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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 a Facelets project


Start Eclipse 3.7 (OEPE 12c). Select File | New | Other. In the New wizard select Web | Dynamic Web Project. Click on Next, as shown in the following screenshot:

In Dynamic Web Project configuration specify Project name (Facelets, for example) and create a new target runtime with the New… button under Target Runtime. In the New Server Runtime Environment configuration select Oracle WebLogic Server 12c (12.1.1), check the Create a new local server checkbox, and click on Next, as follows:

In the New Server Runtime Environment configuration specify the WebLogic home directory in the WebLogic home field. The Java home directory gets configured to JDK 1.6. Click on Next, as follows:

In the server configuration select the Local radio button for Server Type, and specify base_domain as Domain Directory. Click on Finish. Select 2.5 as the Dynamic Web Module version. For Facelets support we need to add JSF 2.0 configuration. Click on the Modify… button for Configuration...