Hands-On Java EE 5

Java EE SDK NetBeans IDE Sun Application Server 9 Project GlassFish Server JavaServer Faces JavaServer Pages Hands-On Java EE 5 articles describe how to develop advanced web applications with Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5) and open source tools and technologies.

The first articles in the series show how to implement Ajax features in an existing application that was developed in the NetBeans IDE.

The application used in these articles is derived from the Duke's Bookstore application, included in the Java EE 5 Tutorial. The application has been extracted from the tutorial for use in these articles.

The series implements Ajax with increasing levels of complexity:

• Creating an Ajax-Enabled Application, a Do-It-Yourself Approach – In your first implementation, you write supporting JavaScript and CSS files and fulfill the Ajax request by writing a servlet in Java. You integrate these files with the existing JavaServer Pages (JSP) files in a NetBeans project.
  
  
• Creating an Ajax-Enabled Application, a Toolkit Approach – In your second implementation, you use the JavaScript libraries available with the Dojo Toolkit.
  
  
• Creating an Ajax-Enabled Application, a Component Approach – In your third implementation, you create a custom JSF component to generate the JavaScript that executes the Ajax interactions on the client side. The JSF component is packaged with the application bundle and accessed directly. A Java Servlet on the server side responds to the Ajax request.
  
  
• Creating an Ajax-Enabled Application, a Phase Listener Approach – In this implementation, you expand the JavaServer Faces approach to include a phase listener component on the server that fufills the client component's resource requirements.