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Test 000-257: Enterprise Application Development with IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6.0


Overview Objectives Test Preparation

The test consists of seven sections containing a total of approximately 49 multiple-choice questions. The percentages after each section reflect the approximate distribution of the total question set across the sections. 

Section 1 - Web Component Design and Implementation (14%)

  1. Design, develop and test Java Servlets, Filters and Life-cycle Listeners
  2. Design, develop and test JSPs, JSF and Struts applications
  3. Manage end-user state and consider tradeoffs of using different session management techniques
  4. Create and use custom tag libraries to deliver dynamic content to JSPs

Section 2 - EJB Design and Implementation (30%)

  1. Design and develop EJBs
  2. Design an EJB module using EJB visualization
  3. Create and configure container-managed relationships
  4. Create EJB queries using EJB Query Language
  5. Manipulate transactional behavior of EJBs using deployment descriptors
  6. Access container services from EJBs
  7. Implement EJB clients in Java
  8. Test and debug EJBs

Section 3 - Web Services (12%)

  1. Create Web services from EJB sources
  2. Consider issues related to Web services interoperability (WS-I) compliance level settings
  3. Configure JAX-RPC handlers
  4. Implement Java clients calling Web services

Section 4 - Database Connectivity and Messaging (8%)

  1. Configure data sources
  2. Set up a service integration bus
  3. Configure JMS connection factories and destinations

Section 5 - Security (10%)

  1. Map users and groups to roles
  2. Apply declarative role-based security to EJBs and Web components
  3. Configure JAAS aliases for resource authentication
  4. Configure login authentication method for Web applications

Section 6 - Validation, Tuning & Troubleshooting of the Development Runtime Envionment (16%)

  1. Use tracing and profiling tools to analyze and tune applications
  2. Perform problem determination on application components
  3. Understand conditions for restarting modules and servers
  4. Use Component Test features

Section 7 - Assembly and Deployment (10%)

  1. Assemble Web components, EJB components, and application client components into enterprise applications
  2. Deploy an enterprise application to a WebSphere application server
  3. Create and configure WebSphere test servers
  4. Switch the database back end of EJB applications

 
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