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Java EE Development with Eclipse

By : Deepak Vohra
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Java EE Development with Eclipse

By: Deepak Vohra

Overview of this book

<p>Java EE is the industry standard on enterprise computing and Oracle WebLogic Server is the most comprehensive platform for enterprise applications. The book combines Java EE with WebLogic Server in the most commonly used Java IDE, the Eclipse IDE 3.7.<br /><br />"Java EE Development with Eclipse" is the only book on Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers. The book is a practical guide for using the most commonly used Java EE technologies and frameworks in Eclipse IDE. Sample applications are available in downloadable format and may be customized to meet requirements. Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 12c, an enhancement to Eclipse IDE, providing additional project facets and an integrated support for Oracle WebLogic Server is used.<br /><br />"Java EE Development with Eclipse" is based on developing applications with some of the commonly used technologies using the project facets in Eclipse 3.7 and its enhancement Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse 12c. <br /><br />The book starts with a discussion on EJB 3.0 database persistence with Oracle database XE and Oracle WebLogic Server. JAXB is discussed in the context of bi-directional mapping between XML and Java. A generic web project is developed for PDF and Excel spread sheet reports. JavaServer Faces, the most commonly used view component in web applications is discussed for developing a data table. Facelets, which was integrated into JSF with 2.0 version is discussed in the context of templating. ADF Faces components are used to develop another user interface (UI) application. Web services are discussed with JAX-WS and JAX-RS technologies. Java EE frameworks Ajax and Spring are also discussed.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Java EE Development with Eclipse
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Creating the application.xml descriptor


We also need to create an application.xml deployment descriptor to generate an EAR application to be deployed to the WebLogic Server. First, create a META-INF folder by going to File | New | Folder. Subsequently, create an XML file going to File | New | Other and then click on XML | XML File in the New wizard. Click on Next.

Specify the META-INF folder and specify the filename as application.xml. Click on Next as shown in the following screenshot:

Click on Create an XML file from an XML template and then click on Next. In Select XML Template, select the checkbox Use XML Template. Select the xml declaration in the XML Template and click on Finish. An application.xml file gets added to the META-INF folder. Specify an EJB module and a web module in the deployment descriptor. The application.xml descriptor is listed as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<application>
  <display-name></display-name>
  <module>
    <ejb>ejb3example.jar</ejb>
  </module>
  <module>
    <web>
      <web-uri>weblogicexample.war</web-uri>
      <context-root>weblogic</context-root>
    </web>
  </module>
</application>

The following screenshot shows application.xml in the EJB project: