J2EE Technology in Practice: Building Business Applications with the Java 2 Platform

Rick Cattell, Jim Inscore, Enterprise Partners, Enterprise Partners0201746220, 9780201746228

Presents case studies which show how the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition has helped ten companies or organizations develop distributed applications and deal with such issues as connecting dispersed users with centralized applications, building applications quickly and efficiently, and connecting heterogeneous clients and servers.

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Table of contents :
Table of Contents……Page 1
Foreword……Page 5
Acknowledgments……Page 7
About the Editors……Page 9
1.2 Why Standardize?……Page 11
1.3 Why Standardize on J2EE?……Page 12
1.4 Why a Standard Based on Java Technologies?……Page 14
1.5 Why a Book of Success Stories?……Page 15
2.1 The Evolution of Distributed, Multitier Applications……Page 17
2.2 J2EE Platform Architecture and Technologies……Page 21
2.3 Application Configurations Supported by the J2EE Architecture……Page 30
2.5 Things to Come……Page 32
ATG/JCrew……Page 35
3.1 Technology Evolution……Page 37
3.2 Why J2EE Technology?……Page 38
3.3 Problem/Opportunity Profile……Page 39
3.4 Collaboration with Sun Professional Services……Page 41
3.5 Solution Analysis……Page 42
3.6 Benefits……Page 49
3.7 Looking Forward……Page 50
BEA/Homeside Lending……Page 51
4.1 The Project……Page 53
4.2 Business Problem……Page 55
4.3 Technology Choices……Page 56
4.5 Application Architecture……Page 58
4.6 Solution Analysis……Page 61
4.7 Current Results……Page 63
4.8 Future Directions……Page 64
4.9 Lessons Learned……Page 66
Borland/AT&T Unisource……Page 67
5.1 Technology Adoption……Page 69
5.2 Business and Technological Challenges……Page 70
5.3 Approaching the Challenges……Page 72
5.4 The Solution……Page 76
5.5 Life after CORE……Page 90
Brokat/Codexa……Page 93
6.2 Charting Galaxies of Financial Information……Page 95
6.4 System Architecture: Layers Upon Layers……Page 96
6.5 Application Architecture: Billions and Billions of InfoBytes……Page 100
6.6 The Working Solution: Codexa in Action……Page 103
6.7 Achieving the Big Bang……Page 105
6.8 Codexa Through Time……Page 110
7.2 The Company……Page 111
7.4 Opportunity: The Business Problem……Page 112
7.5 The Solution……Page 115
7.6 Vendor Selection……Page 116
7.7 Application Architecture……Page 117
7.8 Solution Analysis……Page 118
7.9 Future Directions……Page 120
7.10 A Rich Tapestry……Page 122
Forte/eTapestry……Page 123
8.2 The Challenge……Page 125
8.4 Altura Merchant Operating System……Page 126
8.5 HP Bluestone Total-e-Server and the J2EE Specification……Page 132
8.6 Configuring the Altura Merchant Operating System Framework……Page 137
8.7 Benefits of the J2EE Platform and HP Bluestone to Altura……Page 140
HP Bluestone/Altura……Page 143
9.1 IBM and the Evolution of e-Business……Page 145
9.2 Honeywell……Page 147
9.3 Bekins……Page 153
IBM……Page 165
10.1 Company Profile……Page 167
10.2 Problem/Opportunity Profile: The Applet Dilemma……Page 171
10.3 Solution Analysis: The Lifecycle of a Hybrid Letter……Page 172
10.4 Future of Hybrid Mail……Page 173
10.5 A Multitiered Architecture……Page 174
10.6 A Bounty of Benefits……Page 176
iPlanet……Page 179
11.1 EDH Application……Page 181
11.2 The EDH Component Model……Page 183
11.3 Migration to EJB: First Steps……Page 187
11.4 The CERN Material Request……Page 192
11.5 Deployment Descriptors……Page 195
11.6 Putting It All Together……Page 199
11.7 CERN’s Experience……Page 202
Oracle/CERN……Page 205
12.1 Global Freight Management, Military Traffic Management Command, Mission……Page 207
12.2 Technology Evolution……Page 208
12.3 The Small Package Application……Page 209
SunPS/USMTMC……Page 221
Glossary……Page 223