Building multi-tier scenarios for WebSphere Enterprise applications / [Holger Wunderlich ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wunderlich, Holger.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Object-oriented programming (Computer science).

Web site development.

Application software.

WebSphere.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Poughkeepsie, NY : IBM, International Support Organization, c2003.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Part 1 Integrated and multi-tier solution concepts

Chapter 1. Integrated and multi-tier WebSphere application deployment

1.1 Multi-tiered environment considerations

1.1.1 Today's e-business infrastructures

1.1.2 Platforms to run e-business applications

1.1.3 Basic architectural considerations

1.1.4 Separating Web components from business logic

1.2 Concepts and building blocks for hybrid WebSphere solutions

1.2.1 Using the Patterns approach

1.2.2 Mapping the patterns to our identified motivations

1.3 An introduction to tiers and architectures

1.3.1 Introducing multi-tier architectures

1.3.2 Multiple logical and physical tiers

1.3.3 The network layer

1.4 Application architecture and packaging

1.4.1 Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern

1.4.2 Application packaging

1.5 Decision guidelines for handling Web applications

1.5.1 Deployment choices

Chapter 2. Integrated and hybrid WebSphere application deployment scenarios

2.1 Static Web component relocation

2.1.1 Architectural elements for static Web content acceleration

2.2 Dynamic component relocation

2.2.1 Application elements

2.2.2 Overview of hybrid deployment assessment criteria

2.2.3 Options for logical application separation

2.2.4 Options for physical application separation

2.2.5 Options for J2EE inter-component communication

2.3 Evaluation criteria for remote component and EIS access

2.3.1 Performance

2.3.2 Availability

2.3.3 Security

2.3.4 Transaction integrity

2.3.5 Infrastructure criteria

2.3.6 Development and deployment criteria

2.3.7 Systems management

2.3.8 Strategic considerations

Chapter 3. Component interaction characteristics.

3.1 Connection types

3.1.1 Cross-reference table

3.2 RMI/IIOP access to remote enterprise beans

3.2.1 Performance

3.2.2 Availability

3.2.3 Security

3.2.4 Transaction integrity

3.2.5 Infrastructure

3.2.6 Development and deployment

3.2.7 Systems management

3.2.8 Strategic considerations

3.3 JDBC access to DB2

3.3.1 DB2 Connect

3.3.2 Performance

3.3.3 Availability

3.3.4 Security

3.3.5 Transaction integrity

3.3.6 Infrastructure

3.3.7 Development and deployment

3.3.8 Systems management

3.3.9 Strategic considerations

3.4 JCA access to CICS

3.4.1 CICS Transaction Gateway

3.4.2 Performance

3.4.3 Availability

3.4.4 Security

3.4.5 Transaction integrity

3.4.6 Infrastructure

3.4.7 Development and deployment

3.4.8 Systems management

3.4.9 Strategic considerations

Chapter 4. Static Web component optimization

4.1 Overview

4.2 Dynamic fragment caching concepts

4.2.1 Configuring dynamic fragment cache support

4.3 Configuration 1: Local IBM HTTP Server for static file handling

4.3.1 HTTP session considerations

4.3.2 Security considerations

4.3.3 System management considerations

4.3.4 Performance considerations

4.4 Configuration 2: Local IBM HTTP Server with WebSphere HTTP Plug-in

4.4.1 HTTP session considerations

4.4.2 Security considerations

4.4.3 System management considerations

4.4.4 Performance considerations

4.4.5 Infrastructure considerations for configurations 1 and 2

4.5 Configuration 3: Remote reverse proxy caching server

4.5.1 HTTP session considerations

4.5.2 Security considerations

4.5.3 System management considerations

4.5.4 Performance considerations

4.6 Configuration 4: Remote IBM HTTP Server with WebSphere HTTP Plug-in

4.6.1 HTTP session considerations

4.6.2 Security considerations.

4.6.3 System management considerations

4.6.4 Performance considerations

4.6.5 Infrastructure considerations for configurations 3 and 4

4.7 Application considerations

4.7.1 Application programming and assembly

4.8 Trends and directions

Part 2 Implementation guidelines

Chapter 5. Implementing static Web content acceleration scenarios

5.1 Application development and deployment

5.1.1 Analyzing the application

5.1.2 Assembling the application

5.1.3 Deploying the application

5.1.4 Testing the application

5.2 Infrastructure implementation

5.2.1 Common elements of the configurations

5.2.2 Configuration 1: Local IBM HTTP Server for static file handling

5.2.3 Configuration 2: Local IBM HTTP Server with WebSphere HTTP Plug-in

5.2.4 Configuration 3: Remote reverse proxy caching server

5.2.5 Configuration 4: Remote IBM HTTP Server with WebSphere HTTP Plug-in

Chapter 6. Implementing IIOP-based cross-platform scenarios

6.1 Application development and deployment

6.1.1 Analyzing the application

6.1.2 Assembling the application

6.1.3 Deploying the application into multiple tiers

6.2 Importing the Java Pet Store Demo application into WebSphere Studio Application Developer V4

6.2.1 Preparation of files

6.2.2 Importing petstore.ear into WSAD

6.2.3 Importing source code into WSAD

6.2.4 Testing the application in WebSphere Studio Application Developer V4

6.2.5 Debugging Java Pet Store Demo

6.2.6 Problems encountered while splitting Java Pet Store Demo

6.2.7 Processing a Unicode XML file in WebSphere Application Server Advanced Edition Version 5

6.2.8 Testing the application

Part 3 Appendixes

Appendix A. Integrated and multi-platform scenario sandbox

6.2.9 Our testing tools

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"August 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.