Java Platform, Enterprise Edition

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Java Platforms
Micro Edition (ME)
Standard Edition (SE)
Enterprise Edition (EE)

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition or Java EE is a widely used platform for server programming in the Java programming language. The Java EE Platform differs from the Standard Edition (SE) of Java in that it adds libraries which provide functionality to deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, multi-tier Java software, based largely on modular components running on an application server.

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[edit] Nomenclature, standards and specifications

The platform was known as Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition or J2EE until the name was changed to Java EE in version 5. The current version is called Java EE 5. The previous version is called J2EE 1.4.

Java EE is defined by its specification. As with other Java Community Process specifications, Java EE is also considered informally to be a standard since providers must agree to certain conformance requirements in order to declare their products as Java EE compliant; albeit with no ISO or ECMA standard.

Java EE includes several API specifications, such as JDBC, RMI, e-mail, JMS, web services, XML, etc, and defines how to coordinate them. Java EE also features some specifications unique to Java EE for components. These include Enterprise JavaBeans, servlets, portlets (following the Java Portlet specification), JavaServer Pages and several web service technologies. This allows developers to create enterprise applications that are portable and scalable, and that integrate with legacy technologies. A Java EE "application server" can handle the transactions, security, arity, scalability, concurrency and management of the components that are deployed to it, meaning that the developers should be able to concentrate more on the business logic of the components rather than on infrastructure and integration tasks.

[edit] History

Main article: Java EE version history

The original J2EE specification was developed by Sun Microsystems.

The J2EE 1.2 SDK was released in December 1999.

Starting with J2EE 1.3, the specification was developed under the Java Community Process. JSR 58 specifies J2EE 1.3 and JSR 151 specifies the J2EE 1.4 specification.

The J2EE 1.3 SDK was first released by Sun as a beta in April 2001. The J2EE 1.4 SDK beta was released by Sun in December 2002.

The Java EE 5 specification was developed under JSR 244 and the final release was made on May 11, 2006.

The Java EE 6 specification is being developed under JSR 316 and is scheduled for release in 2008.

[edit] General APIs

The Java EE APIs includes several technologies that extend the functionality of the base Java SE APIs.

[edit] javax.ejb.*

The Enterprise JavaBean's 1st and 2nd API defines a set of APIs that a distributed object container will support in order to provide persistence, remote procedure calls (using RMI or RMI-IIOP), concurrency control, and access control for distributed objects. This package contains the maximum number of Exception classes (16 in all) in Java EE 5 SDK. This package contains the Enterprise JavaBeans classes and interfaces that define the contracts between the enterprise bean and its clients and between the enterprise bean and the EJB container.

[edit] javax.transaction.*

These packages define the Java Transaction API (JTA).

[edit] javax.xml.stream

This package contains the only Error class in Java EE 5 SDK.

[edit] javax.jms.*

This package defines the Java Message Service (JMS) API. This packages the maximum number of interfaces (43 in all) in Java EE 5 SDK. The JMS API provides a common way for Java programs to create, send, receive and read an enterprise messaging system's messages.

[edit] javax.faces.component.html

This package defines the Java Server Faces (JSF) API. JSF is a technology for constructing user interfaces out of components.

[edit] javax.persistence

This package contains the maximum number of annotation types (64 in all) and enums (10 in all) in Java EE 5 SDK. This package contains the classes and interfaces that define the contracts between a persistence provider and the managed classes and the clients of the Java Persistence API.

[edit] Certified application servers

[edit] Java EE 5 certified

[edit] J2EE 1.4 certified

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Perrone, Paul J.; Chaganti, Krishna (2003). J2EE Developer's Handbook. Indianapolis, Indiana: Sam's Publishing. ISBN 0-672-32348-6. 
  • Bodoff, Stephanie (2004). The J2EE Tutorial. Boston: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-24575-X. 
  • Solveig Haugland, Mark Cade, Anthony Orapallo: J2EE 1.4: The Big Picture, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-148010-3
  • Alan Monnox: Rapid J2EE Development: An Adaptive Foundation for Enterprise Applications, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-147220-8
  • Renaud Pawlak, Lionel Seinturier, Jean-Philippe Retaillé: Foundations of AOP for J2EE Development, ISBN 1-59059-507-6
  • Christopher Judd, Hakeem Shittu: Pro Eclipse JST: Plug-ins for J2EE Development, ISBN 1-59059-493-2

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