Applying Enterprise JavaBeans™: Component-Based Development for the J2EE™ Platform (Java Series) - Softcover

Mike Hendrickson; Matena, Vlada; Krishnan, Sanjeev; DeMichiel, Linda; Stearns, Beth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201914662 ISBN 13: 9780201914665

Publisher: Addison-Wesley, 2003

Synopsis

Written by the architects of the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) specification, Applying Enterprise JavaBeans™, Second Edition is an advanced programming guide and reference source which has been updated and expanded to reflect updates in the EJB 2.1 specification.

The authors use example applications to clearly illustrate many of the typical problems encountered in enterprise application development, and to help students learn to use the newest features of the EJB. Applying Enterprise JavaBeans™, Second Edition also explores the use of EJB architecture in the construction and accessing of Web services, thus integrating applications across enterprises with interoperable, standards-based protocols and service description formats.

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Review:

As an authoritative resource for using Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) effectively to build and integrate even the largest systems, Applying Enterprise JavaBeans provides what IT managers and developers need to adopt this powerful component standard successfully in new Java projects.

Most books on EJBs are strong on theory, but tend to leave out many details of how to implement components in real projects. That's where this text steps in, providing real code (and real design decisions) for implementing different kinds of JavaBeans, like session and entity beans. Better yet, it contains a case study of a human resources benefits enrolment system that integrates data from different vendors, using EJBs as the glue holding them together. (Using fictitious vendor names like "Star Enterprise" "Wombat" and "Providence", the book shows how EJBs can lead to successful enterprise integration.)

Subsequent chapters look at different aspects of this system, from session beans (including stateful beans used to manage sessions) to detailed examples of entity beans in action. There are plenty of state transition diagrams (that show the inner workings of EJBs in a variety of scenarios) and source code (useful for Java developers). Without actually anchoring this material in an actual application server (which would make the book even more practical), it does a good job of fleshing out the EJB standard for real projects, exposing what really goes on between application server "containers" and the beans they manage, including activation and passivation states.

Final sections examine transactions and security options for components, including the use of declarative statements in XML descriptors to simplify these aspects of EJB design. Finally, there's a reference for built-in EJB classes and APIs.

Overall, this book can help put EJBs within reach for programmers and managers. Its mix of practical expert advice and sample source code will help demystify EJB components and how to use them to create successful, state-of-the-art enterprise systems. --Richard Dragan

From the Back Cover:

Written by the architects of the Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) specification, Applying Enterprise JavaBeans™, Second Edition is an advanced programming guide and reference source which has been updated and expanded to reflect updates in the EJB 2.1 specification. This book is an invaluable resource for IT personnel building in-house applications and for the independent software vendors (ISVs) building applications for sale to enterprise.

The authors use example applications to clearly illustrate many of the typical problems encountered in enterprise application development, and to help developers learn to use the newest features of the EJB. Applying Enterprise JavaBeans™, Second Edition also explores the use of EJB architecture in the construction and accessing of Web services, thus integrating applications across enterprises with interoperable, standards-based protocols and service description formats.

In-depth coverage includes such EJB topics as:

Support for Web services and security management

Message-driven beans and integration with Java Messaging Service (JMS)

Session beans--including a discussion of the differences between stateful and stateless session beans

Entity beans--including life cycle, persistence management, and container management

Transaction management

EJB Query Language

Applying Enterprise JavaBeans™, Second Edition discusses when and how each EJB feature should be used in applications and concludes with a comprehensive API reference for developers. This book is an essential addition to every Java programmer's bookshelf.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0201914662
• ISBN 13: 9780201914665
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496