References and Resources

Pointers to J2EE documentation can be found at:

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs

For information on how to use the J2EE SDK to construct multi-tier enterprise applications, refer to the J2EE Tutorial, available at:

http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/docs

We relied on many of the following references for technical details and background. These references are good sources for those interested in exploring Web services in greater detail.

1. Designing Enterprise Applications with the J2EE Platform, Second Edition. I. Singh, B. Stearns, M. Johnson, Enterprise Team. Copyright 2002, Addison-Wesley.
2. The Java BluePrints Web site, <http://java.sun.com/blueprints>.
3. Core J2EE Patterns: Best Practices and Design Strategies, Second Edition. D. Alur, D. Malks, J. Crupi. Copyright 2003, Prentice Hall PTR.
4. Enterprise Integration Patterns: Designing, Building, and Deploying Messaging Solutions. G. Hohpe, B. Woolf. Copyright 2003, Addison-Wesley.

The Web services standards cited in this book are:

1. WS-I Basic Profile, Version 1.0. Available at <http://www.ws-i.org>.
2. Simple Object Access Protocol, Version 1.1. Available at <http://www.w3.org>.
3. Extensible Markup Language (XML), Version 1.0. Available at <http://www.w3.org>.
4. Web Services Description Language, Version 1.1. Available at <http://www.w3.org>.
5. XML Schema, Part 1 and 2. Available at <http://www.w3.org>.
6. Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI), Version 2. Available at <http://www.w3.org>.

The J2EE technologies cited in this book are described in their specifications:

1. Java^TM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition Specification, Version 1.4 (J2EE specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/j2ee/>.
2. Java^TM API for XML-Based RPC Specification, Version 1.1 (JAXP specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/webservices/jaxrpc/>
3. Java^TM API for XML Processing Specification, Version 1.2 (JAXP specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/webservices/jaxp/>
4. SOAP with Attachments API for Java Specification, Version 1.2 (SAAJ specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/webservices/saaj/>
5. Java API for XML Registries Specification, Version 1.0 (JAXR specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/webservices/jaxr/>
6. Web Services for J2EE Specification, Version 1.1. Available at <ftp://www.ibm.com/pub/jsr109/spec1.1/>
7. Java API for XML Binding Specification (JAXB specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/webservices/jaxb/>
8. Java^TM Servlet Specification, Version 2.4 (Servlet specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/>
9. JavaServer Pages^TM Specification, Version 2.0 (JSP specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/>
10. Enterprise JavaBeans^TM Specification, Version 2.1 (EJB specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/>
11. J2EE^TM Connector Architecture Specification, Version 1.5 (Connector specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/j2ee/connector/>
12. Java^TM Message Service Specification, Version 1.0.2 (JMS specification). Available at <http://java.sun.com/products/jms/>