Pro (IBM) WebSphere Application Server 7 Internals covers the internal architecture and implementation of the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) version 7 product set and how other IBM products extend it. It presents information to enable administrators, developers, and architects to learn about the aspects of WAS that apply to them: * Administrators will come to understand how the WAS7 environment functions to best optimize it for their environment, and what to do when things go wrong. * Developers will learn to extend the functionality in the base WAS product. * Architects will see how the WAS product underpins the IBM offerings to fit in an enterprise. What you'll learn * Explore the internal architecture that makes up a modern high--end application server and how other products extend it to provide additional functionality. * Implement, deploy, and serve Java EE 5 and other enterprise Java applications. * See how the environment all fits together so you can make the best use of the WebSphere Application Server services. * Explore how all this works with simple, important code examples. * Troubleshoot problems when the inevitable crisis occurs. Who this book is for * Java architects wanting to understand how a modern application server works * Java developers targeting the JEE and the WAS7 implementation in particular * WAS7 administrators wanting to understand how to optimize the environment for their application behavior and what underpins the errors in the logs when things do go wrong * Software architecture students learning how modern system software is architected and implemented Table of Contents * WAS Architecture Outline from 50,000 Feet * The IBM J9 Java Virtual Machine for Java 6 * Eclipse/OSGi Runtime * Underlying WAS Runtime * The EJB Container * The Web Container * Web Services * Service Integration Bus * High Availability * Load Balancing and Scalability * Configuration * Related Products