This guide includes descriptions of platform features and provides instructions for using the latest versions of NetBeans IDE and GlassFish Server Open Source Edition. The book introduces Enterprise JavaBeans components, the Java Persistence API, the Java Message Service (JMS) API, Java EE security, transactions, resource adapters, Java EE Interceptors, Batch Applications for the Java Platform, and Concurrency Utilities for Java EE. The book culminates with three case studies that illustrate the use of multiple Java EE 7 APIs.

Eric Jendrock leads the Java EE Tutorial team at Oracle and documents Java security and Concurrency Utilities. Ricardo Cervera-Navarro worked on Batch Applications for the Java Platform, added content and examples in the resource adapters technology areas, and worked on the case studies. Ian Evans documented Enterprise JavaBeans, the Java Persistence API, and the Java Transaction API. Kim Haase documents the Java Message Service (JMS) and worked on the case studies. William Markito, a former member of the Platform Technology Solutions group at Oracle, created the Duke’s Forest case study and provided examples for several technologies.

Part I Introduction
1 Overview
2 Using the Tutorial Examples

Part II The Web Tier
3 JavaServer Faces Technology: Advanced Concepts
4 Using Ajax with JavaServer Faces Technology
5 Composite Components: Advanced Topics and Example
6 Creating Custom UI Components and Other Custom Objects
7 Configuring JavaServer Faces Applications
8 Uploading Files with Java Servlet Technology

Part III Web Services
10 JAX-RS: Advanced Topics and Example195

Part IV Enterprise Beans
11 A Message-Driven Bean Example
12 Using the Embedded Enterprise Bean Container
13 Using Asynchronous Method Invocation in Session Beans

Part V Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform
14 Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform: Advanced Topics
15 Running the Advanced Contexts and Dependency Injection Examples

Part VI Persistence
16 Creating and Using String-Based Criteria Queries
17 Controlling Concurrent Access to Entity Data with Locking
18 Improving the Performance of Java Persistence API Applications by Setting a Second-Level Cache

Part VII Security
19 Java EE Security: Advanced Topics

Part VIII Java EE Supporting Technologies
20 Java Message Service Concepts
21 Java Message Service Examples
22 Bean Validation: Advanced Topics
23 Using Java EE Interceptors
24 Running the Resource Adapter Example

Part IX Case Studies
25 Duke's Bookstore Case Study Example
26 Duke's Tutoring Case Study Example
27 Duke's Forest Case Study Example

Index