Document Scope and Audience Guide to this Document

1 Introduction and Roadmap 1-1 1 Introduction and Roadmap This section describes the contents and organization of this guide—Programming WebLogic JTA. ■ Section 1.1, Document Scope and Audience ■ Section 1.2, Guide to this Document ■ Section 1.3, Related Documentation ■ Section 1.4, Samples and Tutorials ■ Section 1.5, New and Changed Features in This Release

1.1 Document Scope and Audience

This document is written for application developers who are interested in building transactional Java applications that run in the WebLogic Server environment. It is assumed that readers are familiar with the WebLogic Server platform, Java Platform, Enterprise Edition Java EE programming, and transaction processing concepts.

1.2 Guide to this Document

■ This chapter, Chapter 1, Introduction and Roadmap, introduces the organization of this guide. ■ Chapter 2, Introducing Transactions, introduces transactions in EJB and RMI applications running in the WebLogic Server environment. This chapter also describes distributed transactions and the two-phase commit protocol for enterprise applications. ■ Chapter 3, Configuring Transactions, describes how to administer transactions in the WebLogic Server environment. ■ Chapter 4, Managing Transactions, provides information on administration tasks used to manage transactions. ■ Chapter 5, Transaction Service, describes the WebLogic Server Transaction Service. ■ Chapter 6, Java Transaction API and Oracle WebLogic Extensions, provides a brief overview of the Java Transaction API JTA. ■ Chapter 8, Transactions in EJB Applications, describes how to implement transactions in EJB applications. ■ Chapter 9, Transactions in RMI Applications, describes how to implement transactions in RMI applications. 1-2 Programming JTA for Oracle WebLogic Server ■ Chapter 10, Using JDBC XA Drivers with WebLogic Server, describes how to configure and use third-party XA drivers in transactions. ■ Chapter 11, Coordinating XAResources with the WebLogic Server Transaction Manager, describes how to configure third-party systems to participate in transactions coordinated by the WebLogic Server transaction manager. ■ Chapter 12, Participating in Transactions Managed by a Third-Party Transaction Manager, describes the process for configuring and participating in foreign-managed transactions. ■ Chapter 13, Troubleshooting Transactions, describes how to perform troubleshooting tasks for applications using JTA.

1.3 Related Documentation