Advanced Java for Web Services

Date:	3-6 February 2003
Venue:	e-Science Institute, 15, South College Street, Edinburgh, Scotland
Organiser:	N/A

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Prerequisites
Delegates should be familiar with the Java Programming language as far as at least being comfortable with its basic use and with OO concepts. An Introduction to the Java Programming Language Workshop is being held at eSI in January 2002.

Programme

Course Outline
1. Introduction to J2EE

What is J2EE?
What technologies does J2EE encapsulate?
What is the architecture of J2EE applications?
When should I be considering J2EE in my applications?

2. Introduction to Java Servlets

What is a Java servlet
Java Servlet lifecycle
Introduction to the servlet API
How to develop and deploy Java Servlets

3. More on Java Servlets

Processing form data from Java servlets
Session tracking from Java servlets

4. Java Server Pages

What is a Java Server Page?
Directives in JSP
Scriptlets in JSP
Scripting Elements in JSP
Standard Actions in JSP

5. Java Beans and Java Server Pages

Using Java beans with JSP
JSP and Servlet interaction
Web application architecture

6. Enterprise Java Bean Overview

The types of EJB
Issues associated with EJB
Packaging EJBs for deployment

7. Simple APIs for XML Parsing - SAX

Introduction to the SAX APIs
Defining the SAX Document Handler
Defining the SAX Error Handler
Well formed and valid XML

8. Document Object Model (DOM)

Introduction to the DOM APIs
The anatomy of a Document Object
Creating and manipulating Document objects
An introduction to XML namespaces
Namespaces and Document objects
Writing out Document objects

9. Introduction to Web Services

The role of Web Services
The role of SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI
Java and Web Services

10.Introduction to SOAP

Anatomy of a SOAP message
SOAP Requests and Responses
SOAP Namespaces
Apache Axis and SOAP

11. Web Services Description Language WSDL

The role of WSDL
The Structure of a WSDL document
Generating WSDL documents from Java

12. UDDI and JAXR

The role of UDDI
The structure of a UDDI document
Interacting with UDDI registries using JAXR

13. Grid Services and Java

Introduction to Grid Services
The Globus Toolkit and Java

14. The Future of Java and Web Services

Web Services and J2EE1.4
EJB2.1 and Web Services

If you would like to attend, please register for this event using the link below:

On-line Registration: Please click HERE

Please note online registration will close 1 week prior to the event commencing. Thereafter registration enquiries should be made directly to our Conference Administrator.

The event will be hosted by the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh which is a centre for education and research for e-Science, and provides new state-of-the art facilities including an Access Grid system.

Travel: The e-Science Institute is less than 15 minutes walk from Waverley rail station, and from St Andrews square bus stations. It is approximately 20 minutes by taxi from Edinburgh airport (40 minutes by bus). Please see our web site for a map of the area.

http://www.nesc.ac.uk