JBoss Seam

JBoss Seam sits on top of the Java EE 5.0 frameworks to provide a consistent and easy-to-understand programming model for all components in an enterprise web application. It makes robust applications and business process-driven applications a breeze to develop. In other words, Seam is all about developer productivity and application scalability. In this book, the authors show how Seam can make development easier. They cover Web application examples and explain exactly what Seam does and its key design principles. This book will help any developer better understand how Seam works in applications. In a nutshell Seam simplifies overhead for Java EE applications, and at the same time, adds powerful new features beyond Java EE 5.0.Discover JBoss Seam: the Unified Framework for Simpler, More Powerful Web Development JBoss Seam integrates EJB 3.0 and JSF components under a unified framework that simplifies and accelerates Java EE web development. Now, JBoss Seam's project leader and technology evangelist take you inside this powerful new technology, showing exactly how to put it to work. Michael Yuan and Thomas Heute show how JBoss Seam enables you to create web applications that would have been difficult or impossible with previous Java frameworks. Through hands-on examples and a complete case study application, you'll learn how to leverage JBoss Seam's breakthrough state management capabilities; integrate business processes and rules; use AJAX with Seam; and deploy your application into production, one step at a time. Coverage includes How JBoss Seam builds on-and goes beyond-the Java EE platform* Using the "Stateful Framework": conversations, workspaces, concurrent conversations, and transactions* Integrating the web and data components: validation, clickable data tables, and bookmarkable web pages* Creating AJAX and custom UI components, enabling AJAX for existing JSF components, and JavaScript integration via Seam Remoting * Managing business processes, defining stateful pageflows, and implementing rule-based security* Testing and optimizing JBoss Seam applications * Deploying in diverse environments: with Tomcat, with production databases, in clusters, without EJB 3, and more * Download source code for this book's case study application at http://michaelyuan.com/seam/. www.prenhallprofessional.comwww.jboss.com About This Book About the Authors Acknowledgments Part I: Getting Started Chapter 1: What Is Seam? Chapter 2: Seam Hello World Chapter 3: Recommended JSF Enhancements Chapter 4: Rapid Application Development Tools Part II: Stateful Applications Made Easy Chapter 5: An Introduction to Stateful Framework Chapter 6: A Simple Stateful Application Chapter 7: Conversations Chapter 8: Workspaces and Concurrent Conversations Chapter 9: Transactions Part III: Integrating Web and Data Components Chapter 10: Validate Input Data Chapter 11: Clickable Data Tables Chapter 12: Bookmarkable Web Pages Chapter 13: The Seam CRUD Application Framework Chapter 14: Failing Gracefully Part IV: AJAX Support Chapter 15: Custom and AJAX UI Components Chapter 16: Enabling AJAX for Existing Components Chapter 17: Direct JavaScript Integration Part V: Business Processes and Rules Chapter 18: Managing Business Processes Chapter 19: Stateful Pageflows Chapter 20: Rule-Based Security Framework Part VI: Testing Seam Applications Chapter 21: Unit Testing Chapter 22: Integration Testing Part VII: Production Deployment Chapter 23: Java EE 5.0 Deployment Chapter 24: Seam Without EJB3 Chapter 25: Tomcat Deployment Chapter 26: Using a Production Database Chapter 27: Performance Tuning and Clustering Appendix A: Installing and Deploying JBoss AS Appendix B: Using Example Applications as Templates Index