Open source technology enables you to build customized enterprise portal frameworks with more flexibility and fewer limitations.
This book explains the fundamentals of a powerful set of open source tools and shows you how to use them.
A team of authors provides a complete tutorial and reference guide to Java Portlet API, Lucene, James, and Slide, taking you step by step through constructing and deploying portal applications.
You will trace the anatomy of a search engine and understand the Lucene query syntax, set up Apache James configuration for a variety of servers, explore object to relational mapping concepts with Jakarta OJB, and acquire many other skills necessary to create J2EE portals uniquely suited to the needs of your organization.
Loaded with code-intensive examples of portal applications, this volume offers you the know-how to free your development process from the restrictions of pre-packaged solutions.
This book is for professional Java developers who have some experience in portal development and want to take advantage of the options offered by open source tools.
Part I Open Source Portals
Chapter 1 The Java Portlet API (JSR 168)
Chapter 2 Searching with Lucene
Chapter 3 Messaging with Apache James
Chapter 4 Object to Relational Mapping with Apache OJB
Chapter 5 Content Management with Jakarta's Slide
Chapter 6 Portal Security
Part II How to Build a Portal
Chapter 7 Planning for Portal Deployment
Chapter 8 Effective Client-Side Development Using
JavaScript
Chapter 9 Developing Applications and Workflow for
Your Portal
Chapter10 Portlet Integration with Web Services
Chapter 11 Performance Testing, Administering, and
Monitoring Your Portal
Chapter 12 Unifying the Enterprise Application Space
Through Web Start