Before working with the samples, ensure that you've followed the Quick Start Guide in order to familiarize yourself with the features and basic operation of the application server. The Quick Start Guide is available at <install_dir>/docs/QuickStart.html (<install_dir> is the location of the installed application server)

NOTE:Quickstart will be the only sample available if you download the Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 2005Q1 bundle. The J2EE 1.4 Tutorial and J2EE(TM) 1.4 BluePrints sample bundles for Sun Java System Application Server 8.1 2005Q1 bundle are available for download from the J2EE web site. If installing these bundles separately from application server bundle, unzip them into <install_dir> directory (when you unzip, it will ask you if you want to replace the existing index.html with a more comprehensive one, say yes to this overwrite). Otherwise, if you have downloaded and installed J2EE(TM) 1.4 SDK , your installation should already contain the necessary samples. The J2EE 1.4 Tutorial will not be part of the J2EE(TM) 1.4 SDK bundle.

Before Working With Samples

In addition to following the Quick Start Guide, also review the following section prior to working with the sample applications

Setting Up Your Environment

Before deploying sample applications to Application Server, ensure your application server environment is functioning properly. The basic operations introduced in the Quick Start Guide will help ensure that your environment is configured properly. A key requirement prior to working with the samples is to ensure that the following directory is added to your PATH environment variable:

<install_dir>/bin

Rebuilding pre-built applications

Pre-built applications are bundled with each example, so you can deploy the application without first having to rebuild it. However, if you plan to modify the source code and rebuild the application using asant core, the bundled pre-built application is no longer used when deploying the application, the rebuilt application is used for deployment instead. This rebuilt sample will be built in the assemble directory to avoid overwriting the original application and will ensure that the newly generated application (not the application that is originally bundled) is used for deployment.

Getting Help

If you encounter problems while running the samples, please access the Sample Applications topic in the Application Server area of the Sun Software Forums - Developer Forums.