Accessing Samples

The product provides sample applications and coding examples. Use the sample applications to test your product installation and for guidance on deploying and testing applications. Use coding examples for help on programming.

Samples are for demonstration purposes only. See Limitations of Samples for details.

Samples Gallery
Client Samples Gallery
General information

You can upgrade the Samples Gallery and Client Samples. For detailed information, refer to app_server_root/samples/readme.html.

Samples Gallery

The Samples Gallery offers a set of Samples that demonstrate common enterprise application tasks. The Gallery also contains descriptions of where to find additional Samples and coding examples.

Quick start - Accessing the Samples Gallery

The Application Server Samples must be installed. You can select to install Samples during product installation or, after the product is installed, separately install the Samples feature. Your application server and the SamplesGallery and PlantsByWebSphere applications must be running.

To view the Samples Gallery, open a browser at http://host_name:server_port/WSsamples where host_name is the name of your server and server_port is the port number for the application server internal HTTP transport. The default URL is:
http://localhost:9080/WSsamples

[Windows] You also can use operating system menus to access the Samples Gallery. Click Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere > Application Server product_version > Profiles > profile_name > Samples Gallery.

Samples Gallery contents

The Samples Gallery includes the following materials:
Plants by WebSphere application
This application demonstrates several Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) functions, using an online store that specializes in plant and garden tool sales.
Faces Client Tutorial - Sample Portfolio
Sample Portfolio is a sample application that demonstrates the use of faces client components. Hello World Sample demonstrates how the faces client framework keeps a data model consistent in the browser.
Technology Samples
These Samples demonstrate various core components in J2EE applications.
Web Services Samples
These Samples demonstrate J2EE beans and JavaBeans components that are available as Web services.
Service Data Objects (SDO) Sample
This Sample demonstrates data access to a relational database through Service Data Objects (SDO) and Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) Mediator technologies.
JACL scripts
These scripts enable you to configure resources and install the Samples.
Programming model extensions Samples in the Samples Gallery
These Samples demonstrate WebSphere programming model extension features such as dynamic query service, work area service, internationalization service, ActivitySessions service, application profiling, Java Transaction API (JTA) extensions, asynchronous beans, and scheduler.

Installing and accessing the Samples Gallery

To view the Samples Gallery, perform the following steps.

  1. Install the product and the Samples.

    Select to install the sample applications. If you do not select to install Samples during the product installation, you can install the Application Server Samples feature later.

    Installing the Application Server Samples feature adds files and subdirectories to the samples directory:
  2. If you do not have an application server with the SamplesGallery and PlantsByWebSphere applications deployed, create an application server profile that deploys the Samples.

    To see if the Samples are already deployed, click Applications > Enterprise Applications in the console navigation tree to access the Enterprise Applications page. When the Samples are deployed, SamplesGallery and PlantsByWebSphere are in the list of applications.

    [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] [Windows] When creating the application server profile, select Advanced profile creation and Deploy the Sample applications. To test additional samples, also select Deploy the default application. See Creating profiles using the graphical user interface for more information. If you already created an application server profile without the Samples, use the graphical profile creation interface to create additional profiles that contain the Samples.

    You can build or modify the Samples source code to support your project.

  3. Start the application server.
  4. Ensure that the Samples are running.

    In a console navigation tree, click Applications > Enterprise Applications to access the Enterprise Applications page. When the Samples are running, the SamplesGallery and PlantsByWebSphere applications have a Started status (green arrow).

  5. Access the Samples Gallery.

    Try it out! See the quick start instructions on this page.

    If you have difficulty accessing the Samples Gallery, check the port number.

    [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] [Windows] The Plants by WebSphere application is installed on the application server by default. That is, you need not deploy the PlantsByWebSphere.ear file onto the application server. This application is listed as an installed Sample in the Samples Gallery.

  6. Install additional Samples.

    Additional Samples are initially listed as installable Samples in the Samples Gallery.

    To deploy them to the application server, use the install script in the app_server_root/samples/bin directory. See the Samples Gallery for more detailed instructions.

For information about configuring security for Samples, see the Samples Gallery.

Changing the Samples Gallery port number and troubleshooting

If you are unable to access the Samples Gallery, verify the following items.
  • Verify that the application server is running.
  • Verify that the samples are installed. In the administrative console, click Applications > Enterprise Applications. Confirm that the Samples Gallery is listed as an installed application.
    If the Samples Gallery is not listed as an installed application:
    • Create a new profile using the default profile template.
  • Verify the port number.

    The default port is 9080, which is the default value of the HTTP transport of the application server. If the Samples Web address fails, confirm the port number.

  • You must specify a Samples password when using the manageprofiles command to create a profile for which administrative security is enabled. Otherwise, you will be allowed to create the profile successfully, but when you run the application server containing the Samples, exceptions and failures will be thrown to the server system out log.

Client Samples Gallery contents

The Client Samples Gallery demonstrates the following clients.
  • J2EE application client
  • Java thin client
  • Applet client
  • ActiveX to EJB Bridge client

Installing and viewing the Client Samples Gallery

To view the Client Samples Gallery, install the WebSphere Application Server client on a distributed machine.

Access the Client Samples Gallery on your local file system at app_server_root/samples/index.html.

Client Samples: app_server_root/samples/index.html (local file system)

Limitations of the Samples

Additional Samples and examples

Samples on developerWorks
Additional WebSphere Application Server Samples are available on WebSphere developerWorks
Samples in tutorials
Many WebSphere Application Server tutorials rely on Sample code. To find tutorials that demonstrate specific technologies, browse the links in Tutorials.
Examples in the product documentation
The product documentation contains many code snippets and examples. To locate these examples easily, see the developer examples in the Reference section of the information center navigation for the product edition that you are using.
Java Samples on the Sun Microsystems Web site
Although they do not showcase the capabilities added by purchasing WebSphere Application Server, the Samples on the java.sun.com Web site demonstrate the basic functionality of various technologies.



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