Beginning Jakarta EE Web Development: Using JSP, JSF, MySQL, and Apache Tomcat for Building Java Web Applications

Table of Contents
About the Authors
About the Technical Reviewer
Introduction
Chapter 1: Introducing JSP and Tomcat
	Installing Java
		What About Linux and macOS?
		Java Test
	Installing Tomcat
		What About Linux and macOS?
	Introduction to HTML
	What Is JSP?
		Viewing a JSP Page
	Hello World!
	Installing MySQL
		What About Linux and macOS?
	Installing Eclipse
		What About Linux and macOS?
		Eclipse Test: JSP in a New Web Project
	Listing the HTML-Request Parameters
	Summary
Chapter 2: JSP Elements
	Introduction
	Scripting Elements and Java
		Scriptlets
		Expressions
		Declarations
		Data Types and Variables
		Objects and Arrays
		Operators, Assignments, and Comparisons
		Selections
		Iterations
	Implicit Objects
		The application Object
			Example: Using an Attribute to Enable and Disable Conditional Code
		The config Object
		The exception Object
		The out Object
		The pageContext Object
		The request Object
			More on Request Parameters and Client Info
			Example: Listing the Headers
			Example: Reading the Request Body
		The response Object
		The session Object
	Directive Elements
		The page Directive
		The include Directive
		The taglib Directive
	Summary
Chapter 3: JSP Application Architectures
	The Model 1 Architecture
	The Model 2 Architecture
	E-bookshop
		E-bookshop’s Structure
		The E-bookshop Home Page
		The E-bookshop Servlet
		More on E-bookshop
	Summary
Chapter 4: Databases
	DBMS
	Structured Query Language
		INSERT
		UPDATE
		DELETE
		SELECT
	Introducing eshop application
		Entities and Operations
			Product Categories
			Books
			Shopping Cart
			Order
		Creating MySQL Schema and Tables
		MySQL/Tomcat Test
	Database Architecture
	Summary
Chapter 5: Eshop Application
	A Better Online Bookshop
		Importing Eshop WAR File into Eclipse
		The Customer Interface
	The E-shop Architecture
		The Model
		The Controller
			Servlet Initialization
			Request Handling
		The View
	The E-shop Database Access
		Connecting to the Database
		Accessing Data
			The executeQuery Method
			The executeUpdate Method
		Transactions
	The E-shop Data Model
	Summary
Chapter 6: JSP in Action
	JSP Standard Actions
	Actions: forward, include, and param
	Action: useBean
	Actions: setProperty and getProperty
	Actions: element, attribute, and body
	Action: text
	Actions: plugin, params, and fallback
	Comments and Escape Characters
	JSP’s Tag Extension Mechanism
		Bodyless Custom Actions
			Step 1: Define the Tag Handler
			Step 2: Define the TLD
			Step 3: Use the Custom Action
		Bodied Custom Actions
			Step 1: Define the Tag Handler
			Step 2: Define the TLD
			Step 3: Use the Custom Action
		Tag Files
			Bodyless Tag
			Bodied Tag
			The tag Directive
			The attribute Directive
			The variable Directive
	JSTL and EL
		JSP Expression Language
			EL Expressions
			Using EL Expressions
		JSP Standard Tag Library
		The Core Library
			c:out, c:set, and c:forEach (and fn:length)
			c:if, c:choose, c:when, and c:otherwise
			c:catch, c:remove, and c:url
			c:import, c:redirect, and c:param
			c:forTokens
		The i18n Library: Writing Multilingual Applications
			fmt:setLocale, fmt:setBundle, fmt:setMessage, and fmt:param
			fmt:bundle, fmt:setTimeZone, and fmt:timeZone
			fmt:parseNumber and fmt: formatNumber
			fmt:ParseDate, fmt:formatDate, and fmt:requestEncoding
	Summary
Chapter 7: XML and JSP
	The XML Document
	Defining Your Own XML Documents
		XML DTDs
		XML Schemas
			Occurrence Constraints
			Data Types
			Simple Types
			Complex Types
		Validation
			Using JSP to Validate XML Against a DTD
			Using JSP to Validate XML Against a Schema
	JSTL-XML and XSL
		XPath
		An XPath Example
		x:parse
		What About JSON?
			JavaScript
			Parsing JSON
		XSLT: Transformation from One XML Format to Another
		XSLT: Transformation from XML to HTML
		XSL Transformation: Browser Side vs. Server Side
			Browser-Side XSL Transformation
			Server-Side XSL Transformation
		x:transform and x:param
	JSP in XML Syntax
	What About Eshop and the XML Syntax?
	Summary
Chapter 8: JavaServer Faces 2.3
	The simplef Application
	The simplefx Application
	The JSF Life Cycle
		Event Handling
	The JSF Tag Libraries
		The html Library
			The h:select* Elements
		The core Library
			Ajax
			f:ajax
		The facelet Library
			The templ Application
		The composite Library
			Some Examples
	Summary
Chapter 9: JSF and Eshop
	eshopf
		The Top Menu
		The Left Menu (Part 1)
		The Shop Manager
		The Left Menu (Part 2)
		The Checkout Page
		web.xml
	Using and Creating Converters
		Writing the Converter in Java
		Registering the Converter with the Application
		Using the Converter
	Using and Creating Validators
		Built-In Validators
		Application-Level Validation
		Custom Validators
		Validation Methods in Backing Beans
		Creating Custom Components
		Component
		Renderer
		Tag
		Inline Renderer
	faces-config.xml
	Summary
Chapter 10: Conclusion
	The eshop Application
		What Happens When the Application Starts
		Handling Requests for Book Selection and Book Search
		Displaying the Book Details
		Managing the Shopping Cart
		Accepting an Order
		Providing the Payment Details
	The eshopx Application
		Style Sheet
		web.xml
		JSP Documents
		Custom Tags and TLD
	The eshopf Application
		web.xml and context.xml
		Style Sheet
		JSP Documents
		Java Modules
	Tomcat
		Directory Structure
			conf
			lib
			logs
			webapps
			work
		Application Deployment
		What About TomEE?
	Summary
Index