What is JAXR provider ?

An implementation of the JAXR API that provides access to a specific registry provider or to a class of registry providers that are based on a common specification. What is JDBC ? An JDBC for database independent connectivity bet!een the J"## platform and a !ide range of data so$rces. What is JMS ? Java %essage &ervice. What is JMS administered object ? A preconfig$red J%& ob'ect (a reso$rce manager connection factory or a destination) created by an administrator for the $se of J%& clients and placed in a J*DI namespace. What is JMS application ? +ne or more J%& clients that e,change messages. What is JMS client ? A Java lang$age program that sends or receives messages. What is JMS provider ? A messaging system that implements the Java %essage &ervice as !ell as other administrative and control f$nctionality needed in a f$ll feat$red messaging prod$ct. What is JMS session ? A single threaded conte,t for sending and receiving J%& messages. A J%& session can be nontransacted- locally transacted- or participating in a distrib$ted transaction. What is JNDI ? Abbreviate of Java *aming and Directory Interface. What is JS ? Abbreviate of Java&erver Pages. What is JS action ? A J&P element that can act on implicit ob'ects and other server side ob'ects or can define ne! scripting variables. Actions follo! the X%. synta, for elements- !ith a start tag- a body- and an end tag/ if the body is empty it can also $se the empty tag synta,. 0he tag m$st $se a prefi,. 0here are standard and c$stom actions. What is JS container ? A container that provides the same services as a servlet container and an engine that interprets and processes J&P pages into a servlet.

 What is JS container! distrib"ted ? A J&P container that can r$n a 1eb application that is tagged as distrib$table and is spread across m$ltiple Java virt$al machines that might be r$nning on different hosts. What is JS c"stom action ? A $ser defined action described in a portable manner by a tag library descriptor and imported into a J&P page by a taglib directive. C$stom actions are $sed to encaps$late rec$rring tas2s in !riting J&P pages. What is JS c"stom ta# ? A tag that references a J&P c$stom action. What is JS declaration ? A J&P scripting element that declares methods- variables- or both in a J&P page. What is JS directive ? A J&P element that gives an instr$ction to the J&P container and is interpreted at translation time. What is JS doc"ment ? A J&P page !ritten in X%. synta, and s$b'ect to the constraints of X%. doc$ments. What is JS element ? A portion of a J&P page that is recogni3ed by a J&P translator. An element can be a directive- an action- or a scripting element. What is JS e$pression ? A scripting element that contains a valid scripting lang$age e,pression that is eval$atedconverted to a &tring- and placed into the implicit o$t ob'ect. What is JS e$pression lan#"a#e ? A lang$age $sed to !rite e,pressions that access the properties of JavaBeans components. #. e,pressions can be $sed in static te,t and in any standard or c$stom tag attrib$te that can accept an e,pression. What is JS pa#e ? A te,t based doc$ment containing static te,t and J&P elements that describes ho! to process a re4$est to create a response. A J&P page is translated into and handles re4$ests as a servlet. What is JS scriptin# element ? A J&P declaration- scriptlet- or e,pression !hose synta, is defined by the J&P specification and !hose content is !ritten according to the scripting lang$age $sed in the J&P page. 0he J&P specification describes the synta, and semantics for the case !here the lang$age page attrib$te is 5'ava5.

 What is JS scriptlet ? A J&P scripting element containing any code fragment that is valid in the scripting lang$age $sed in the J&P page. 0he J&P specification describes !hat is a valid scriptlet for the case !here the lang$age page attrib$te is 5'ava5. What is JS standard action ? An action that is defined in the J&P specification and is al!ays available to a J&P page. What is JS ta# %ile ? A so$rce file containing a re$sable fragment of J&P code that is translated into a tag handler !hen a J&P page is translated into a servlet. What is JS ta# handler ? A Java programming lang$age ob'ect that implements the behavior of a c$stom tag. What is JS ta# librar& ? A collection of c$stom tags described via a tag library descriptor and Java classes. What is JS'( ? Abbreviate of Java&erver Pages &tandard 0ag .ibrary. What is J'A ? Abbreviate of Java 0ransaction API. What is J'S ? Abbreviate of Java 0ransaction &ervice. What is )e&store ? A file containing the 2eys and certificates $sed for a$thentication What is li%e c&cle *J+,, component- ? 0he frame!or2 events of a J"## component6s e,istence. #ach type of component has defining events that mar2 its transition into states in !hich it has varying availability for $se. 7or e,ample- a servlet is created and has its init method called by its container before invocation of its service method by clients or other servlets that re4$ire its f$nctionality. After the call of its init method- it has the data and readiness for its intended $se. 0he servlet6s destroy method is called by its container before the ending of its e,istence so that processing associated !ith !inding $p can be done and reso$rces can be released. 0he init and destroy methods in this e,ample are callbac2 methods. &imilar considerations apply to the life cycle of all J"## component types8 enterprise beans- 1eb components (servlets or J&P pages)- applets- and application clients. What is li%e c&cle *JavaServer .aces- ? A set of phases d$ring !hich a re4$est for a page is received- a 9I component tree representing the page is processed- and a response is prod$ced. D$ring the phases of the life cycle8 0he local data of the components is $pdated !ith the val$es contained in the re4$est parameters. #vents generated by the components are processed. :alidators and

converters registered on the components are processed. 0he components6 local data is $pdated to bac2 end ob'ects. 0he response is rendered to the client !hile the component state of the response is saved on the server for f$t$re re4$ests. What is local s"bset ? 0hat part of the D0D that is defined !ithin the c$rrent X%. file. What is mana#ed bean creation %acilit& ? A mechanism for defining the characteristics of JavaBeans components $sed in a Java&erver 7aces application. What is messa#e ? In the Java %essage &ervice- an asynchrono$s re4$est- report- or event that is createdsent- and cons$med by an enterprise application and not by a h$man. It contains vital information needed to coordinate enterprise applications- in the form of precisely formatted data that describes specific b$siness actions. What is messa#e cons"mer ? An ob'ect created by a J%& session that is $sed for receiving messages sent to a destination. What is messa#e/driven bean ? An enterprise bean that is an asynchrono$s message cons$mer. A message driven bean has no state for a specific client- b$t its instance variables can contain state across the handling of client messages- incl$ding an open database connection and an ob'ect reference to an #JB ob'ect. A client accesses a message driven bean by sending messages to the destination for !hich the bean is a message listener. What is messa#e prod"cer ? An ob'ect created by a J%& session that is $sed for sending messages to a destination. What is mi$ed/content model ? A D0D specification that defines an element as containing a mi,t$re of te,t and one more other elements. 0he specification m$st start !ith ;PCDA0A- follo!ed by diverse elements- and m$st end !ith the 53ero or more5 asteris2 symbol (<). What is method/bindin# e$pression ? A Java &erver 7aces #. e,pression that refers to a method of a bac2ing bean. 0his method performs either event handling- validation- or navigation processing for the 9I component !hose tag $ses the method binding e,pression. What is method permission ? An a$thori3ation r$le that determines !ho is permitted to e,ec$te one or more enterprise bean methods. What is m"t"al a"thentication ? An a$thentication mechanism employed by t!o parties for the p$rpose of proving each

other6s identity to one another. What is namespace ? A standard that lets yo$ specify a $ni4$e label for the set of element names defined by a D0D. A doc$ment $sing that D0D can be incl$ded in any other doc$ment !itho$t having a conflict bet!een element names. 0he elements defined in yo$r D0D are then $ni4$ely identified so that- for e,ample- the parser can tell !hen an element sho$ld be interpreted according to yo$r D0D rather than $sing the definition for an element in a different D0D. What is namin# conte$t ? A set of associations bet!een $ni4$e- atomic- people friendly identifiers and ob'ects. What is namin# environment ? A mechanism that allo!s a component to be c$stomi3ed !itho$t the need to access or change the component6s so$rce code. A container implements the component6s naming environment and provides it to the component as a J*DI naming conte,t. #ach component names and accesses its environment entries $sing the 'ava8comp=env J*DI conte,t. 0he environment entries are declaratively specified in the component6s deployment descriptor. What is normali0ation ? 0he process of removing red$ndancy by mod$lari3ing- as !ith s$bro$tines- and of removing s$perfl$o$s differences by red$cing them to a common denominator. 7or e,ample- line endings from different systems are normali3ed by red$cing them to a single ne! line- and m$ltiple !hitespace characters are normali3ed to one space. What is North American Ind"str& Classi%ication S&stem *NAICS- ? A system for classifying b$siness establishments based on the processes they $se to prod$ce goods or services. What is notation ? A mechanism for defining a data format for a non X%. doc$ment referenced as an $nparsed entity. 0his is a holdover from &>%.. A ne!er standard is to $se %I%# data types and namespaces to prevent naming conflicts. What is 1ASIS ? +rgani3ation for the Advancement of &tr$ct$red Information &tandards. A consorti$m that drives the development- convergence- and adoption of e b$siness standards. What is 1M2 ? +b'ect %anagement >ro$p. A consorti$m that prod$ces and maintains comp$ter ind$stry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. What is one/3a& messa#in# ? A method of transmitting messages !itho$t having to bloc2 $ntil a response is received.

 What is 1RB ? +b'ect re4$est bro2er. A library that enables C+RBA ob'ects to locate and comm$nicate !ith one another. What is 1S principal ? A principal native to the operating system on !hich the J"## platform is e,ec$ting. What is 1'S ? +b'ect 0ransaction &ervice. A definition of the interfaces that permit C+RBA ob'ects to participate in transactions. What is parameter entit& ? An entity that consists of D0D specifications- as distinct from a general entity. A parameter entity defined in the D0D can then be referenced at other points- thereby eliminating the need to recode the definition at each location it is $sed. What is parsed entit& ? A general entity that contains X%. and therefore is parsed !hen inserted into the X%. doc$ment- as opposed to an $nparsed entity. What is parser ? A mod$le that reads in X%. data from an inp$t so$rce and brea2s it into ch$n2s so that yo$r program 2no!s !hen it is !or2ing !ith a tag- an attrib$te- or element data. A nonvalidating parser ens$res that the X%. data is !ell formed b$t does not verify that it is valid. &ee also validating parser. What is passivation ? 0he process of transferring an enterprise bean from memory to secondary storage. &ee activation. What is persistence ? 0he protocol for transferring the state of an entity bean bet!een its instance variables and an $nderlying database. What is persistent %ield ? A virt$al field of an entity bean that has container managed persistence/ it is stored in a database. What is 1A ? Portable +b'ect Adapter. A C+RBA standard for b$ilding server side applications that are portable across heterogeneo$s +RBs. What is point/to/point messa#in# s&stem ? A messaging system b$ilt on the concept of message 4$e$es. #ach message is addressed to a specific 4$e$e/ clients e,tract messages from the 4$e$es established to hold their

messages. What is primar& )e& ? An ob'ect that $ni4$ely identifies an entity bean !ithin a home. What is principal ? 0he identity assigned to a $ser as a res$lt of a$thentication. What is privile#e ? A sec$rity attrib$te that does not have the property of $ni4$eness and that can be shared by many principals. What is processin# instr"ction ? Information contained in an X%. str$ct$re that is intended to be interpreted by a specific application. What is pro#rammatic sec"rit& ? &ec$rity decisions that are made by sec$rity a!are applications. Programmatic sec$rity is $sef$l !hen declarative sec$rity alone is not s$fficient to e,press the sec$rity model of an application. What is prolo# ? 0he part of an X%. doc$ment that precedes the X%. data. 0he prolog incl$des the declaration and an optional D0D. What is p"blic )e& certi%icate ? 9sed in client certificate a$thentication to enable the server- and optionally the client- to a$thenticate each other. 0he p$blic 2ey certificate is the digital e4$ivalent of a passport. It is iss$ed by a tr$sted organi3ation- called a certificate a$thority- and provides identification for the bearer. What is p"blish4s"bscribe messa#in# s&stem ? A messaging system in !hich clients address messages to a specific node in a content hierarchy- called a topic. P$blishers and s$bscribers are generally anonymo$s and can dynamically p$blish or s$bscribe to the content hierarchy. 0he system ta2es care of distrib$ting the messages arriving from a node6s m$ltiple p$blishers to its m$ltiple s$bscribers. What is 5"er& strin# ? A component of an ?00P re4$est 9R. that contains a set of parameters and val$es that affect the handling of the re4$est What is 5"e"e ? A messaging system b$ilt on the concept of message 4$e$es. #ach message is addressed to a specific 4$e$e/ clients e,tract messages from the 4$e$es established to hold their

messages. What is RAR ? Reso$rce Adapter Archive. A JAR archive that contains a reso$rce adapter mod$le. What is RD. ? Reso$rce Description 7rame!or2. A standard for defining the 2ind of data that an X%. file contains. &$ch information can help ens$re semantic integrity for e,ample by helping to ma2e s$re that a date is treated as a date rather than simply as te,t. What is RD. schema ? A standard for specifying consistency r$les that apply to the specifications contained in an RD7. What is realm ? &ee sec$rity policy domain. Also- a string- passed as part of an ?00P re4$est d$ring basic a$thentication- that defines a protection space. 0he protected reso$rces on a server can be partitioned into a set of protection spaces- each !ith its o!n a$thentication scheme or a$thori3ation database or both. In the J"## server a$thentication service- a realm is a complete database of roles- $sers- and gro$ps that identify valid $sers of a 1eb application or a set of 1eb applications. What is reentrant entit& bean ? An entity bean that can handle m$ltiple sim$ltaneo$s- interleaved- or nested invocations that !ill not interfere !ith each other. What is re%erence ? A reference to an entity that is s$bstit$ted for the reference !hen the X%. doc$ment is parsed. It can reference a predefined entity s$ch as @ or reference one that is defined in the D0D. In the X%. data- the reference co$ld be to an entity that is defined in the local s$bset of the D0D or to an e,ternal X%. file (an e,ternal entity). 0he D0D can also carve o$t a segment of D0D specifications and give it a name so that it can be re$sed (incl$ded) at m$ltiple points in the D0D by defining a parameter entity. What is re#istr& ? An infrastr$ct$re that enables the b$ilding- deployment- and discovery of 1eb services. It is a ne$tral third party that facilitates dynamic and loosely co$pled b$siness to b$siness (B"B) interactions. What is re#istr& provider ? An implementation of a b$siness registry that conforms to a specification for X%. registries (for e,ample- ebX%. or 9DDI). What is relationship %ield ? A virt$al field of an entity bean having container managed persistence/ it identifies a related entity bean.

 What is remote inter%ace ? +ne of t!o interfaces for an enterprise bean. 0he remote interface defines the b$siness methods callable by a client. What is remove method ? %ethod defined in the ?ome interface and invo2ed by a client to destroy an enterprise bean. What is render )it ? A set of renderers that render o$tp$t to a partic$lar client. 0he Java&erver 7aces implementation provides a standard ?0%. render 2it- !hich is composed of renderers that can render ?%0. mar2$p. What is renderer ? A Java class that can render the o$tp$t for a set of Java&erver 7aces 9I components. What is reso"rce adapter ? A system level soft!are driver that is $sed by an #JB container or an application client to connect to an enterprise information system. A reso$rce adapter typically is specific to an enterprise information system. It is available as a library and is $sed !ithin the address space of the server or client $sing it. A reso$rce adapter pl$gs in to a container. 0he application components deployed on the container then $se the client API (e,posed by the adapter) or tool generated high level abstractions to access the $nderlying enterprise information system. 0he reso$rce adapter and #JB container collaborate to provide the $nderlying mechanisms transactions- sec$rity- and connection pooling for connectivity to the enterprise information system. What is reso"rce adapter mod"le ? A deployable $nit that contains all Java interfaces- classes- and native librariesimplementing a reso$rce adapter along !ith the reso$rce adapter deployment descriptor. What is reso"rce mana#er ? Provides access to a set of shared reso$rces. A reso$rce manager participates in transactions that are e,ternally controlled and coordinated by a transaction manager. A reso$rce manager typically is in a different address space or on a different machine from the clients that access it. *ote8 An enterprise information system is referred to as a reso$rce manager !hen it is mentioned in the conte,t of reso$rce and transaction management. What is reso"rce mana#er connection ? An ob'ect that represents a session !ith a reso$rce manager. What is reso"rce mana#er connection %actor& ? An ob'ect $sed for creating a reso$rce manager connection.

 What is RMI ? Remote %ethod Invocation. A technology that allo!s an ob'ect r$nning in one Java virt$al machine to invo2e methods on an ob'ect r$nning in a different Java virt$al machine. What is RMI/II1 ? A version of R%I implemented to $se the C+RBA II+P protocol. R%I over II+P provides interoperability !ith C+RBA ob'ects implemented in any lang$age if all the remote interfaces are originally defined as R%I interfaces. What is role *development- ? 0he f$nction performed by a party in the development and deployment phases of an application developed $sing J"## technology. 0he roles are application component provider- application assembler- deployer- J"## prod$ct provider- #JB container provider- #JB server provider- 1eb container provider- 1eb server provider- tool provider- and system administrator. What is role mappin# ? 0he process of associating the gro$ps or principals (or both)- recogni3ed by the container !ith sec$rity roles specified in the deployment descriptor. &ec$rity roles m$st be mapped by the deployer before a component is installed in the server. What is role *sec"rit&- ? An abstract logical gro$ping of $sers that is defined by the application assembler. 1hen an application is deployed- the roles are mapped to sec$rity identities- s$ch as principals or gro$ps- in the operational environment. In the J"## server a$thentication service- a role is an abstract name for permission to access a partic$lar set of reso$rces. A role can be compared to a 2ey that can open a loc2. %any people might have a copy of the 2ey/ the loc2 doesn6t care !ho yo$ are- only that yo$ have the right 2ey. What is rollbac) ? 0he point in a transaction !hen all $pdates to any reso$rces involved in the transaction are reversed. What is root ? 0he o$termost element in an X%. doc$ment. 0he element that contains all other elements. What is SAX ? Abbreviation of &imple API for X%.. What is Simple A I %or XM( ? An event driven interface in !hich the parser invo2es one of several methods s$pplied by the caller !hen a parsing event occ$rs. #vents incl$de recogni3ing an X%. tag- finding an error- enco$ntering a reference to an e,ternal entity- or processing a D0D

specification. What is schema ? A database inspired method for specifying constraints on X%. doc$ments $sing an X%. based lang$age. &chemas address deficiencies in D0Ds- s$ch as the inability to p$t constraints on the 2inds of data that can occ$r in a partic$lar field. Beca$se schemas are fo$nded on X%.- they are hierarchical. 0h$s it is easier to create an $nambig$o$s specification- and it is possible to determine the scope over !hich a comment is meant to apply. What is Sec"re Soc)et (a&er *SS(- ? A technology that allo!s 1eb bro!sers and 1eb servers to comm$nicate over a sec$red connection. What is sec"rit& attrib"tes ? A set of properties associated !ith a principal. &ec$rity attrib$tes can be associated !ith a principal by an a$thentication protocol or by a J"## prod$ct provider or both. What is sec"rit& constraint ? A declarative !ay to annotate the intended protection of 1eb content. A sec$rity constraint consists of a 1eb reso$rce collection- an a$thori3ation constraint- and a $ser data constraint. What is sec"rit& conte$t ? An ob'ect that encaps$lates the shared state information regarding sec$rity bet!een t!o entities. What is sec"rit& permission ? A mechanism defined by J"&#- and $sed by the J"## platform to e,press the programming restrictions imposed on application component developers. What is sec"rit& permission set ? 0he minim$m set of sec$rity permissions that a J"## prod$ct provider m$st provide for the e,ec$tion of each component type. What is sec"rit& polic& domain ? A scope over !hich sec$rity policies are defined and enforced by a sec$rity administrator. A sec$rity policy domain has a collection of $sers (or principals)- $ses a !ell defined a$thentication protocol or protocols for a$thenticating $sers (or principals)and may have gro$ps to simplify setting of sec$rity policies. What is sec"rit& role ? An abstract logical gro$ping of $sers that is defined by the application assembler. 1hen an application is deployed- the roles are mapped to sec$rity identities- s$ch as principals or gro$ps- in the operational environment. In the J"## server a$thentication service- a role is an abstract name for permission to access a partic$lar set of reso$rces. A role can

be compared to a 2ey that can open a loc2. %any people might have a copy of the 2ey/ the loc2 doesn6t care !ho yo$ are- only that yo$ have the right 2ey. What is sec"rit& technolo#& domain ? A scope over !hich the same sec$rity mechanism is $sed to enforce a sec$rity policy. %$ltiple sec$rity policy domains can e,ist !ithin a single technology domain. What is sec"rit& vie3 ? 0he set of sec$rity roles defined by the application assembler. What is server certi%icate ? 9sed !ith the ?00P& protocol to a$thenticate 1eb applications. 0he certificate can be self signed or approved by a certificate a$thority (CA). 0he ?00P& service of the &$n Java &ystem Application &erver Platform #dition A !ill not r$n $nless a server certificate has been installed. What is server principal ? 0he +& principal that the server is e,ec$ting as. What is service element ? A representation of the combination of one or more Connector components that share a single engine component for processing incoming re4$ests. What is service endpoint inter%ace ? A Java interface that declares the methods that a client can invo2e on a 1eb service. What is servlet ? A Java program that e,tends the f$nctionality of a 1eb server- generating dynamic content and interacting !ith 1eb applications $sing a re4$est response paradigm. What is servlet container ? A container that provides the net!or2 services over !hich re4$ests and responses are sent- decodes re4$ests- and formats responses. All servlet containers m$st s$pport ?00P as a protocol for re4$ests and responses b$t can also s$pport additional re4$est response protocols- s$ch as ?00P&. What is servlet container! distrib"ted ? A servlet container that can r$n a 1eb application that is tagged as distrib$table and that e,ec$tes across m$ltiple Java virt$al machines r$nning on the same host or on different hosts. What is servlet conte$t ? An ob'ect that contains a servlet6s vie! of the 1eb application !ithin !hich the servlet is r$nning. 9sing the conte,t- a servlet can log events- obtain 9R. references to reso$rcesand set and store attrib$tes that other servlets in the conte,t can $se.

 What is servlet mappin# ? Defines an association bet!een a 9R. pattern and a servlet. 0he mapping is $sed to map re4$ests to servlets. What is session ? An ob'ect $sed by a servlet to trac2 a $ser6s interaction !ith a 1eb application across m$ltiple ?00P re4$ests. What is session bean ? An enterprise bean that is created by a client and that $s$ally e,ists only for the d$ration of a single client server session. A session bean performs operations- s$ch as calc$lations or database access- for the client. Altho$gh a session bean can be transactional- it is not recoverable sho$ld a system crash occ$r. &ession bean ob'ects either can be stateless or can maintain conversational state across methods and transactions. If a session bean maintains state- then the #JB container manages this state if the ob'ect m$st be removed from memory. ?o!ever- the session bean ob'ect itself m$st manage its o!n persistent data. What is S2M( ? &tandard >enerali3ed %ar2$p .ang$age. 0he parent of both ?0%. and X%.. Altho$gh ?0%. shares &>%.6s propensity for embedding presentation information in the mar2$pX%. is a standard that allo!s information content to be totally separated from the mechanisms for rendering that content. What is S1A ? &imple +b'ect Access Protocol. A light!eight protocol intended for e,changing str$ct$red information in a decentrali3ed- distrib$ted environment. It defines- $sing X%. technologies- an e,tensible messaging frame!or2 containing a message constr$ct that can be e,changed over a variety of $nderlying protocols. What is S1A 3ith Attachments A I %or Java *SAAJ- ? 0he basic pac2age for &+AP messaging- &AAJ contains the API for creating and pop$lating a &+AP message. What is S6( ? &tr$ct$red B$ery .ang$age. 0he standardi3ed relational database lang$age for defining database ob'ects and manip$lating data. What is S6(4J ? A set of standards that incl$des specifications for embedding &B. statements in methods in the Java programming lang$age and specifications for calling Java static methods as &B. stored proced$res and $ser defined f$nctions. An &B. chec2er can detect errors in static &B. statements at program development time- rather than at e,ec$tion time as !ith a JDBC driver.

 What is SS( ? &ec$re &oc2et .ayer. A sec$rity protocol that provides privacy over the Internet. 0he protocol allo!s client server applications to comm$nicate in a !ay that cannot be eavesdropped $pon or tampered !ith. &ervers are al!ays a$thenticated- and clients are optionally a$thenticated. What is state%"l session bean ? A session bean !ith a conversational state. What is stateless session bean ? A session bean !ith no conversational state. All instances of a stateless session bean are identical. What is s&stem administrator ? 0he person responsible for config$ring and administering the enterprise6s comp$tersnet!or2s- and soft!are systems. What is ta# ? In X%. doc$ments- a piece of te,t that describes a $nit of data or an element. 0he tag is disting$ishable as mar2$p- as opposed to data- beca$se it is s$rro$nded by angle brac2ets (@ and C). 0o treat s$ch mar2$p synta, as data- yo$ $se an entity reference or a CDA0A section. What is template ? A set of formatting instr$ctions that apply to the nodes selected by an XPath e,pression. What is tool provider ? An organi3ation or soft!are vendor that provides tools $sed for the developmentpac2aging- and deployment of J"## applications. What is transaction attrib"te ? A val$e specified in an enterprise bean6s deployment descriptor that is $sed by the #JB container to control the transaction scope !hen the enterprise bean6s methods are invo2ed. A transaction attrib$te can have the follo!ing val$es8 Re4$ired- Re4$ires*e!&$pports- *ot&$pported- %andatory- or *ever. What is transaction ? An atomic $nit of !or2 that modifies data. A transaction encloses one or more program statements- all of !hich either complete or roll bac2. 0ransactions enable m$ltiple $sers to access the same data conc$rrently. What is transaction isolation level ? 1hat is transaction isolation level 0he degree to !hich the intermediate state of the data being modified by a transaction is visible to other conc$rrent transactions and data being modified by other transactions is visible to it.

 What is transaction mana#er ? Provides the services and management f$nctions re4$ired to s$pport transaction demarcation- transactional reso$rce management- synchroni3ation- and transaction conte,t propagation. What is 7nicode ? A standard defined by the 9nicode Consorti$m that $ses a DE bit code page that maps digits to characters in lang$ages aro$nd the !orld. Beca$se DE bits covers F"-GEA codes9nicode is large eno$gh to incl$de all the !orld6s lang$ages- !ith the e,ception of ideographic lang$ages that have a different character for every concept- s$ch as Chinese. What is 7niversal Description! Discover& and Inte#ration *7DDI- project ? An ind$stry initiative to create a platform independent- open frame!or2 for describing services- discovering b$sinesses- and integrating b$siness services $sing the Internet- as !ell as a registry. It is being developed by a vendor consorti$m. What is 7niversal Standard rod"cts and Services Classi%ication *7NS SC- ? A schema that classifies and identifies commodities. It is $sed in sell side and b$y side catalogs and as a standardi3ed acco$nt code in analy3ing e,pendit$re. What is "nparsed entit& ? A general entity that contains something other than X%.. By its nat$re- an $nparsed entity contains binary data. What is 7RI ? 9niform reso$rce identifier. A globally $ni4$e identifier for an abstract or physical reso$rce. A 9R. is a 2ind of 9RI that specifies the retrieval protocol (http or https for 1eb applications) and physical location of a reso$rce (host name and host relative path). A 9R* is another type of 9RI. What is 7R( ? 9niform reso$rce locator. A standard for !riting a te,t$al reference to an arbitrary piece of data in the 1orld 1ide 1eb. A 9R. loo2s li2e this8 protocol8==host=local info !here protocol specifies a protocol for fetching the ob'ect (s$ch as http or ftp)- host specifies the Internet name of the targeted host- and local info is a string (often a file name) passed to the protocol handler on the remote host. What is 7R( path ? 0he part of a 9R. passed by an ?00P re4$est to invo2e a servlet. A 9R. path consists of the conte,t path H servlet path H path info- !here Conte,t path is the path prefi, associated !ith a servlet conte,t of !hich the servlet is a part. If this conte,t is the defa$lt conte,t rooted at the base of the 1eb server6s 9R. namespace- the path prefi, !ill be an empty string. +ther!ise- the path prefi, starts !ith a = character b$t does not end !ith a = character. &ervlet path is the path section that directly corresponds to the mapping that activated this re4$est. 0his path starts !ith a = character. Path info is the part of the

re4$est path that is not part of the conte,t path or the servlet path What is 7RN ? 9niform reso$rce name. A $ni4$e identifier that identifies an entity b$t doesn6t tell !here it is located. A system can $se a 9R* to loo2 $p an entity locally before trying to find it on the 1eb. It also allo!s the 1eb location to change- !hile still allo!ing the entity to be fo$nd. What is "ser data constraint ? Indicates ho! data bet!een a client and a 1eb container sho$ld be protected. 0he protection can be the prevention of tampering !ith the data or prevention of eavesdropping on the data