Table of Contents

• Title and Copyright Information
• Preface
  • Audience
  • Documentation Accessibility
  • Before You Read This Book
  • Related Documentation
  • Conventions
  • Default Paths and File Names
• Part I Introduction
  • 1 Overview
    • 1.1 Java EE 7 Platform Highlights
    • 1.2 Java EE Application Model
    • 1.3 Distributed Multitiered Applications
      • 1.3.1 Security
      • 1.3.2 Java EE Components
      • 1.3.3 Java EE Clients
        • 1.3.3.1 Web Clients
        • 1.3.3.2 Application Clients
        • 1.3.3.3 Applets
        • 1.3.3.4 The JavaBeans Component Architecture
        • 1.3.3.5 Java EE Server Communications
      • 1.3.4 Web Components
      • 1.3.5 Business Components
      • 1.3.6 Enterprise Information System Tier
    • 1.4 Java EE Containers
      • 1.4.1 Container Services
      • 1.4.2 Container Types
    • 1.5 Web Services Support
      • 1.5.1 XML
      • 1.5.2 SOAP Transport Protocol
      • 1.5.3 WSDL Standard Format
    • 1.6 Java EE Application Assembly and Deployment