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1. Introduction
Overview of WebLogic Server
Software and Versions
Getting Started with WebLogic Server

2. Web Applications
Packaging and Deployment
Configuring Web Applications
Servlets and JSPs
JSP Tag Libraries
Session Tracking
Session Persistence
Clusters and Replicated Persistence
Configuring a Simple Web Cluster
Security Configuration
Monitoring Web Applications

3. Managing the Web Server
Configuring WebLogic's HTTP Server
Virtual Hosting
HTTP Access Logs
Understanding Proxies
Web Server Plug-ins

4. Using JNDI and RMI
Using WebLogic's JNDI
Using JNDI in a Clustered Environment
Using WebLogic's RMI
Using WebLogic's RMI over IIOP

5. JDBC
Overview of JDBC Resources
Configuring JDBC Connectivity
WebLogic's Wrapper Drivers
Rowsets
Clustering and JDBC Connections

6. Transactions
Overview
EJB Transactions
The Transaction Service
Managing WebLogic JTA

7. J2EE Connectors
Assembling and Deploying Resource Adapters
Configuring Resource Adapters
WebLogic-Specific Configuration Options
Using the Resource Adapter
Monitoring Connections

8. JMS
Configuring JMS Resources
Optimizing JMS Performance
Controlling Message Delivery
JMS Programming Issues
Clustered JMS
WebLogic's Messaging Bridge
Monitoring JMS

9. JavaMail
Configuring a Mail Session
Using JavaMail
Using Other JavaMail Providers

10. Using EJBs
Getting Started
Development Guidelines
Managing WebLogic's EJB Container
Configuring Entity Beans
EJBs and Transactions
EJBs and Clustering

11. Using CMP and EJB QL
Building CMP Entity Beans
Features of WebLogic's CMP
Container-Managed Relationships
EJB QL

12. Packaging and Deployment
Packaging
Deployment Tools
Application Deployment
WebLogic's Classloading Framework
Deployment Considerations
Split Directory Development

13. Managing Domains
Structure of a Domain
Designing a Domain
Creating Domains
Domain Backups
Handling System Failure
Domain Network Configuration
Node Manager
The Server Life Cycle
Monitoring a WebLogic Domain

14. Clustering
An Overview of Clustering
A Closer Look at the Frontend Tier
Load-Balancing Schemes
Using J2EE Services on the Object Tier
Combined-Tier Architecture
Securing a Clustered Solution
Machines, Replication Groups, and Failover
Network Configuration
Monitoring Clusters

15. Performance, Monitoring and Tuning
Tuning WebLogic Applications
Tuning the Application Server
Tuning the JVM

16. SSL
An Overview of SSL
Configuring WebLogic's SSL
Programmatic SSL
Mapping Certificates to WebLogic Users

17. Security
The Java Security Manager
Connection Filtering
The Security Provider Architecture
The Providers
Configuring Trust Between Two Domains
JAAS Authentication in a Client
Creating a Custom Authentication Provider
Creating an Identity Assertion Provider

18. XML
JAXP
Built-in Processors
The XML Registry
XML Application Scoping
WebLogic's Streaming API
WebLogic's XPath API
Miscellaneous Extensions

19. Web Services
Using the Web Services Framework
Web Service Design Considerations
Implementing the Backend Components
Datatypes
Implementing Clients
Reliable SOAP Messaging
SOAP Message Handlers
Security
UDDI
Internationalization and Character Sets

20. JMX
The MBean Architecture
Accessing MBean Servers
Accessing MBeans
Examples
MBean Notifications
Monitor MBeans
Timer MBeans

21. Logging and Internationalization
The Logging Architecture
Listening for Log Messages
Generating Log Messages

22. SNMP
WebLogic's SNMP Infrastructure
Using the SNMP Agent
Traps
SNMP Proxies

Index