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Seam 2.x Web Development

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Seam 2.x Web Development

Overview of this book

The Seam framework from JBoss allows developers to use JSF, Facelets, EJB, and JPA to write conversational web applications. But you will first have to learn how these standard technologies are integrated using Seam and how they can be built upon using additional Seam components. If you need to build a Java web application fast, but don't have time to learn all these complex features, then this book is for you. The book provides a practical approach to developing Seam applications highlighting good development practices. It provides a complete walk through to develop Web applications using Seam, Facelets, and RichFaces and explains how to deploy them to the JBoss Application Server. You can start using key aspects of the Seam framework immediately because this book builds on them chapter by chapter, finally ending with details of enterprise functionality such as PDF report generation and event frameworks. First, the book introduces you to the fundamentals of Seam applications, describing topics such as Injection, Outjection and Bijection. You will understand the Facelets framework, AJAX, database persistence, and advanced Seam concepts through the many examples in the book. The book takes a practical approach throughout to describing the technologies and tools involved. You will add functionality to Seam applications after you learn how to use the Seam Generator RAD tools and how to customize and fully test application functionality. Hints and tips are provided along the way of how to use Seam and the JBoss Application Server.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Seam 2.x Web Development
Credits
About the author
About the reviewers
Preface

Seam requirements


To compile and build Seam applications, we need JDK 5.0 or above installed. We also need Apache Ant 1.6 or above (http://ant.apache.org) installed, as we use this as the build tool for the projects that we build throughout this book. Here, we do not describe how to install Apache Ant as there is full documentation for this on the Apache Ant web site.

To run our Seam applications, we need to deploy them to a Java Application Server. Throughout this book, we will be using the JBoss Application Server version 5.0. Many other application servers can be used for deploying and running Seam applications, such as WebSphere, WebLogic, GlassFish, or even Tomcat. However, we will concentrate solely on the JBoss Application Server.

Note

The recommended version of Java for running Seam applications is 5.0. As at the time of writing this book, Seam and the JBoss Application Server have not been fully tested with JDK 6.0.