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Java Platform, Enterprise Edition

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Java Platform, Enterprise Edition or Java EE is a widely Java editions

used platform for server programming in the Java
programming language. The Java platform (Enterprise
Edition) differs from the Java Standard Edition Platform (Java
SE) in that it adds libraries which provide functionality to
deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, multi-tier Java software,
based largely on modular components running on an
application server. Java Card

Micro Edition (ME)

Standard Edition (SE)
Contents
Enterprise Edition (EE)
1 Nomenclature, standards, and specifications PersonalJava (discontinued)
2 General APIs
2.1 javax.ejb.*
2.2 javax.transaction.*
2.3 javax.xml.stream
2.4 javax.jms.*
2.5 javax.resource.*
2.6 javax.faces.component.html
2.7 javax.persistence
3 Certified application servers
3.1 Java EE 5 certified
3.2 J2EE 1.4 certified
4 See also
5 References
6 Books
7 External links

Nomenclature, standards, and specifications

The platform was known as Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition or J2EE until the name was changed to Java
EE in version 5. The current version is called Java EE 6.

Java EE is defined by its specification. As with other Java Community Process specifications, Java EE is also
considered informally to be a standard since providers must agree to certain conformance requirements in order to
declare their products as Java EE compliant; albeit with no ISO or ECMA standard.

Java EE includes several API specifications, such as JDBC, RMI, e-mail, JMS, web services, XML, etc, and
defines how to coordinate them. Java EE also features some specifications unique to Java EE for components.
These include Enterprise JavaBeans, Connectors, servlets, portlets (following the Java Portlet specification),
JavaServer Pages and several web service technologies. This allows developers to create enterprise applications
that are portable and scalable, and that integrate with legacy technologies. A Java EE application server can handle
transactions, security, scalability, concurrency and management of the components that are deployed to it, in order
to enable developers to concentrate more on the business logic of the components rather than on infrastructure and
integration tasks.

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General APIs
The Java EE APIs includes several technologies that extend the functionality of the base Java SE APIs.

javax.ejb
(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/ejb/package-
summary.html) .*

The Enterprise JavaBean's 1st and 2nd API defines a set of APIs that a distributed object container will support in
order to provide persistence, remote procedure calls (using RMI or RMI-IIOP), concurrency control, and access
control for distributed objects. This package contains the Enterprise JavaBeans classes and interfaces that define
the contracts between the enterprise bean and its clients and between the enterprise bean and the ejb container.abd

javax.transaction
(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/transaction/package-
summary.html) .*

These packages define the Java Transaction API (JTA).

javax.xml.stream
(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/xml/stream/package-
summary.html)

This package contains readers and writers for XML streams.

javax.jms
(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/jms/package-
summary.html) .*

This package defines the Java Message Service (JMS) API. The JMS API provides a common way for Java
programs to create, send, receive and read an enterprise messaging system's messages.

javax.resource
(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/resource/package-
summary.html) .*

This package defines the Java EE Connector Architecture API. Java EE Connector Architecture (JCA) is a Java-
based technology solution for connecting application servers and enterprise information systems (EIS) as part of
enterprise application integration (EAI) solutions.

javax.faces.component.html
(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/faces/component/html/package-
summary.html)

This package defines the JavaServer Faces (JSF) API. JSF is a technology for constructing user interfaces out of
components.

javax.persistence
(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/persistence/package-
summary.html)

This package contains the classes and interfaces that define the contracts between a persistence provider and the
managed classes and the clients of the Java Persistence API.

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Certified application servers

Java EE 5 certified

Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 9.0, based on the open-source server GlassFish
GlassFish
JBoss Application Server Version 5 [1][2]
JOnAS an open-source application server from OW2
Apache Geronimo 2.0
Apache OpenEJB via Apache Geronimo
IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition 2.0, based on Apache Geronimo
IBM WebSphere Application Server V7
WebLogic Application Server 10.0 from Oracle
Oracle Containers for Java EE 11
SAP NetWeaver Application Server, Java EE 5 Edition from SAP
JEUS 6, an application server from TmaxSoft
NEC WebOTX (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOTX) , an Application Server from NEC

J2EE 1.4 certified

JBoss 4.x, an open-source application server from JBoss.

Apache Geronimo 1.0, an open-source application server
Pramati Server 5.0
JOnAS, an open-source application server from OW2
Oracle Application Server 10g
Resin, an application server with integrated XML support
SAP NetWeaver Application Server from SAP AG
Sun Java System Web Server
Sun Java System Application Server Platform Edition 8.2
IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
BEA Systems WebLogic server 8
JEUS 5 from TmaxSoft

See also
Web container
Deployment Descriptor
Java BluePrints
Sun Java System Portal Server
Java EE version history

References
1. ^ Java EE Compatibility (http://java.sun.com/javaee/overview/compatibility.jsp)
2. ^ JBoss AS is now EE5 certified (http://sacha.labourey.com/2008/09/15/jboss-as-is-now-ee5-certified/)

Books
Perrone, Paul J.; Chaganti, Krishna (2003). J2EE Developer's Handbook
(http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672323486) . Indianapolis, Indiana: Sam's Publishing.
ISBN 0-672-32348-6. http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=0672323486.
Bodoff, Stephanie (2004). The J2EE Tutorial. Boston: Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-24575-X.

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Kumaraswamipillai, Arulkumaran (2007). Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion
(http://books.google.com/books?id=saF6F-sO_H0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=&f=false) .
ISBN 1-41-166824-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=saF6F-
sO_H0C&lpg=PP1&pg=PA5#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
Solveig Haugland, Mark Cade, Anthony Orapallo: J2EE 1.4: The Big Picture, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-
148010-3
Alan Monnox: Rapid J2EE Development: An Adaptive Foundation for Enterprise Applications,
Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-147220-8
Renaud Pawlak, Lionel Seinturier, Jean-Philippe Retaillé: Foundations of AOP for J2EE Development,
ISBN 1-59059-507-6
Christopher Judd, Hakeem Shittu: Pro Eclipse JST: Plug-ins for J2EE Development, ISBN 1-59059-
493-2
Antonio Goncalves: Beginning Java EE 6 Platform with GlassFish 3: From Novice to Professional,
ISBN 1-4302-1954-8

External links
Java EE homepage (http://java.sun.com/javaee/index.jsp)
Java EE 5 SDK (http://java.sun.com/javaee/downloads/index.jsp)
Java EE 5 API Javadocs (http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/)
Java EE 5 Technologies and JSRs (http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/javatech.html)
Sun's J2EE compatibility page (http://java.sun.com/j2ee/compatibility.html) - Certified J2EE servers
Core J2EE Patterns (http://java.sun.com/blueprints/corej2eepatterns/Patterns/index.html)
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