OVERVIEW OF JEE

• Java Platforms
• Characteristics of "Enterprise" Computing
• JEE Technologies
• Multi-Tier Architectures
• Advantages of Multi-Tier Architectures
• Container-Based Approach
• JEE Application Models
• JEE Deployments

INTRODUCTION TO WEBLOGIC???

• What is WebLogic?
• Overview of WebLogic
• WebLogic Directory Structure
• Starting and Stopping WebLogic
• The weblogic.Admin Utility
• Other Administrative Commands
• WebLogic Scripting Tool
• Administration Console
• WebLogic Development Environment Setup

JAVA NAMING AND DIRECTORY INTERFACE

• What is JNDI?
• Benefits of JNDI
• Naming Services
• Directory Services
• Using JNDI
• Context Operations
• JNDI Utility Class
• JNDI Example
• Running the JNDI Example
• Naming Exceptions

ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS

• Enterprise JavaBeans Component Model
• Parties Involved in EJB Deployment
• EJB Server and EJB Container
• Types of Enterprise Beans
• EJB Wrapper Interfaces
• Deployment Descriptors
• Context and Environment Objects
• Summary of EJB Environment
• The Remote Interface
• The Home Interface
• The Enterprise Bean Class
• The Client Code
• Deploying the EJB in WebLogic
• Ant Build Files for the "Hello World" Bean
• The ejb-jar.xml File
• The weblogic-ejb-jar.xml File
• Creating and Running the Application

SESSION BEANS

• Session Bean Lifetime
• Session Bean Interface
• Session Bean Lifecycles
• Stateless Session Bean Example (TaxBean)
• Accessing Environment Entries
• Deployment Settings for the TaxBean
• Pool Settings for Stateless Session Beans
• Deploying and Running the Tax Application
• Stateful Session Bean Example (CartBean)
• Exceptions Thrown by the CartBean
• Cache Settings for Stateful Session Beans
• Deploying and Running the Cart Application

USING JDBC DATA SOURCES

• Connection Pools
• JDBC Data Sources
• Data Source Example
• Configuring JDBC Data Sources
• Running the JDBC Examples
• Executing a Query  

BMP ENTITY BEANS

• Entity Beans
• Entity Bean Interface
• Lifecycle of an Entity Bean
• Bean-Managed Persistence Example
• Deploying Entity Beans
• Deployment Settings for Customer Bean
• Pool and Cache Settings for Entity Beans
• Running the Customer Application

CMP ENTITY BEANS

• Container-Managed Persistence
• Primary Key Class
• Container-Managed Persistence Example
• Mapping Container-Managed Fields
• Deployment Settings for Product Bean
• Settings for Custom Finders
• EJB Query Language
• Running the Product Application
• Mapping to Multiple Database Tables

SESSION FACADE PATTERN

• J2EE Design Patterns
• Session Facade Pattern
• Transactions
• Container-Managed Transactions
• Transaction Attributes
• System vs. Application Exceptions
• Rolling Back a Container-Managed Transaction
• Example - ItemOrderer Bean
• Deployment Settings for ItemOrderer Bean
• Creating an Enterprise Application

CONTAINER-MANAGED RELATIONSHIPS

• Local Interfaces
• Container-Managed Relationships
• Container-Managed Relationship (CMR) Example
• CMR Example - Local Interfaces
• CMR Example - Local Home Interfaces
• CMR Example - Entity Bean Classes
• Transfer Object Pattern
• CMR Example - Session Bean
• CMR Example - Deployment Descriptors
• Running the CMR Example
• Many-to-Many Relationships

EJB SECURITY

• J2EE Security
• Adding Users in the Administration Console
• Specifying Security for EJBs
• Mapping Roles to Users

JAVA MESSAGE SERVICE

• Introduction
• JMS and the J2EE Platform
• Basic JMS Concepts
• The JMS Programming Model
• Point-to-Point Example - Sender
• Point-to-Point Example ??? Receiver
• Configuring JMS for WebLogic
• Running the Point-to-Point Example
• Publish/Subscribe Example - Publisher
• Publish/Subscribe Example - Subscriber
• Running the Publish/Subscribe Example
• Reliable Message Delivery

MESSAGE-DRIVEN BEANS

• Message-Driven Beans
• Message-Driven Bean Example
• Running the Message-Driven Bean Example
• Message-Driven Bean Lifecycle
• Transactions
• Message Acknowledgement

EJB TIMER SERVICE

• Overview of the Timer Service
• Timer Service API
• Creating Timers
• Canceling and Saving Timers
• Example
• Running the Example

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

ANT

• Ant Basics
• Properties
• Targets
• Tasks
• Example Build File
• A Few Details
• Ant Command Line Options

REFERENCE SHEETS

• WebLogic Directory Structure
• WebLogic EJB Deployment
• Summary of EJB Methods

EJB DESIGN PATTERNS

• Running the Demo Application
• Service Locator Pattern
• Session Facade Pattern
• Transfer Object Pattern
• Accessing an Auxiliary Library

WEB RESOURCES

• Java Technology
• WebLogic