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18 October 2013

In this tutorial we will see how to configure JSF in Tomcat.

Since Tomcat is not a fully fledged Java EE container we must do some additional configuration steps in order to run JSF applications. In this tutorial we will see how to do it. This tutorial consider... Read more

JAAS logout example

31 August 2013

In this tutorial we will see how to logout users authenticated via JAAS.

Following the first couple of articles related with JAAS, some readers requested a new article about the JAAS logout process. This article will show how to logout users authenticated via JAAS and will... Read more

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Spring JTA multiple resource transactions in Tomcat with Atomikos example

17 June 2013

In this tutorial you will learn how to configure a JTA transaction manager outside an enterprise container - using the Spring framework and Atomikos, both deployed in Tomcat - in order to implement distributed multiple resource (or XA) transactions.

Distributed multiple resource transactions in Java are usually accomplished by resorting to the Java Transaction API (JTA). One usually delegates the task of distributed transaction coordination to an... Read more

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Java EE CDI ConversationScoped example

13 April 2013

In this tutorial you will learn how to use ConversationScoped CDI beans.

As we have seen previously on Java EE CDI bean scopes CDI provides a set of available built-in bean scopes. One of these scopes is the Conversation scope. In this tutorial we will see how this scope c... Read more

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Configuring CDI with Tomcat example

23 March 2013

In this tutorial you will learn how to configure Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) with Tomcat.

Tomcat is not a full-blown EE container so we must include some required libraries in order to enable CDI support. In this tutorial we will cover CDI configuration in Tomcat and also provide a working... Read more

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JAAS form based authentication in Tomcat example

03 March 2013

In this tutorial you will learn how to configure JAAS form based authentication in Tomcat.

This tutorial will show you how to configure JAAS form based authentication in Tomcat. It will be the second part of other tutorial also available in this website: JAAS authentication in Tomcat exampl... Read more

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JAAS authentication in Tomcat example

23 February 2013

In this tutorial you will learn how to configure JAAS authentication in Tomcat using the HTTP Basic authentication scheme.

Tomcat provides a default JAAS Realm implementation so developers may implement JAAS Login Modules and easily integrate them with the container. In this tutorial we will implement all the required com... Read more

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Gonçalo Marques is a Software Engineer with several years of experience in software development and architecture definition. During this period his main focus was delivering software solutions in banking, telecommunications and governmental areas. He created the Bytes Lounge website with one ultimate goal: share his knowledge with the software development community. His main area of expertise is Java and open source.

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