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Preface
1. Introducing Oracle Application Server
Evolution of the Application Server
The Oracle Application Server Family
Oracle Application Server Components
Managing Oracle Application Servers
What's Next?
2. Architecture
Oracle Application Server Core Components
Oracle Application Server Infrastructure
Installation Types
Scalability Architectures
High Availability
Oracle Application Server Applications
3. Systems Management
Application Server Control
Grid Control
EM2Go
Optional Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Server Packs
Backup, Recovery, and Security Management
Working with Oracle Support
4. Security and Identity Management
Oracle Application Server Security Objectives
Oracle Application Server Security Framework
Secure Deployment
5. Oracle HTTP Server
Apache Architecture
Oracle-Supplied Modules
Third-Party Listener Support
6. Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE
OC4J Components
OC4J Services
Application Deployment
Standalone J2EE Server
Clustering
7. Caching
OracleAS Web Cache
Java Object Cache
Web Object Cache
8. Java Development
Developing Web Applications
Development Tools
Oracle Application Server APIs and Tag Libraries
9. Oracle Development
PL/SQL
OracleAS Forms Services
OracleAS Reports Services
10. XML Development
XML, DTDs, and XML Schemas
XML Standards
XML Developer Kits
Oracle Application Server Components and XML
11. Web Services
Web Services Architecture
Web Services Standards
Service Provider
Service Description
Service Discovery
Service Requester
12. Business Intelligence Components
Reporting
Query and Analysis
Data Mining
Managing Business Intelligence Components
13. Oracle Application Server Portal
An OracleAS Portal Page
Portlets
Classification of Data
End-User Interaction
Deployment Architecture
OracleAS Portal Security
14. Oracle Application Server Wireless
OracleAS Wireless Foundation Services
OracleAS Wireless Development
OracleAS Wireless Deployment
OracleAS Wireless Administration
15. Integration Components
Oracle Application Server InterConnect
Oracle Application Server ProcessConnect
Appendix:. Additional Resources
Index