1. Chapter 1 Introduction

   1. Overview of WebLogic Server

   2. Software and Versions

   3. Getting Started with WebLogic Server

2. Chapter 2 Web Applications

   1. Packaging and Deployment

   2. Configuring Web Applications

   3. Servlets and JSPs

   4. JSP Tag Libraries

   5. Session Tracking

   6. Session Persistence

   7. Clusters and Replicated Persistence

   8. Configuring a Simple Web Cluster

   9. Security Configuration

   10. Monitoring Web Applications

3. Chapter 3 Managing the Web Server

   1. Configuring WebLogic's HTTP Server

   2. Virtual Hosting

   3. HTTP Access Logs

   4. Understanding Proxies

   5. Web Server Plug-ins

4. Chapter 4 Using JNDI and RMI

   1. Using WebLogic's JNDI

   2. Using JNDI in a Clustered Environment

   3. Using WebLogic's RMI

   4. Using WebLogic's RMI over IIOP

5. Chapter 5 JDBC

   1. Overview of JDBC Resources

   2. Configuring JDBC Connectivity

   3. WebLogic's Wrapper Drivers

   4. Rowsets

   5. Clustering and JDBC Connections

6. Chapter 6 Transactions

   1. Overview

   2. EJB Transactions

   3. The Transaction Service

   4. Managing WebLogic JTA

7. Chapter 7 J2EE Connectors

   1. Assembling and Deploying Resource Adapters

   2. Configuring Resource Adapters

   3. WebLogic-Specific Configuration Options

   4. Using the Resource Adapter

   5. Monitoring Connections

8. Chapter 8 JMS

   1. Configuring JMS Resources

   2. Optimizing JMS Performance

   3. Controlling Message Delivery

   4. JMS Programming Issues

   5. Clustered JMS

   6. WebLogic's Messaging Bridge

   7. Monitoring JMS

9. Chapter 9 JavaMail

   1. Configuring a Mail Session

   2. Using JavaMail

   3. Using Other JavaMail Providers

10. Chapter 10 Using EJBs

    1. Getting Started

    2. Development Guidelines

    3. Managing WebLogic's EJB Container

    4. Configuring Entity Beans

    5. EJBs and Transactions

    6. EJBs and Clustering

11. Chapter 11 Using CMP and EJB QL

    1. Building CMP Entity Beans

    2. Features of WebLogic's CMP

    3. Container-Managed Relationships

    4. EJB QL

12. Chapter 12 Packaging and Deployment

    1. Packaging

    2. Deployment Tools

    3. Application Deployment

    4. WebLogic's Classloading Framework

    5. Deployment Considerations

    6. Split Directory Development

13. Chapter 13 Managing Domains

    1. Structure of a Domain

    2. Designing a Domain

    3. Creating Domains

    4. Domain Backups

    5. Handling System Failure

    6. Domain Network Configuration

    7. Node Manager

    8. The Server Life Cycle

    9. Monitoring a WebLogic Domain

14. Chapter 14 Clustering

    1. An Overview of Clustering

    2. A Closer Look at the Frontend Tier

    3. Load-Balancing Schemes

    4. Using J2EE Services on the Object Tier

    5. Combined-Tier Architecture

    6. Securing a Clustered Solution

    7. Machines, Replication Groups, and Failover

    8. Network Configuration

    9. Monitoring Clusters

15. Chapter 15 Performance, Monitoring, and Tuning

    1. Tuning WebLogic Applications

    2. Tuning the Application Server

    3. Tuning the JVM

16. Chapter 16 SSL

    1. An Overview of SSL

    2. Configuring WebLogic's SSL

    3. Programmatic SSL

    4. Mapping Certificates to WebLogic Users

17. Chapter 17 Security

    1. The Java Security Manager

    2. Connection Filtering

    3. The Security Provider Architecture

    4. The Providers

    5. Configuring Trust Between Two Domains

    6. JAAS Authentication in a Client

    7. Creating a Custom Authentication Provider

    8. Creating an Identity Assertion Provider

18. Chapter 18 XML

    1. JAXP

    2. Built-in Processors

    3. The XML Registry

    4. XML Application Scoping

    5. WebLogic's Streaming API

    6. WebLogic's XPath API

    7. Miscellaneous Extensions

19. Chapter 19 Web Services

    1. Using the Web Services Framework

    2. Web Service Design Considerations

    3. Implementing the Backend Components

    4. Datatypes

    5. Implementing Clients

    6. Reliable SOAP Messaging

    7. SOAP Message Handlers

    8. Security

    9. UDDI

    10. Internationalization and Character Sets

20. Chapter 20 JMX

    1. The MBean Architecture

    2. Accessing MBean Servers

    3. Accessing MBeans

    4. Examples

    5. MBean Notifications

    6. Monitor MBeans

    7. Timer MBeans

21. Chapter 21 Logging and Internationalization

    1. The Logging Architecture

    2. Listening for Log Messages

    3. Generating Log Messages

22. Chapter 22 SNMP

    1. WebLogic's SNMP Infrastructure

    2. Using the SNMP Agent

    3. Traps

    4. SNMP Proxies

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The images on the cover of WebLogic: The Definitive Guide are sand stars. The sand star is a starfish whose main defining feature is the spines that cover the sides of its legs, which differ from the suction cups that most starfish have. The sand star uses these spines to travel. It is chiefly nocturnal and tends to bury itself in sand in daylight hours. Its spines are helpful for allowing it to burrow into and move quickly throughout this sandy environment. The sand star swallows its food whole. Its diet consists of snails, sea urchins, seaweed, other starfish and sand stars, and any dead fish it can find. It often feeds off other creatures it finds buried in the sand alongside it. Mary Brady was the production editor, and Audrey Doyle was the copyeditor for WebLogic: The Definitive Guide. Mary Brady was the proofreader. Reg Aubry and Claire Cloutier provided quality control. Mary Agner provided production support. Nancy Crumpton wrote the index.

Emma Colby designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is a 19th-century engraving from the Dover Pictorial Archive. Emma Colby produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's ITC Garamond font.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted by Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Myriad Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand 9 and Adobe Photoshop 6. The tip and warning icons were drawn by Christopher Bing. This colophon was written by Mary Brady.