Wireless java programming for enterprise applications : mobile devices go corporate

* Offers timely material, and is anticipated that over 80% of Fortune 1000 companies will incorporate mobile devices and wireless applications into their existing systems over the next two-five years.
* Authors utilize XML and related technologies such as XSL and XSLT as well as Web services for server-sided application construction.
* Details how to build a complete enterprise application using all of the technologies discussed in the book.
* Web site updates the example application built as well as additional wireless Java links and software.

Author Notes

DAN HARKEY is coauthor of the award-winning and bestselling books Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA and Client/Server Survival Guide. Harkey is a cofounder of the client/server computing graduate program at San Jose State University, and he has more than twenty-four years of experience at IBM and in academia.

SHAN APPAJODU is a senior R&D engineer in the enterprise business unit of Borland Corporation and faculty at San Jose State University. Appajodu has more than seven years of experience in telecommunications and distributed computing environments.

MIKE LARKIN is a software engineer in IBM's storage systems division and is a member of the faculty at San Jose State University. Larkin has more than seven years of professional experience in a variety of wireless and enterprise systems-including J2ME, J2EE, and Web Services.

Foreword	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Part 1. Technologies for Wireless Device Computing	p. 1
Chapter 1. Introduction to Wireless Enterprise Applications	p. 5
Applications on Wireless Devices	p. 6
Enterprise Applications	p. 6
Enterprise Applications and Wireless Devices Combined	p. 7
Summary	p. 13
Chapter 2. Wireless Devices: The Hardware Platforms	p. 15
Simple Cell Phones	p. 17
Internet-Ready Cell Phones	p. 17
Mobile Information Devices	p. 19
Java-enabled Cell Phones	p. 20
Java-enabled Connected PDAs	p. 21
Communicators	p. 24
Summary	p. 25
Chapter 3. Wireless Devices: Networking Technologies	p. 29
Mobile and Wireless Network Protocols	p. 30
Wireless Network Technologies	p. 37
Wireless LANs and Personal Area Networks (PANs)	p. 55
Summary	p. 64
Chapter 4. Wireless Devices: Service Technologies	p. 65
Short Messaging Service (SMS)	p. 66
Unstructured Supplementary Services Data (USSD)	p. 72
i-Mode	p. 73
Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)	p. 75
Comparison of WAP vs. I-Mode	p. 95
VoiceXML	p. 96
Summary	p. 106
Chapter 5. Wireless Devices: Middleware	p. 107
Operating Systems for Handheld Devices	p. 108
Handheld Device Middleware Challenges	p. 117
Summary	p. 123
Chapter 6. Wireless Devices: Content Delivery	p. 125
Content Formats for Display--Markup Languages	p. 125
Content Synchronization Techniques	p. 140
Summary	p. 149
Chapter 7. Wireless Devices and Java	p. 151
Evolution of J2ME	p. 151
Introducing the J2ME Platform	p. 158
Java Card	p. 180
Summary	p. 190
Part 2. Core Wireless Device Computing Programming	p. 191
Chapter 8. Developing WML Applications	p. 193
The WML User Interface	p. 193
WML Documents	p. 194
Developing a WML Application	p. 196
WML Tags	p. 202
The Registration WML Listing	p. 215
Introduction to WMLScript	p. 219
Programming Tips	p. 227
Summary	p. 228
Chapter 9. Introduction to MIDP Programming	p. 229
The J2ME MIDP User Interface	p. 229
MIDP Applications	p. 231
Developing a MIDP Application	p. 232
The MIDP Classes	p. 243
Summary	p. 284
Chapter 10. Advanced MIDP Programming	p. 285
Network Programming	p. 285
MIDP DATABASE PRogramming	p. 306
MIDlet Provisioning	p. 325
A Simple Bluetooth Application	p. 338
Summary	p. 345
Chapter 11. Developing VoiceXML Applications	p. 347
VoiceXML Applications	p. 347
Developing a VoiceXML Application	p. 348
VoiceXML TAGS	p. 355
Introduction to ECMAScript	p. 397
VoiceXML Programming Tips	p. 403
Summary	p. 405
Chapter 12. Your First Java Card Application	p. 407
Applications Suited For Java Cards	p. 408
The Java Card VM	p. 409
The Host Application	p. 429
Summary	p. 434
Part 3. Wireless Device Programming Meets the Enterprise	p. 435
Chapter 13. J2EE and Wireless Applications	p. 437
J2EE Architecture: An Overview	p. 438
Programming Servlets	p. 445
Writing JavaServer Pages	p. 449
Developing J2EE Applications	p. 453
Summary	p. 484
Chapter 14. Web Services for Wireless Devices	p. 485
Web Services--Everyone's Favorite Buzzword	p. 485
Web Services--a Bird's Eye View	p. 488
Technology Building Blocks for Web Services	p. 490
Web Services Architecture	p. 492
EJBs as Web Services	p. 512
Invoking Web Services from Your MIDlets	p. 523
Web Services Tools and Platforms	p. 525
The Future Direction of Web Services	p. 529
Summary	p. 530
Chapter 15. Transcoding and Personalization	p. 531
Transcoding: Realtime Content Transformation	p. 532
Transcoding Implementations	p. 535
Introduction to XSL	p. 541
Using Cocoon to Transcode for Various Client Devices	p. 559
Personalization	p. 564
Summary	p. 569
Chapter 16. XML Processing Using MIDP	p. 571
Why XML in MIDP?	p. 572
How to Parse XML in MIDP?	p. 573
Parser Types And Features	p. 573
Choosing The Right Parser	p. 576
Other Applications of MIDP XML Parsing	p. 586
Summary	p. 586
Chapter 17. Programming Strategies for MIDP	p. 587
Graphics and User Interface Recommendations	p. 588
MID Hardware Considerations	p. 589
Reducing MIDlet Size	p. 590
Code Obfuscation	p. 591
Network Programming	p. 593
Efficient Image (PNG) Manipulation	p. 593
Using Vendor-supplied or Third-Party MIDP Libraries	p. 594
Efficient XML Parsing	p. 596
Miscellaneous Recommendations	p. 597
Summary	p. 598
Part 4. Grand Finale: Campus Portal for Wireless Devices	p. 599
Chapter 18. Campus Portal for Wireless Devices	p. 601
Campus Portal for Wireless Devices	p. 602
The Campus Portal Applications	p. 603
Summary	p. 618
Chapter 19. Campus Portal: A Look Under the Covers	p. 619
Campus Portal Client Technologies	p. 620
Summary	p. 653
Chapter 20. The Enterprise Goes Wireless	p. 655
The Handheld Device of the Future	p. 656
Conclusion	p. 671
Where to Go for More Information	p. 673
Index	p. 677

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