J2EE Best Practices
Java Design Patterns, Automation, and Performance

Darren Broemmer

This page contains the full source code and packaged J2EE applications from the book as well as links to relevant and interesting web sites. You can download either the source code by itself or the full deployment package ready to be run on Weblogic 6.1 or other J2EE 1.3 compliant application servers.

Source Code

• Business Logic Foundation (Source Code Only): A set of configurable, extensible J2EE and EJB 2.0 components that implement common business logic
  BlfSource.zip
• Sample Bank Application (Source Code Only): A sample banking web application built on Jakarta Struts and the Business Logic Foundation
  BankAppSource.zip

Full Software Download: Source Code & Packaged Bank Application

This download includes all of the source code and files required for deployment including a WAR file and EJB jar file. The sample application will run on any J2EE 1.3 compliant application server. The application has been packaged for Weblogic 6.1 with configurations provided for either an Oracle database or MySQL database. To run on other J2EE 1.3 application servers, the primary difference will be in the deployment of EJB 2.0 CMP Entity Beans. To do this, follow your application server's instructions for CMP Entity Bean deployment.

This download package includes software, such as Jakarta Struts, developed by the Apache Software Foundation, as well as Castor, a part of the Exolab project.

By downloading the code included in the package below, you agree to the software license and understand the code is provided as is without warranty.

• J2EE Best Practices Full Software Download: Source code and packaged web application. README file contains deployment instructions.
  J2EEBP.zip

Interesting and Relevant Links

Open-Source Frameworks and Reusable Components

• Jakarta Struts: An open source web application framework
  http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/
• Jakarta Commons: A collection of reusable Java components
  http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/
• Castor: A popular open source object-relational mapping framework for Java
  http://castor.exolab.org/

Performance Related Sites

• OpenSTA (Open System Testing Architecture): An open source performance testing tool
  http://www.opensta.org/
• Apache JMeter: A Java desktop application for load testing
  http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/
• ECperf: J2EE performance and scalability benchmark
  http://java.sun.com/j2ee/ecperf/

Java and J2EE

• Java Home:
  http://java.sun.com/
• J2EE Home:
  http://java.sun.com/j2ee/
• Sun J2EE Blueprints:
  http://java.sun.com/blueprints/

J2EE Application Servers

• BEA Weblogic Server: A J2EE 1.3 compliant application server
  http://www.bea.com/products/weblogic/server/index.shtml
• IBM WebSphere:
  http://www.ibm.com/websphere
• JBoss: An open source J2EE-based application server with support for EJB 2.0
  http://www.jboss.org/

Databases and JDBC Drivers

• Oracle:
  http://www.oracle.com/
• MySQL: A popular open source database
  http://www.mysql.com/
• MM MySQL JDBC Drivers: An open source JDBC Driver for MySQL database
  http://mmmysql.sourceforge.net/

Contact Info

Please send thoughts, feedback, comments, etc. to Darren Broemmer and I will do my best to respond in a timely fashion.