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Sams Teach Yourself JavaServer Pages™ 2.0 with Apache Tomcat in 24 Hours
By Mark Wutka, Alan Moffet, Kunal Mittal
Publisher	: Sams Publishing
Pub Date	: December 04, 2003
ISBN	: 0-672-32597-7
Pages	: 512

		Copyright
		About the Authors
		Acknowledgments
		We Want to Hear from You!
		Introduction
			Who Should Read This Book
			How This Book Is Organized
			In Every Hour
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Apache Tomcat
		Hour 1.  Getting Started with JavaServer Pages
			A "Hello World" JavaServer Page
			Using the <% %> Tags in a JavaServer Page
			Displaying a Value with <%= %>
			Inserting Comments
			Declaring Methods and Variables with <%! %>
			Handling Multiple Threads in a JSP
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 2.  JavaServer Pages Behind the Scenes
			Introducing Servlets
			A "Hello World" Servlet
			Using the invoker to Run a Servlet
			Packaging, Deploying, and Running a Servlet
			The Anatomy of a Servlet
			Sending a Response to the Browser
			The HttpServlet Class
			Choosing Between JavaServer Pages and Servlets
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 3.  Creating HTML Forms
			A Simple HTML Form
			Using the request Object
			Retrieving Form Variables in a Servlet
			Different Ways to Do Forms
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 4.  How the Browser Interacts with the Server
			The Hypertext Transfer Protocol
			Common Request Headers
			Common Response Headers
			The HTTP POST Command
			GET Versus POST
			HTTPS: Secure HTTP
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 5.  JSP and Servlet Lifecycles
			Servlet Lifecycle
			JavaServer Page Lifecycle
			Reloading Other Classes
			Application Lifecycle Events
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 6.  Looking Under the Hood—Core Servlet Components
			The ServletRequest Class
			The HttpServletRequest Class
			The ServletContext Class
			The ServletResponse Class
			The HttpServletResponse Class
			The ServletInputStream Class
			The ServletOutputStream Class
			The HttpSession Class
			The Cookie Class
			Creating a New Cookie
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 7.  Servlet Filters
			The Filter Interface
			An Example Filter—JSP/Servlet Timings
			An Example Filter—Session Logging
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 8.  Core JavaServer Page Components
			Built-in JSP Objects
			The JspWriter Class
			Working with the pageContext Object
			The JspEngineInfo Class
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 9.  JSP Directives
			An Overview of JSP Directives
			The page Directive
			The include Directive
			The taglib Directive
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 10.  Using JSP Standard Actions to Organize Your Web Application
			Including Other Files
			Forwarding to Another Page
			Passing Java Objects Between JSPs and Servlets
			Making Your Application More Modular
			Using an Applet in Your Form
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 11.  Debugging and Error Handling
			Why Debugging Is Tough
			Compile Versus Runtime Errors
			Using Log Files to Debug an Application
			Using a Debugger
			Error Handling
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 12.  Saving Data Between Requests
			Storing Data in Hidden Form Variables
			Storing Data in a session Object
			How Sessions Work
			Forcing a New Session
			Handling Session Termination
			Handling Sessions Without Cookies
			Storing Application-Wide Data
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 13.  More About Saving Data
			Using Sessions to Save Data in a Shopping Cart Application
			Storing Data in a Cookie
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 14.  Interacting with JavaBeans
			The jsp:useBean Action
			A Bean-Based Web Application
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 15.  The JSP Expression Language
			Basic Syntax
			Variables
			Literals and Operators
			Implicit Objects
			Functions
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 16.  Extending JSP with New Tags
			"Hello World" Tag
			Packaging and Installing a Tag
			Conditionally Including the Body of a Custom Tag
			Processing Body Content with a Custom Tag
			Handling Exceptions
			Accessing Tag Attributes
			Using Dynamic Attributes
			Adding Scripting Variables
			The JSP 2.0 SimpleTag Interface
			Tag Files—Tag Extensions Without Java
			Tag File Directives
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 17.  The JSP Standard Tag Library
			Installing and Using JSTL
			Core Tag Library
			Functions
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 18.  Working with Databases and JSTL Database Actions
			A Brief Overview of Databases
			What Is SQL?
			Getting Started with Cloudscape
			What Is JDBC?
			Using JDBC from JavaServer Pages and Servlets
			JSTL SQL Tag Library
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 19.  Creating an XML Application
			A "Hello World" XML Page
			A Few Simple Rules for XML
			Why Use XML with JSP and Servlets?
			XML Tag Library
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 20.  Building Web Applications with JavaServer Pages and Servlets
			Web Application Architecture
			The Model 1 and Model 2 Architectures
			Using Model-View-Controller in Your Web Applications
			Calling Multiple Controllers and Views
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 21.  Using Struts and JavaServer Faces
			An Overview of Struts
			Setting Up Struts
			An Overview of JavaServer Faces (JSF)
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 22.  Internationalization
			Setting the Page Encoding
			Detecting the Browser's Preferred Locale
			Using Locale-Based Text Formatters
			Using Resource Bundles in Web Pages
			The Format Tag Library
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 23.  Security
			Role-Based Security
			BASIC Authentication
			Creating a Custom Login Form
			Checking Security Roles Programmatically
			Using Client Certificates for Authentication
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Hour 24.  Performance
			Buffering Pages to Improve Performance
			Use Static Content Where Possible
			Caching Objects to Reduce Setup Time
			Choosing the Right Session Mechanism
			Precompiling JSPs
			Setting the JSP Reload Time
			Simple Java Optimizations
			Making JSPs and Servlets Thread-Safe
			Using Thread Pools
			Summary
			Q&A
			Workshop
		Appendix A.  Apache Tomcat
			Where to Get Tomcat
			Installing Tomcat on Windows
			Running Tomcat
			Tomcat Configuration
			Logging
			Setting the Classpath
			Authentication
			Tomcat Web Server Administration Tool
			Tomcat Manager
		Appendix B.  Packaging a Web Application
			A Simple WAR File Example
			Installing a WAR File Under Tomcat
			WAR Configuration Options

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