Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials

Description:

The new Oracle Application Server offers a wide range of functionality, including Java runtime and development tools, portal development tools, business intelligence, single sign-on identify management, and much more. It's so powerful and complex, in fact, that many people who use the product (or are considering using it) are familiar with only a portion of the entire range of its capabilities. The choices can be overwhelming. Few people grasp how the larger issues--such as the interplay between components or the various architectural choices in the product--play out in the Oracle Application Server.

This new guide provides the perfect introduction to the Oracle Application Server for users of any level. Regardless of which of the server's capabilities you use, you'll benefit from this tightly focused, all-in-one technical overview. It's written for anyone who is concerned with using and managing web servers, doing Java development and deployment, using Oracle's own tools--like Forms and Reports, using or developing for Oracle Portal, or those who use and administer business intelligence, mobile or integration software.

Divided into three concise sections, the book covers server basics, core components, and server functionality. The book leads with the history of Oracle Application Server, its architecture, management, standards, and third-party support for languages and tools such as Java, Perl, and HTTP. The next section covers Oracle's web server, containers for Java web caching, and the server's security features. And finally, the book discusses HTML development, Java development, and Oracle development. Although the book refers mainly to Oracle Application Server 10g, the authors also describe features in earlier product releases where necessary, particularly Oracle9i Application Server.

More comprehensible than a large reference and more detailed than a primer, the book provides a foundation for understanding and using Oracle Application Server effectively and efficiently. Readers concentrate on the most important issues and components of the server, focusing primarily on principles rather than syntax. Designed to be the ideal first OracleAS book, Oracle Application Server 10g Essentials offers Oracle application developers and administrators everything they need to know about this powerful server.

 

Preface

1. Introducing Oracle Application Server
      Evolution of the Application Server
      The Oracle Application Server Family
      Oracle Application Server Components
      Managing Oracle Application Servers
      What's Next?

2. Architecture
      Oracle Application Server Core Components
      Oracle Application Server Infrastructure
      Installation Types
      Scalability Architectures
      High Availability
      Oracle Application Server Applications

3. Systems Management
      Application Server Control
      Grid Control
      EM2Go
      Optional Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Server Packs
      Backup, Recovery, and Security Management
      Working with Oracle Support

4. Security and Identity Management
      Oracle Application Server Security Objectives
      Oracle Application Server Security Framework
      Secure Deployment

5. Oracle HTTP Server
      Apache Architecture
      Oracle-Supplied Modules
      Third-Party Listener Support

6. Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
      OC4J Components
      OC4J Services
      Application Deployment
      Standalone J2EE Server
      Clustering

7. Caching
      OracleAS Web Cache
      Java Object Cache
      Web Object Cache

8. Java Development
      Developing Web Applications
      Development Tools
      Oracle Application Server APIs and Tag Libraries

9. Oracle Development
      PL/SQL
      OracleAS Forms Services
      OracleAS Reports Services

10. XML Development
      XML, DTDs, and XML Schemas
      XML Standards
      XML Developer Kits
      Oracle Application Server Components  and XML

11. Web Services
      Web Services Architecture
      Web Services Standards
      Service Provider
      Service Description
      Service Discovery
      Service Requester

12. Business Intelligence Components
      Reporting
      Query and Analysis
      Data Mining
      Managing Business Intelligence Components

13. Oracle Application Server Portal
      An OracleAS Portal Page
      Portlets
      Classification of Data
      End-User Interaction
      Deployment Architecture
      OracleAS Portal Security

14. Oracle Application Server Wireless
      OracleAS Wireless Foundation Services
      OracleAS Wireless Development
      OracleAS Wireless Deployment
      OracleAS Wireless Administration

15. Integration Components
      Oracle Application Server InterConnect
      Oracle Application Server ProcessConnect

Appendix:. Additional Resources

Index