Java Activation Framework

Used for delivering complex attachemnts along with email

 Related:  SMTP, JavaMail

API for sending emails

Related: JAF, SMTP

Java Messagning Service

Allows J2EE applications to place messages on a queue and read messages off of a queue

java applet

stand-alone java application

Java Native Interface

A programming framework that allows Java code running in the JVM to call and be called by native applications (programs specific to a hardware and operating system platform) and libraries written in other languages, such as C, C++ and assembly.

Bean Managed Persistance

Associated with database interactions

Container Managed Interface

Associated with dtabase interactions

Java API for XML-based RPC

Provides Java programs the ability to invoke methods on other Java components remotely, but by using a web services based architecture (as opposed to RMI)

Web Services Description Language

An XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information.

Simple Object Access Protocol

A protocol for exchanging XML-based messages over computer networks, normally using HTTP/HTTPS. SOAP forms the foundation layer of the web services protocol stack providing a basic messaging framework upon which abstract layers can be built.

Stateful Session Bean

Maintains internal data in form of instance varaiable whichi is tied to the user who created it

Not being reliable in a workload managed environment

Stateless Session Bean

Coordinates the activities of entitiy beans and other business objects

Universal Description Discovery and Integration

A platform independent XML registry for web services.

Workload Managed Environment

A cluster of two or more JVMs, deplyed potentially across many computers, supporting and fulfilling the processing requirements for a given J2EE application.

Java DataBase Connectivity

An API for the Java programming language that defines how a client may access a database.

Enterprise JavaBeans

A managed, server-side component architecture for modular construction of enterprise applications.

Java Naming and Directory Interface

An API for directory service that allows clients to discover and lookup data and objects via a name.

model-view-controller

• Model - The model represents data and the rules that govern access to and updates of this data. In enterprise software, a model often serves as a software approximation of a real-world process.
• View - The view renders the contents of a model. It specifies exactly how the model data should be presented. If the model data changes, the view must update its presentation as needed. This can be achieved by using a push model, in which the view registers itself with the model for change notifications, or a pull model, in which the view is responsible for calling the model when it needs to retrieve the most current data.
• Controller - The controller translates the user's interactions with the view into actions that the model will perform. In a stand-alone GUI client, user interactions could be button clicks or menu selections, whereas in an enterprise web application, they appear as GET and POST HTTP requests. Depending on the context, a controller may also select a new view -- for example, a web page of results -- to present back to the user.

The varargs, or variable arguments, feature allows a developer to declare that a method can take a variable number of parameters for a given argument. The vararg must be the last argument in the formal argument list.

JSF

Java Server Faces

the topic will not be covered in SCJA.

A Java-based Web application framework that simplifies the development of user interfaces for Java EE applications.

Polymorphism