Programming With Visualage for Java Version 3.5

by Takagiwa, Osamu

• ISBN13: 9780130664945
• ISBN10: 0130664944
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr

Summary

This IBM Redbook brings together all the information and resources developers need to create, manage, and deploy Web-based applications using IBM's powerful VisualAge for Java Professional Edition Version 3.5. Its exceptionally broad coverage encompasses servlets, JavaServer Pages, JavaBean architectures, debugging, publishing, and much more. The authors first introduce the VisualAge for Java environment, offering practical techniques for organizing complex projects. They show how to use VisualAge for Java to create servlets and JavaServer Pages; build GUI applications; integrate databases; and handle versioning and internationalization. They introduce the WebSphere Test Environment, which permits rapid development and deployment of IBM WebSphere applications; as well as Enterprise Access Builders, which permit rapid Web-enablement of legacy IBM-based systems and SAP R/3 applications.

Table of Contents

Figures	xi
Tables	xvii
Preface	xix
The team that wrote this redbook	xix
Comments welcome	xx
Introduction to the environment	1	(40)
VisualAge for Java product family	1	(4)
VisualAge for Java Professional Edition	2	(2)
VisualAge for Java Entry Professional Edition	4	(1)
VisualAge for Java Enterprise Edition	4	(1)
VisualAge for Java Entry Enterprise Edition	5	(1)
Updates to VisualAge Java	5	(1)
Building your first applet	5	(12)
Let's get started!	7	(1)
SmartGuide	8	(4)
The Workbench	12	(2)
Modifying your applet	14	(1)
Creating an animated applet	15	(1)
Changing the properties of the applet	16	(1)
Building your first application	17	(5)
Running a program as an applet and application	20	(1)
The VisualAge for Java Source View window	21	(1)
The VisualAge for Java Scrapbook	22	(6)
Using the Scrapbook	22	(3)
Scrapbook context	25	(1)
Correcting errors in the Scrapbook	25	(2)
If your Scrapbook page remains busy	27	(1)
Customizing VisualAge for Java	28	(3)
Workbench Options	28	(3)
Building your first servlet	31	(10)
Organizing your code	41	(24)
Projects in VisualAge for Java	41	(1)
Adding features	42	(1)
Packages in VisualAge for Java	42	(1)
The Workbench	43	(5)
The Workbench Projects page	44	(2)
The Workbench Packages view	46	(2)
Using types from other packages	48	(7)
The Workbench Resources page	50	(1)
The Workbench Classes page	50	(2)
The Workbench Interfaces page	52	(1)
The Workbench All Problems page	52	(3)
Full source code edit	55	(1)
Code Assists	56	(1)
Importing and exporting with VisualAge for Java	57	(8)
Importing in to VisualAge for Java	58	(2)
Exporting from VisualAge for Java	60	(5)
Migrating to Java2	65	(8)
The Fix/Migrate SmartGuide	65	(3)
The repair process	68	(2)
Migrating your servlet and JSPs	70	(3)
Beginning the ATM project	73	(36)
Problem domain	73	(2)
Building the ATM model	75	(16)
Use cases	76	(2)
ATM state diagrams	78	(4)
Analysis class diagram	82	(2)
Design class diagrams	84	(5)
Interaction diagram	89	(2)
Overall architecture	91	(4)
The big picture	91	(1)
GUI client	92	(1)
Browser client	93	(1)
Database access	94	(1)
Example implementation	95	(14)
Detailed steps implementing the first class	96	(5)
Reusing existing method to create a new method	101	(1)
PrimaryKey class hierarchy	102	(1)
Creating an inner class	103	(2)
Persistency based on HashMaps	105	(1)
Finder methods	105	(1)
Implementations of the state diagram	106	(1)
Test application	107	(2)
Creating servlets	109	(20)
Overview of Java servlets	109	(4)
The Java Servlet API	113	(3)
Building the ATM application servlets	116	(13)
Creating JSPs	129	(14)
Java Server Pages	129	(1)
How Java Server Pages work	130	(1)
JSP interactions	131	(1)
Invoking a JSP by URL	132	(1)
Calling a servlet from a JSP	132	(1)
JSP 0.91 and 1.0	133	(1)
Designing the JSP model	134	(4)
Model-View-Controller (MVC)	134	(1)
Servlet based modeling	135	(3)
Building the ATM application	138	(5)
JSP tags	140	(3)
Creating GUI applications	143	(40)
Abstract Windowing Toolkit and Java Foundation Classes refresher	143	(1)
Visual Composition Editor	144	(6)
The Beans Palette	146	(1)
Modification of the Beans Palette	147	(2)
Visual Composition Editor toolbar	149	(1)
The free-form surface	149	(1)
Working with beans in the Visual Composition Editor	150	(6)
Adding beans	150	(1)
Customizing Beans	151	(3)
Naming beans	154	(1)
Beans List	155	(1)
Factory and variable	155	(1)
Visual Programming in action	156	(27)
The ATM classes created	157	(2)
Building the CardBean class	159	(5)
Building the CardBeanHome class	164	(3)
Building the BankAccountBean class	167	(2)
Building the ATM application	169	(6)
Connections	175	(2)
Connection properties	177	(1)
Creating connections	178	(5)
Versioning your code	183	(48)
introduction to versioning	183	(2)
Program elements	184	(1)
Workspace versus repository	185	(6)
The workspace is only a cache	186	(1)
Backup or restore the workspace	187	(1)
Clean workspace copy	188	(1)
Multiple workspaces on one repository	189	(1)
Backup or restore the repository	189	(1)
Workspace versus repository continued	190	(1)
Version control	191	(10)
Editions and versions	191	(2)
Consequences of versioning	193	(1)
How to version elements with VisualAge for Java	194	(3)
Apply this to the ATM application	197	(1)
Methods, a special case	197	(1)
Importance of versioning your code regularly	198	(1)
Fields and inner classes	199	(1)
Versioning resource files	199	(2)
Using editions	201	(16)
Method edition tab	201	(2)
Comparison result window	203	(2)
Merging compared elements	205	(4)
Types edition tab	209	(1)
Packages edition tab	210	(1)
Projects edition tab	211	(2)
Replacing current edition	213	(3)
External versioning systems	216	(1)
Import and export effects	217	(5)
Import and export with Java files	218	(1)
Import and export with repository files	218	(4)
Repository Explorer	222	(9)
Purging and restoring elements	225	(1)
Compacting a repository	226	(2)
Go To tools	228	(1)
Solutions	228	(3)
Testing and debugging the Web application	231	(44)
VAJ Debugger	231	(18)
The debugger	231	(1)
The Debug Page	231	(5)
The Breakpoints Page	236	(5)
The Exceptions Page	241	(2)
External Debug	243	(2)
Generating a Class Trace	245	(1)
Performance and the Class Trace option	245	(1)
Inspectors	245	(1)
The Inspector window	246	(3)
WebSphere Test Environment (WTE)	249	(5)
Start the WebSphere Test Environment	250	(4)
Testing JSPs under WebSphere Test Environment	254	(3)
VisualAge for Java configuration for JSPs	254	(1)
Running a simple JSP	255	(2)
Debugging servlets and JSPs	257	(5)
Debugging a servlet	257	(2)
JSP Execution Monitor	259	(2)
Debugging JSP generated source code	261	(1)
Debugging JSP without importing	262	(1)
Persistent Name Server	262	(3)
WebSphere Test Environment --- advanced configuration	265	(5)
Types of resources	265	(1)
Resource locations	265	(1)
The key configuration files	266	(4)
WebSphere Test Environment --- multiple Web applications	270	(5)
Configuring multiple Web applications	271	(2)
Using the ServletEngineConfigDumper Servlet	273	(2)
Using relational databases	275	(36)
JDBC 2.0	275	(3)
DataSource versus DriverManager	278	(1)
Queries and result sets	278	(1)
Stored procedures	279	(1)
Updating the database	279	(1)
Using SQLJ inside Visual Age for Java	280	(1)
Data access beans	281	(4)
Making the ATM persistent	285	(2)
Prerequisites	285	(1)
Creating tables	286	(1)
Making the card class persistent	287	(1)
Creating the Select beans	288	(12)
Card Select bean	288	(11)
Card Select All bean	299	(1)
CardAcctSelect	299	(1)
Modify beans	300	(9)
Card Insert	301	(2)
Card Delete	303	(1)
Card Update	304	(2)
Card Visual Composition Editor View	306	(1)
Modifying related methods	306	(3)
Data Access Beans with an application	309	(2)
Internationalization	311	(30)
Java Internationalization Framework	311	(5)
Locales	311	(3)
Resource bundle	314	(2)
Internationalization in VisualAge for Java	316	(4)
Building a language panel	320	(3)
LanguagePanel view	320	(1)
Creating the resource bundles	321	(2)
Dynamically changing the locale	323	(8)
Loading resource bundles	323	(1)
Retrieving resources from resource bundles	324	(1)
Finishing the LanguagePanel	324	(4)
Formatting dates and times	328	(3)
Other internationalization considerations	331	(5)
Using predefined formats	331	(5)
Internationalization in the Web environment	336	(1)
Character codes on the Web	337	(4)
Deploying the Web application	341	(16)
Before you start	341	(1)
Using WebSphere Application Server	342	(7)
Deploying a Web applications	343	(5)
Planning for multiple Web applications	348	(1)
Deploying a JSP	349	(1)
Deploying an application	349	(3)
Include Referenced Types	350	(2)
Deploying an applet	352	(5)
Web browsers	352	(1)
Classpath or Codebase	352	(1)
Applet Tags	353	(2)
Deploying the ATMApplication applet	355	(1)
Deploying supporting code	355	(2)
Appendix A. JSP tag syntax	357	(6)
JSP tag syntax summary	357	(6)
WebSphere specific tags	359	(4)
Appendix B. Using the additional material	363	(4)
Locating the additional material on the Internet	363	(1)
Using the Web material	363	(1)
System requirements for downloading the Web material	363	(1)
How to use the Web material	364	(3)
Appendix C. Special notices	367	(4)
Appendix D. Related publications	371	(2)
IBM Redbooks	371	(1)
IBM Redbooks collections	371	(1)
Other resources	372	(1)
Referenced Web sites	372	(1)
How to get IBM Redbooks	373	(2)
IBM Redbooks fax order form	374	(1)
Glossary	375	(8)
Abbreviations and acronyms	383	(2)
Index	385	(6)
IBM Rebooks review	391