The Java EE 7 Tutorial: Volume 1, Fifth Edition, is a task-oriented, example-driven guide to developing enterprise applications for the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 7 (Java EE 7). Written by members of the Java EE 7 documentation team at Oracle, this book provides new and intermediate Java programmers with a deep understanding of the platform. Starting with expert guidance on web tier technologies, including JavaServer Faces and Facelets, this book also covers building web services using JAX-WS and JAX-RS, developing business logic with Enterprise JavaBeans components, accessing databases using the Java Persistence API, securing web and enterprise applications, and using Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE platform. This edition contains extensive new material throughout, including: * Profiles, configurations of the Java EE platform targeted at specific classes of applications, e.g. a Web Profile targeted at web applications* Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS)* Contexts and Dependency Injection for the Java EE Platform (JSR-299), informally known as Web Beans* Java Authentication Service Provider Interface for Containers (JASPIC)* New features for Enterprise JavaBeansTM (EJBTM) components* New features for servlets* New features for JavaServerTM Faces components The Java Series...from the Source Since 1996, when Addison-Wesley published the first edition of The Java Programming Language by Ken Arnold and James Gosling, this series has been the place to go for complete, expert, and definitive information on Java technology. The books in this series provide the detailed information developers need to build effective, robust, and portable applications and are an indispensable resource for anyone using the Java platform.