SUN CERTIFIED WEB COMPONENT DEVELOPER FOR J2EE[tm] PLATFORM
Section 1 - The Servlet Model
1.1 For each of the HTTP methods, GET, POST, and PUT, identify the corresponding method in the HttpServlet class.
1.2 For each of the HTTP methods, GET, POST, and HEAD, identify triggers that might cause a browser to use the method, and identify benefits or functionality of the method.
1.3 For each of the following operations, identify the interface and method name that should be used:
Retrieve Html FORM parameters from the request
Retrieve a servlet initialization parameter
Retrieve HTTP request header inFORMation
Set an HTTP response header; set the content type of the response
Acquire a text stream for the response
Acquire a binary stream for the response
Redirect an HTTP request to another URL
1.4 Identify the interface and method to Access values and resources and to set object attributes within the following three Web scopes:
Request
Session
Context
1.5 Given a life-cycle method: init, service, or destroy, identify correct statements about its purpose or about how and when it is invoked.
1.6 Use a RequestDispatcher to include or forward to a Web resource.
Section 2 - The StrUCture and Deployment of Modern Servlet Web Applications
2.1 Identify the structure of a Web Application and Web Archive file, the name of the WebApp deployment descriptor, and the name of the Directories where you place the following:
The WebApp deployment descriptor
The WebApp class files
Any auxiliary JAR files
2.2 Match the name with a description of purpose or functionality, for each of the following deployment descriptor elements:
Servlet instance
Servlet name
Servlet class
Initialization parameters
URL to named servlet mapping
Section 3 - The Servlet Container Model
3.1 Identify the uses for and the interfaces (or classes) and methods to achieve the following features:
Servlet context init. parameters
Servlet context listener
Servlet context attribute listener
Session attribute listeners
3.2 Identify the WebApp deployment descriptor element name that declares the following features:
Servlet context init. parameters
Servlet context listener
Servlet context attribute listener
Session attribute listeners
3.3 Distinguish the behavior of the following in a distributable:
Servlet context init. parameters
Servlet context listener
Servlet context attribute listener
Session attribute listeners
Section 4 - Designing and Developing Servlets to Handle Server-side Exceptions
4.1 For each of the following cases, identify correctly constructed code for handling business logic exceptions, and match that code with correct statements about the code's behavior: Return an HTTP error using the sendError response method; Return an HTTP error using the setStatus method.
4.2 Given a set of business logic exceptions, identify the following: The configuration that the deployment descriptor uses to handle each exception; How to use a RequestDispatcher to forward the request to an error page; Specify the handling declaratively in the deployment descriptor.
4.3 Identify the method used for the following: Write a message to the WebApp log; Write a message and an exception to the WebApp log.
Section 5 - Designing and Developing Servlets Using Session Management
5.1 Identify the interface and method for each of the following:
Retrieve a session object across multiple requests to the same or different servlets within the same WebApp
Store objects into a session object
Retrieve objects from a session object
Respond to the event when a particular object is added to a session
Respond to the event when a session is created and destroyed
EXPunge a session object
5.2 Given a scenario, state whether a session object will be invalidated.
5.3 Given that URL-rewriting must be used for session management, identify the design requirement on session-related HTML pages.
Section 6 - Designing and Developing Secure Web Applications
6.1 Identify correct descriptions or statements about the security issues:
Authentication, authorization
Data integrity
Auditing
Malicious code
Web site attacks
6.2 Identify the deployment descriptor element names, and their structure, that declare the following:
A security constraint
A Web resource
The login configuration
A security role
6.3 Given an authentication type: BASIC, DIGEST, FORM, and CLIENT-CERT, identify the correct definition of its mechanism.
Section 7 - Designing and Developing Thread-safe Servlets
7.1 Identify which attribute scopes are thread-safe:
Local variables
Instance variables
Class variables
Request attributes
Session attributes
Context attributes
7.2 Identify correct statements about differences between the multi-threaded and single-threaded servlet models.
7.3 Identify the interface used to declare that a servlet must use the single thread model.
Section 8 - The Java Server Pages (jsp) Technology Model
8.1 Write the opening and closing tags for the following JSP tag types:
Directive
Declaration
Scriptlet
Expression
8.2 Given a type of JSP tag, identify correct statements about its purpose or use.
8.3 Given a JSP tag type, identify the equivalent XML-based tags.
8.4 Identify the page directive attribute, and its values, that:
Import a Java class into the JSP page
Declare that a JSP page exists within a session
Declare that a JSP page uses an error page
Declare that a JSP page is an error page
8.5 Identify and put in sequence the following elements of the JSP page lifecycle:
Page translation
JSP page compilation
Load class
Create instance
Call jspInit
Call _jspService
Call jspDestroy
8.6 Match correct descriptions about purpose, function, or use with any of the following implicit objects:
request
response
out
session
config
application
page
pageContext
exception
8.7 Distinguish correct and incorrect scriptlet code for:
A conditional statement;
An iteration statement
Section 9 - Designing and Developing Reusable Web Components
9.1 Given a description of required functionality, identify the JSP page directive or standard tag in the correct FORMat with the correct attributes required to specify the inclusion of a Web component into the JSP page.
Section 10 - Designing and Developing JSP pages Using JavaBean Components
10.1 For any of the following tag functions, match the correctly constructed tag, with attributes and values as appropriate, with the corresponding description of the tag's functionality:
Declare the use of a JavaBean component within the page.
Specify, for jsp:useBean or jsp:getProperty tags, the name of an attribute.
Specify, for a jsp:useBean tag, the class of the attribute.
Specify, for a jsp:useBean tag, the scope of the attribute.
Access or mutate a property from a declared JavaBean.
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