The Java Pet Store is a popular J2EE example application in the J2EE Blueprints series,
created by Sun Microsystems. It models an e-commerce application where customers can purchase pets online using a Web
browser.
The purpose of this application is to demonstrate the capabilities of
the J2EE platform and is written for learning purposes (for example to illustrate the many different
design patterns on various part of J2EE). It is not coded for performance and
is not intended for performance benchmarks.
The Java Pet Store 1.3.2 follows the J2EE 1.3 specs which is a set of related specifications
and can be seen as a single standard for implementing and deploying enterprise applications.
Java Pet Store 1.3.2 demonstrates the following:
- How to use Java Server Pages (jsp).
- How to use Java Servlets.
- How to use Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB).
- How to use Java Message Service (JMS).
- How to use JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL).
- How to use the Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC).
- How to use SOAP.
- How to exchange and process XML-based documents.
- How to develop flexible, scalable, cross-plaform enterprise applications.
- How to use the Java BluePrints guidelines and patterns.
- Illustrate basic usage of J2EE technology with current best practices.
The Pet Store application comes with full source code and documentation, and
the latest release can be downloaded from:
http://java.sun.com/blueprints/code/index.html#java_pet_store_demo
More information about Pet Store can be found at:
http://java.sun.com/blueprints/guidelines/designing_enterprise_applications_2e/
sample-app/sample-app1.3.1a3.html
ATTENTION:
The petstore-1_3_2.zip is no longer available at the
http://java.sun.com/blueprints/ site.
Sun.com discourage people from investing time in learning it since its old, and instead encourage developers to learn the newer material.
However there are several companies using the old BluePrints Web Application Framework (WAF) where the petstore 1.3.2 demo is based on.
Download the petstore-1_3_2.zip file.
Start Java Pet Store 1.3.2
Information
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Operating system used
Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1 SP 2
Software prerequisites
Java Pet Store 1.3.2
Procedure
- Start Cloudscape:
cd %J2EE_HOME%/bin
cloudscape -start
If all went well, you should see: [RmiJdbc] RmiJdbcServer bound in rmi registry
- Start the J2EE server:
cd %J2EE_HOME%\bin
j2ee.bat -verbose
If all went well, you should see: J2EE server startup complete.
To verify if the J2EE server is running:
http://localhost:8000/index.html
- Run the Pet Store Application:
http://localhost:8000/petstore
- Click the link "enter the store".
The following message will be displayed:
Please wait while the Java Pet Store Application is being populated...
After a few seconds you sould see:
- Here below an overview of all the Pet Store links:
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The Storefront presents the main user interface in a Web front-end.
Customers use the Storefront to place orders for pets.
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petstore.ear |
http//localhost:8000/petstore |
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The Admin presents the administrator interface in a JFC/Swing front-end.
Administrators use the Admin to examine pending orders and approve or deny
them.
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petstoreadmin.ear |
http//localhost:8000/admin |
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The Supplier fulfills orders from the OPC from inventory and invoices the OPC.
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supplier.ear |
http//localhost:8000/supplier |
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The Order Processing Center (OPC) receives orders from the Storefront.
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opc.ear |
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