The J2EE Tutorial Now there’s a new platform—and a new tutorial—in town. The success of theJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE™) has been phenomenal. Developersare clamoring for information about how to write applications using this newJava platform for the server. And this book helps, continuing the tradition of TheJava™ Tutorial, but this time for the J2EE platform. Like the original Tutorial,this is an example-filled, easy-to-use entry point and quick reference for pro-gramming with the J2EE platform. And I’m sure, like the original tutorial team,Stephanie, Dale, Eric, Kim, and Beth all have stories to tell about the timethey’ve spent working on the J2EE platform and bringing you this book. Just a note—Because the J2EE platform sits on top of the J2SE platform, youneed to be comfortable writing programs for the J2SE platform before you canmake full use of this book. If you’re not comfortable with the J2SE platform, goto The Java™ Tutorial 4 and learn!