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Beginning Java™ EE 6 Platform with GlassFish™ 3: From Novice to Professional (Expert's Voice in Java Technology) [Paperback]

Antonio Goncalves
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May 25, 2009 1430219548 978-1430219545 1

Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) continues to be one of the leading Java technologies and platforms from Oracle (previously Sun). Beginning Java EE 6 Platform with GlassFish 3, Second Edition is this first tutorial book on the final (RTM) version of the Java EE 6 Platform.

Step by step and easy to follow, this book describes many of the Java EE 6 specifications and reference implementations, and shows them in action using practical examples. This book uses the new version of GlassFish 3 to deploy and administer the code examples.

Written by an expert member of the Java EE 6 specification request and review board in the Java Community Process (JCP), this book contains the best information possible, from an expert’s perspective on enterprise Java technologies.

What you’ll learn

  • Get started with the final version of the Java EE 6 Platform.
  • Explore and use the new EJB 3.1 and JPA 2.0 APIs from entities to session beans to message-driven beans, and more.
  • Discover the web tier development APIs including JSPs, JSTL, and Expression Language, and especially JSF 2.0 and Facelets.
  • Uncover the new web services, RESTful services, and more available in Java EE 6.
  • Create dynamic user interfaces for your enterprise and transactional Java applications.

Who this book is for

This book is for advanced Java programmers as well as Java EE 6 beginners. Architects will also find information about how to layer their Java EE applications.

Table of Contents

  1. Java EE 6 at a Glance
  2. Java Persistence
  3. Object-Relational Mapping
  4. Managing Persistent Objects
  5. Callbacks and Listeners
  6. Enterprise Java Beans
  7. Session Beans and the Timer Service
  8. Callbacks and Interceptors
  9. Transactions and Security
  10. JavaServer Faces
  11. Pages and Components
  12. Processing and Navigation
  13. Sending Messages
  14. SOAP Web Services
  15. RESTful Web Services


Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Antonio Goncalves is a senior software architect specializing in Java/Java EE. As a former BEA Systems consultant, he has expertise in application servers (Weblogic, JBoss, and GlassFish). He is the author of a Java EE 5 book in France and is also an Expert Member on Java EE 6, EJB 3.1, and JPA 2.0. He is the cofounder of the Paris Java User Group. For more, visit http://www.antoniogoncalves.org.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 500 pages
  • Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (May 25, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1430219548
  • ISBN-13: 978-1430219545
  • Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.3 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I bought a very well written book. Juan Daniel Flores  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
That still won't take you from a novice to a professional, but at least it will be free. Cassandra  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Good .. But .. Not for Beginners nor Professionals ! February 3, 2010
Format:Paperback
although the title of the book starts with "Beginning", it doesn't mean that it will actually start from scratch!! this book is for professionals only and it assumes that you already know Java EE 5 ! although the author did try to write some topics for the beginners, but it seems that he had put them there just for the sake of the book title :)

also, when you get this book, don't expect to find "details"! it is very hard to talk about the whole Java EE 6 in one single book! indeed, the book shows you the "new" features in Java EE 6 but it doesn't go deep into anything!

so, the book is not for beginners cause it assumes (even if they didn't say so) that you know Java EE 5 .. and it is not for professionals as it's not saying much!

AT THE END:
if you know Java EE 5 .. get this book .. it will tell you what's new in Java EE 6 and you are good to go ! if you don't know Java EE 5, keep looking for a good book for beginners

hope this helps
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5.0 out of 5 stars Review by Celinio Fernandes August 13, 2009
Format:Paperback
Antonio Goncalves, if you do not know him yet, is the co-founder of the Paris JUG and is a member of the experts committees regarding the following JSRs : JSR-316 (Java EE 6), JSR-317 (JPA 2.0) et JSR-318 (EJB 3.1). This is his second book. He has been recently awarded the title of Java champion.
Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine (GlassFish team) wrote the foreword.

The 1st chapter enumerates a list of new features introduced in Java EE 6. An e-commerce application (CDs and books sales) is developed in the chapters. And the installation of the used softwares is described.
The chosen application server is GlassFish v3 of course, the first one to support Java EE 6 and also the only one at the moment.

Chapters 2 to 5 deal with the Java Persistence API (JPA), in its version 2.0. As a reminder, the JPA version in Java EE 5 is 1.0 .

The 2nd chapter offers a small sample of persistance of an entity bean, with the help of JUnit for the tests, Maven for the compilation and the execution, Derby for the database.

In the 3rd chapter the author explains numerous ORM annotations of the version 1.0 of the JPA but also the new annotations of the JPA 2.0 (@ElementCollection, @MapKeyColumn, ...). The section on the mapping of relations between entities is well detailed and is certainly very useful for anyone who has forgotten these annotations and wishes to quickly learn them again. rapidement.

Same thing for the 4th chapter, it is very exhaustive in its explications of the persistance. The new features of JPA 2.0 are of course introduced (second-level caching, pessimistic locking ...).

The 5th chapter also gives exhaustive explanations on callback methods and entity listeners.

Chapters 6 to 9 focus on session beans and EJB timer services. The author shows the use of an embedded container, a new feature in the 3.1 version.

Chapter 6 is a very short chapter which explains briefly the new features in EJB 3.1. These new features are used in the next chapters.
A first small example shows the user of the embedded container and the JNDI lookup JNDI through a standard name.

Chapter 7 does a description of stateless and stateful session beans, with examples.
Session beans singletons are explained in details, with a lot of code to illustrate the features around them (initialisation, chaining, concurrence). The other features (standardized JNDI, dependency injection, asynchrones calls with session beans, embedded container, improved timer service) are also rich in examples of code.

Nothing particular to mention about chapter 8. The author does a classical description of the lifecycles of session beans and singletons, callback methods and interceptors (chaining, exclusion).

Chapitre 9 : Once again, a classical and exhaustive description of the 2 transaction modes (container or bean) in EJBs is done. And it also provides good explanations about security-related annotations.

Chapitre 10 : presentation of JSF 2.0. An example shows the development of a JSF 2.0 web application using a business tier based on EJB 3.1 and a persistence layer based on JPA 2.0.

In chapter 11, the author writes some reminders about HTML, CSS, JSP, EL and JSTL.
Facelets are favored against JSP as PDL (Presentation Declaration Language) for JSF. The author also tells us about the JSF HTML components and shows the creation and use of components / widgets with JSF 2.0.

Chapter 12 : a lot of explanations support the presentation of the capabilities in JSF 2.0 regarding the treatment of requests (lifecycle), the navigation, conversion and validation of data, as well as AJAX support.

Chapter 13 : The JMS API is explained in details before the use of MDB EJBs with OpenMQ, the default messaging provider for GlassFish, and their compilation and deployment with Maven.

Chapter 14 : Main features of Web Services (WSDL, SOAP ...) are explained. The author shows the use of annotations of the JAX-WS model, according to the JSR-181 specification, for the creation and the call of web services by a consumer.

Chapter 15 : this last chapter does not lack any interest since it introduces the new type of Web Service, RESTful.
It is detailed using the annotations of the JAX-RS API which is part of Java EE 6.

Conclusion : The code is available on the Apress editions website.
I liked the educational approach of the book : in certain chapters, there is a "Putting it all together" section which makes use of the notions explained previously.
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I have perhaps almost 200 books on computer programming and IT (I began programming in 1962). Rarely have I seen a book that is as clear and concise as this one. Goncalves gives a deep and thorough introduction to each of the main topics. His writing style is excellent prose and easy to follow. If his future books are as valuable as this one, I'll place him among the ten best programming technology writers we have today. I look forward to his next book.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
2.0 out of 5 stars No Help for Beginners!
This compendium is a wonderful exploration into the APIs of Java EE6 and, to a lesser extent, Java JDK 1.7; the authors contend this is a tutorial for beginners to professionals. Read more
Published 27 days ago by Mark Galbreath
3.0 out of 5 stars Ok introduction to JEE 6
This book is a bit of a mixed bag.
It contains some pretty good background stories on the history of JEE, ORM or Rest Services. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Misja Alma
2.0 out of 5 stars Horrible Flow
Not a good book for a true beginner to the Java EE platform. The author also wrote the book in a very backward style. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Kathy S. Caba
1.0 out of 5 stars Very broad and shallow overview
I'm not sure who the intended audience of this book was. It will not take you from a novice to a professional. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Cassandra
5.0 out of 5 stars Money well spent
I read this book like reading a novel! I am completely new to the JEE world and this book is like a good guide leading me to the wonderful world!
Published on May 3, 2011 by XBarnes
5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding book
I was surprised to find that the reviews for this book seem to be split between very favorable and quite unfavorable. Read more
Published on April 14, 2011 by Matthew G. Fleming
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introduction
I've being reading the book (now heading the end) and really found out that the author helped me understand these java specifications. Read more
Published on September 24, 2010 by Juan Daniel Flores
4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Update But Not Step-by-Step
This book informs the reader how to use Java EE. This is not a step-by-step tutorial. If you are new to the Enterprise edition, like me, the book works as laying a foundation for... Read more
Published on August 25, 2010 by JKid314159
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb overview of JEE6
This is an excellent book to quickly grasp the key concepts of JEE6. The author actually speaks to you as you read between the pages, answering all anticipated questions. Read more
Published on August 17, 2010 by Carlson Ngwa
3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful but boring
Many java books can be boring because it's just educational. This was a school book so it wasn't my favorite book. Read more
Published on July 22, 2010 by pongahead
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