Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Preparing Your Enterprise for WebLogic.

Chapter 1: A Quick Tour of WebLogic Server.

Chapter 2: Assembling and Managing a WebLogic Development Team.

Chapter 3: Designing WebLogic Applications.

Chapter 4: Setting Up a WebLogic Environment.

Part II: WebLogic and the J2EE APIs.

Chapter 5: Working with WebLogic JDBC.

Chapter 6: Understanding Transactions and Working with WebLogic JTA.

Chapter 7: Working with WebLogic JNDI.

Chapter 8: Working with WebLogic RMI.

Chapter 9: Working with WebLogic JMS.

Chapter 10: Working with WebLogic JavaMail.

Part III: Developing Web Components.

Chapter 11: Developing Servlets.

Chapter 12: Developing JavaServer Pages.

Chapter 13: Developing Tag Libraries.

Part IV: Developing EJB Components.

Chapter 14: Understanding Enterprise JavaBeans.

Chapter 15: Developing Session Beans.

Chapter 16: Developing Entity Beans.

Chapter 17: Developing Message-Driven Beans.

Part V: Deploying and Testing Enterprise Applications.

Chapter 18: Assembling and Deploying WebLogic Applications.

Chapter 19: Testing and Tuning WebLogic Applications.

Part VI: Implementing Security.

Chapter 20: Understanding Security Fundamentals.

Chapter 21: Understanding WebLogic’s Security Architecture.

Chapter 22: Securing WebLogic Resources and Programming JAAS.

Part VII: WebLogic Server Administration.

Chapter 23: Working with WebLogic’s Administration Tools.

Chapter 24: Working with WebLogic Clusters.

Chapter 25: Security Administration in WebLogic.

Part VIII: Enterprise Application Integration.

Chapter 26: Web Services with WebLogic Server.

Chapter 27: Web Services with WebLogic Workshop.

Chapter 28: Working with WebLogic and the J2EE Connector Architecture.

Appendix A: Upgrading to WebLogic Server 7.0 from Earlier Versions.

Appendix B: WebLogic Server Tools and Utilities.

Index.