J2EE¿ Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration (Java Series) - Softcover

Sharma, Rahul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201775808 ISBN 13: 9780201775808

Publisher: AddisonWesley Professional, 2001

Synopsis

For enterprises seeking to streamline their own processes -- or integrate with partners and suppliers -- the #1 challenge is enterprise application integration (EIA). Sun's new Connector Architecture gives Java developers powerful new tools for simplifying EIA. In this definitive book, the creators of the Connector Architecture explain it in detail -- and demonstrate how to make the most of it. The authors introduce the fundamentals of application integration and the J2EE Connector architecture, including the system contracts it defines for connections, transactions, and security. Next, they present in-depth coverage of J2EE resource adapters from the application developer's perspective. Coverage includes: new connection pooling mechanisms; effective use of the J2EE platform's transactional support; techniques for leveraging J2EE security in application integration projects; and much more. The book shows how to use XML data within the J2EE and Connector framework; and concludes by walking through the construction of a working resource adapter, with extensive code examples. Appendices provide a detailed API reference and glossary.

About this title

Review

The J2EE Tutorial is part of a series of official Sun tutorials for the Java platform, published both online and in book form. It teaches by example, using the highly effective technique of brief overviews followed by step-by-step explanations. This title covers the Java 2 Enterprise Edition, the server part of the platform, with the key topics being Enterprise JavaBeans and Web applications using Servlets and JSP (JavaServer Pages). What you get is a well-written and authoritative tutorial that sticks closely to the J2EE SDK rather than discussing specific implementations.

After a short J2EE overview, the tutorial explains how to set up Sun's J2EE SDK and to start the server and Web client. Next comes an introduction to Enterprise Beans, explaining Session, Entity and Message-driven Beans. There is an example of Bean-managed persistence using a Savings Account, and an example of Container-managed persistence using players and teams. This is followed by chapters looking at Web applications and Servlets. Three chapters on JSP cover basic usage, calling JavaBean components, and defining custom tags. The remaining chapters cover vital topics such as transactions and rollback, security and connecting to resources through JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface), through database connections, and through URLs. The book concludes with an example EJB application, Duke's Bank. A bundled CD has the J2SE and J2EE SDKs along with online editions of the Java Tutorial itself.

Despite the complexity of J2EE, this book manages to be both concise and accessible and is a great choice for anyone who wants to pick up these important Java skills. --Tim Anderson

About the Author

Rahul Sharma is the lead architect of the J2EE Connector architecture and a Senior Staff Engineer at the Java Software division of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Presently, he is the lead architect of the JAX-RPC (Java APIs for XML based RPC) 1.0. Rahul has been with Sun for the last five years. Rahul holds a computer engineering degree from the Delhi University, India, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley.

Beth Stearns is the principal partner of ComputerEase Publishing, a computer consulting firm she founded in 1982. Among her publications are Java Native Interface in The Java Tutorial Continued (Addison-Wesley), “The EJB Programming Guide” for Inprise Corporation, and “ Understanding EDT, ” a guide to Digital Equipment Corporation's text editor.

Tony Ng is a Staff Engineer with Sun Microsystems. He is currently the project lead of the J2EE SDK and Reference Implementation. He has designed and implemented a number of Java technologies, including the J2EE Connector Architecture, the Java Transaction Service, and the J2EE Blueprints. Tony has a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a S.M. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Edition details

• Publisher: AddisonWesley Professional
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0201775808
• ISBN 13: 9780201775808
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416