Java EE 6 Programming - WebSphere 8.5 / Eclipse

Course Overview

Chapter 1. Overview of Java EE 6

• Java Platforms
• Community Innovation
• A Whole New Java EE Platform
• The Java EE Specifications
• Major Java EE Technologies
• Java EE Application Packaging
• Java Web Applications
• Java Persistence
• Java EE Business Components
• Dependency Injection
• Java Web Services
• Java EE Application Architecture
• Java EE Architecture Example
• Summary

Chapter 2. Overview of Servlets

• Java Servlet
• Java EE and Servlet
• New In Servlet 3.0
• Servlet Responsibilities
• The Servlet Container
• The Servlet Class
• The HttpServlet Class
• Servlet Configuration – web.xml
• Servlet Configuration – Annotations
• Life Cycle – Request Processing
• User Input
• Example – User Input
• Request
• Request Parameters
• Request Attributes
• Response
• Tracking User State
• Tracking Techniques
• Using HttpSession
• Session Invalidation
• Summary

Chapter 3. Overview of JavaServer Pages (JSP)

• JavaServer Pages
• A Simple Example - Hello.jsp
• JSP Benefits
• How JSP Works
• JSP Scripting Elements
• JSP Directive
• JSP Declarations
• Declarations – an Example
• JSP Expressions
• JSP Expressions – an Example
• JSP Scriptlets
• JSP Scriptlets – an Example
• JSP Comments
• JSP Predefined Variables
• The request Object
• The response Object
• The out Object
• MVC Implementation
• Request Dispatching - Forward Request to JSP
• Using Java Beans in JSP
• JSPs as Error Pages
• Summary

Chapter 4. Introduction to JavaServer Faces 2.0

• What is JavaServer Faces (JSF)?
• Why Use JSF?
• Nature of a JSF Application
• JSF Implementations
• JSF and MVC
• Faces Servlet
• Faces Servlet URL Mapping
• Managed Bean
• The View Layer
• XML Validity of a Page
• A Simple JSF Application
• The Input Form: form.xhtml
• The Result: thanks.xhtml
• The Controller: AddressBean
• How Does the Application Work?
• Under the Covers: The Rendered Form HTML
• Under the Covers: The Layout Tree
• Additional References
• Summary

Chapter 5. Basic JSF User Interface Components

• JSF UI Components
• JSF UI Tags
• A Basic Page
• Define a Form
• Labels and Images
• Button
• Links
• Output Link
• Text Input
• Simple Check Box
• Check Box Group
• Check Box Group Example
• Radio Button
• List Boxes
• Multiple Selection List Box
• Dynamic List Box
• Example
• Component Identifier
• Showing and Hiding Components
• Other Common Attributes
• Adding JavaScript and Stylesheet
• Summary

Chapter 6. Basic Managed Bean and JSF Expression and Scope

• Introduction
• JSF Expression Language (EL)
• Simple Value Property
• Complex Value Property
• Method Expression
• Managed Bean Scopes
• Implications of Various Scopes
• View Scoped Managed Beans
• Defining Managed Bean Scope
• Getting Rid of the Session
• Application Scope
• "None" Scope
• Custom Scopes
• Summary

Chapter 7. JSF Event Handling

• Request Processing Phases
• Action Request Processing Phases
• JSF Event & Listener Model…
• JSF Event Classes
• Event Classes
• Event Classes: Hierarchy
• Action Event Handling
• Action Event: Example
• Action Listener
• Passing Arguments
• Value Change Event
• Value Change Event Handler
• Listener Classes
• Listener Interfaces
• Listener Classes: Hierarchy
• Action Listener Class
• Value Change Listener Class
• Phase Event Listener
• Request Processing Lifecycle
• Phase Identifiers
• Summary

Chapter 8. JSF Navigation

• JSF Navigation
• Example Action Event Handler
• Implicit Navigation
• Pros and Cons of Implicit Navigation
• Defining Rules in faces-config.xml File
• Stating the Source View ID
• Stating the Action Handler Method
• Global Rule
• Doing Redirection
• Implementing Redirection
• Conditional Navigation
• Preemptive Navigation
• Summary

Chapter 9. Advanced JSF User Interface Components

• HTML Panel
• Applying Styles
• Grouping Components
• Data Table
• Using a Data Table
• Displaying a Header and Footer Row
• Applying Styles
• Adding Links to a Row
• Handling Action
• Summary

Chapter 10. Advanced Managed Beans

• @ManagedProperty Annotation
• Value Binding
• Property Data Conversion
• Advanced Property Types
• Component Binding
• Predefined Objects
• Summary

Chapter 11. Overview of Contexts and Dependency Injection

• Once upon a time
• What is CDI?
• The JSRs
• CDI Example
• What Good is DI
• Old Bean Scope
• CDI Bean Scope
• Other Advanced Features of CDI
• CDI Implementation
• Summary

Chapter 12. Defining CDI Beans

• Requirements of Bean Classes
• Bean Initialization Methods
• beans.xml
• Managed Bean Type
• Using Beans with EL
• Beans Have Default Names
• Bean Scopes
• EJBs in CDI
• Summary

Chapter 13. JSF Integration, Scope and Context

• CDI Beans in JSF
• JSF Example
• Introduction to Scopes
• Normal and Pseudo- scopes
• Declaring Scope of a Bean
• Scope Boundaries
• Instance Sharing
• How Dependent Scope Works
• Forcing a Dependent Instance
• Conversation Scope
• Use Cases of Conversation Scope
• Starting and Ending Conversations
• Propagating Conversations
• Conversations and HttpSession
• Summary

Chapter 14. JSR 303 Bean Validation

• Validation in Applications
• Using Validation
• Built-in Validation Constraints
• Using Constraints
• Showing Error Messages in JSF
• Custom Validation Messages
• Externalizing Validation Messages
• External Message Example
• Defining Custom Constraints
• Custom Constraint Example
• Interface
• Validator
• Custom Constraint in JSF
• Bootstrapping Validation
• The Validator API
• Validation Groups
• Group Example
• Using Bean Validation in JPA 2.x and JSF 2.x
• Summary

Chapter 15. JSF GET Requests and View Parameters

• Using GET Requests with JSF
• POST-Redirect-GET (PRG) Pattern
• Implementing PRG Pattern With JSF
• Defining View Parameters
• New and Tags
• Passing Request Parameters
• Passing Request Parameters from POST Action Methods
• Causing Redirection
• Using a PreRenderView Event
• The Flash Object
• Summary

Chapter 16. Overview of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)

• What are EJBs?
• Distributed Transaction
• Distributed Security
• Distributed Computing
• Main Characteristics of EJBs
• EJB Container
• EJB Client
• Annotations
• Enterprise JavaBeans
• Session Beans
• Message-Driven Beans (MDBs)
• Asynchronous Session EJBs
• EJB Timers
• EJB Lite
• EJB Packaging
• EJBs are Simple!
• Summary

Chapter 17. Overview of Java Persistence API

• Data Persistence
• Java Persistence API 2.0
• Entities
• Session EJB vs JPA Entities
• Entities
• Persisting and Retrieving Data
• Accessing Entities
• EntityManager & Persistence Unit
• Persistence Context
• Entities - Example
• persistence.xml – Hibernate Provider
• persistence.xml – Open JPA Provider
• persistence.xml - Toplink
• Entity Instance Lifecycle
• Creating EntityManager in Session EJB
• Creating EntityManager in a Plain Java Class
• Working With the EntityManager Interface
• Transaction Basics
• Summary

Chapter 18. Using AJAX with JSF

• Integrated AJAX Support in JSF 2.0
• Challenges of AJAX with JSF
• AJAX Handling in JSF 2.0
• Request Lifecycle for AJAX Requests
• JSF JavaScript API
• New Tag
• Partial Page Rendering
• Third Party JSF Libraries with AJAX
• Component Libraries Available
• Summary

Chapter 19. Facelet Templates

• Page Templates
• Define a Page Template
• Define a Template Client
• Run the Template Client
• Server Side Include
• Removing Portions of a Page
• Looping
• Summary

Chapter 20. Facelets Composite Components

• Introduction
• The Basics
• Basic Structure of a Composite XHTML
• Defining the Interface
• Defining the Implementation
• Using the Component
• Parameterizing the Controller
• Supplying a Controller
• Summary

Chapter 21. Internationalization (I18N)

• Internationalization
• I18N
• Locales
• Default Locales
• Resource Bundles
• Updating faces-config.xml
• Loading the Bundle
• Display Localized Text
• Example – Resource Bundles
• Update faces-config.xml
• JSF Page
• View the JSF Page
• Benefits
• Parameterized Messages
• Displaying Parameters
• Parameterized Messages
• Summary

Chapter 22. Stateless Session EJB

• Stateless Session Bean
• Stateless Session Bean Components
• Example: Business Interface
• Example: Bean Class
• Business Interface Details
• Using an EJB in a Client
• Portable JNDI Syntax
• No-interface EJB
• Stateless Session Bean Lifecycle
• Stateless Session Bean Initialization
• Summary

Chapter 23. Stateful Session EJB

• Stateful Session Bean
• Stateful Session Beans
• Session Bean Lifecycle
• Stateful Session Bean Lifecycle
• Stateful Session Bean Example
• Stateful Session Bean Client
• Removing the Bean
• Why Use Stateful Session EJBs?
• Stateful Session EJB and Transactions
• Summary

Chapter 24. Overview of Java Persistence API

• Data Persistence
• Java Persistence API 2.0
• Entities
• Session EJB vs JPA Entities
• Entities
• Persisting and Retrieving Data
• Accessing Entities
• EntityManager & Persistence Unit
• Persistence Context
• Entities - Example
• persistence.xml – Hibernate Provider
• persistence.xml – Open JPA Provider
• persistence.xml - Toplink
• Entity Instance Lifecycle
• Creating EntityManager in Session EJB
• Creating EntityManager in a Plain Java Class
• Working With the EntityManager Interface
• Transaction Basics
• Summary

Chapter 25. JPA Entity Lifecycle

• Entity Lifecycle
• When is an Entity Managed or Detached?
• Implementing the CRUD Pattern
• Accessing Entities Using Stateless Session Beans
• Inserting Data
• Retrieving Data
• Updating Data
• Deleting Data
• Merging Entities
• Merging Entities (example)
• Life-Cycle Callbacks
• Example: Internal callback
• External Callback Class
• Listener Class - Example
• Synchronizing with Databases
• Entity Lookup
• JPAQL (JPA Query Language)
• Summary

Chapter 26. Java Persistence Query Language (JPA QL)

• JPA Query Language
• Basic JPAQL Syntax
• Simple SELECT Examples
• Example of Using JPAQL
• The SELECT clause
• Reading Data from Code
• The WHERE Clause
• Example Using JPAQL from Session EJB
• Named Query
• Multiple Named Queries
• TypedQuery
• Bulk Updates
• Bulk Delete
• Running Native SQL Query
• Native SELECT Query
• Native SQL Delete and Insert
• Named Native Query
• Summary

Chapter 27. Basic JPA Entity Relationships

• Relationship Between Entities
• Anatomy of a Relationship
• Foreign Key
• Example Schema
• One-to-One Unidirectional
• Creating Entity Instances
• Traversing the Relationship
• The Cascade Behavior
• One-to-One Bidirectional
• Maintaining Bidirectional Links
• Simplifying Bidirectional Links
• Traversing the Relationship
• Summary

Lab Exercises

Lab 1. Configure the Development Environment
Lab 2. Basic JSF Application
Lab 3. Develop a Managed Bean
Lab 4. More User Interface Design
Lab 5. Basic Event Handling
Lab 6. Build a TODO List Application
Lab 7. Enhance TODO List Application
Lab 8. Navigation
Lab 9. Using a Data Table
Lab 10. Basic Dependency Injection
Lab 11. JSF and CDI Integration
Lab 12. Using the Conversation Scope
Lab 13. Input Validation Using JSR 303
Lab 14. JSF GET Requests
Lab 15. Creating A Stateless Session Bean
Lab 16. Creating A Stateful Session Bean
Lab 17. Accessing A Database From A Session Bean
Lab 18. Using Entities
Lab 19. JPA Entity Lifecycle
Lab 20. Entity Queries
Lab 21. Basic Relationships

Prerequisites

Participants should already have an understanding of Java programming. For those that require Java experience before this course the following course is suggested

Introduction to Java Using Eclipse