......Page 375
  27.2 Using JSF EL Expressions......Page 376
  27.3 Transactional Data Source......Page 378
PART VII: Production Deployment......Page 380
  28.1 Installing and Setting Up the Database......Page 382
  28.3 Defining a Data Source......Page 384
  28.5 How about Tomcat?......Page 385
  29.1 JBoss AS 4.0.5......Page 388
  29.2 JBoss AS 4.2.x and 5.x......Page 389
  29.3 GlassFish......Page 390
 Chapter 30 Performance Tuning and Clustering......Page 394
  30.1 Tuning Performance on a Single Server......Page 395
  30.2 Clustering for Scalability and Failover......Page 402
PART VIII: Emerging Technologies......Page 406
 Chapter 31 Scheduling Recurring Jobs from a Web Application......Page 408
  31.1 Simple Recurring Events......Page 409
  31.2 Configuring the Quartz Scheduler Service......Page 410
  31.3 Scheduling Cron Jobs......Page 412
  31.4 Scheduling Jobs When Starting Up......Page 413
  31.5 Conclusion......Page 414
 Chapter 32 Improving Scalability with Multilayered Caching......Page 416
  32.1 Multilayered Caching......Page 417
  32.2 Integrating a Cache Provider through Seam......Page 419
  32.3 Simplified Caching with Seam......Page 421
 Chapter 33 Making Seam Groovy......Page 424
  33.1 Groovy Entities......Page 425
  33.2 Groovy Actions......Page 428
  33.3 Integrating Groovy......Page 429
 Chapter 34 Introduction to Web Beans......Page 432
  34.1 Defining a Web Beans Component......Page 433
  34.2 Component Injection......Page 434
  34.3 Producer Methods......Page 437
  34.4 The Context Model......Page 439
  34.5 Component Stereotyping......Page 442
  34.6 Implementing Cross-Cutting Behavior......Page 444
  34.7 Conclusion......Page 446
 A.1 JDK 5.0 Is Required......Page 448
 A.3 Deploying and Running Applications......Page 449
Appendix B: Using Example Applications as Templates......Page 450
 B.1 Simple EJB3-Based Web Applications......Page 451
 B.2 POJO-Based Web Applications......Page 456
 B.3 More Complex Applications......Page 461
Appendix C: Using Maven......Page 464
 D.1 Using the Hibernate API......Page 474
 D.2 Configuration......Page 476
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