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A new edition of this title is available, ISBN-10: 0137129394 ISBN-13: 9780137129393 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.com www.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 a