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Eric Jendrock
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This tutorial is the second volume of a guide to developing enterprise applications for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 6 (Java EE 6) using GlassFish Server Open Source Edition.

Oracle GlassFish Server, a Java EE compatible application server, is based on GlassFish Server Open Source Edition, the leading open-source and open-community platform for building and deploying next-generation applications and services. GlassFish Server Open Source Edition, developed by the GlassFish project open-source community at http://glassfish.java.net/, is the first compatible implementation of the Java EE 6 platform specification. This lightweight, flexible, and open-source application server enables organizations not only to leverage the new capabilities introduced within the Java EE 6 specification, but also to add to their existing capabilities through a faster and more streamlined development and deployment cycle. Oracle GlassFish Server, the product version, and GlassFish Server Open Source Edition, the open-source version, are hereafter referred to as GlassFish Server.

Before proceeding with this book, you should be familiar with Volume One of this tutorial, The Java EE 6 Tutorial: Basic Concepts. Both volumes assume that you have a good knowledge of the Java programming language. A good way to get to that point is to read the Java Tutorials, available at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/.

The GlassFish Server documentation set describes deployment planning and system installation. To obtain documentation for GlassFish Server Open Source Edition, go to http://glassfish.java.net/docs/. The Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the Oracle GlassFish Server product documentation is http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26576_01/index.htm.

Javadoc tool reference documentation for packages that are provided with GlassFish Server is available as follows.

The API specification for version 6 of Java EE is located at http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/api/.

The API specification for GlassFish Server, including Java EE 6 platform packages and nonplatform packages that are specific to the GlassFish Server product, is located at http://glassfish.java.net/nonav/docs/v3/api/.

Additionally, the Java EE Specifications at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/tech/index.html might be useful.

For information about creating enterprise applications in the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE), see http://www.netbeans.org/kb/.

For information about the Java DB database for use with the GlassFish Server, see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javadb/overview/index.html.

The GlassFish Samples project is a collection of sample applications that demonstrate a broad range of Java EE technologies. The GlassFish Samples are bundled with the Java EE Software Development Kit (SDK) and are also available from the GlassFish Samples project page at http://glassfish-samples.java.net/.

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