J2EE™ Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration [Paperback]

Rahul Sharma (Author), Beth Stearns (Author), Tony Ng (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0201775808 | ISBN-13: 978-0201775808 | Publication Date: December 24, 2001 | Edition: 1

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.

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From the Back Cover

The Java™ 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform connector architecture is the key component in Java's support for enterprise application integration (EAI) and for linking enterprise information systems (EISs) with Web services. Because many services are now provided through the Web, it is essential that business enterprises have an efficient EAI solution. J2EE™ Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration is the definitive guide to showing enterprise organizations how to incorporate existing enterprise infrastructure and applications, taking them into the Web-enabled economy of the future.

Written for application component developers who are building Connector architecture applications, J2EE™ Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration explains how to connect applications not only to one another but also to a multitude of EISs and legacy systems. This book is also of interest to independent software developers (ISVs) and others who develop resource adapters for specific EISs. Readers will learn how to link underlying infrastructure products with J2EE application server and platform technologies.

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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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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (December 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201775808
• ISBN-13: 978-0201775808
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,842,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Java book on Enterprise Application Integration, January 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: J2EE™ Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration (Paperback)

This book covers the J2EE Connector architecture in a fairly good detail. The overall significance of Connector architecture in relation to the J2EE platform and Enterprise Application Integration has been presented well. The chapters are well structured, and separate out concepts needed by application developers and resource adpater vendors. Unlike some high-level EAI books, this book focuses on technical details and presents good examples and explanation of concepts. Chapters by vendors provide additional value. I recommend this book for those interested in knowing more about Java approach to EAI.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A different approach, May 31, 2002

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David Vick (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The J2EE(TM) Tutorial (Java (Addison-Wesley)) (Paperback)

This book is part of Sun' `The Java Series' and has the same content as you can find online at Sun' site. Why buy a book you can get for free? Convenience!! You can take it anywhere and read it anytime and printing all 450+ pages off of the internet onto 8 1/2" X 11" paper is not feasible.

The content of the book is thorough and covers the uses and implementations of the various J2EE parts in depth. Where the book really excels above other Enterprise Java books is in describing the deployment process and how the different J2EE concepts all work together to create a single application.

The authors give very detailed, step by step instructions on exactly how to use the deploy tool to create the various deployment files (WARs, JARs, web.xml, etc.). at each stage in the book they show you the exact steps needed to compile and then package the various pieces of the application into a deployable form that can be used as a real, working application.

The book references a complete sample project that is included on the CD. This complete project makes it easier to understand the various concepts and how they all tie together. This is as opposed to other Enterprise books that use a separate example for each topic and never show the technologies used together. The only noticeable drawback of this approach is that the code samples presented are usually snippets from larger classes and can not be used alone for a reader to practice and play with.

At times I found the flow of the book hard to follow and only after reading a page or two into a chapter or section did I understand the direction the author was headed. This is most likely a result of having multiple authors for the book and encountering different styles at different times.

Most readers will get the best value out of the book in learning the details of the deployment process along with other related concepts and steps. The second most valuable lesson is the big picture view you get of an entire web application. You won't find useful code samples to play and experiment with but those can be found in most other books. Which is why using this book in conjunction with another is probably the best way to go. No one uses just one book to study with - so find your favorite other Enterprise Java book with good workable samples and then use this as a compliment to it.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars one of the worst books I have ever read, June 6, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The J2EE(TM) Tutorial (Java (Addison-Wesley)) (Paperback)

It so happens even I am doing the same course at the same university where " ursixc92 " studies and unfortunately we have this same book as our TEXT BOOK
Its more like a user documentation manual
The author solely focuses on running and deploying sample code in CD but never makes a conscious effort to expain the code and concepts invovled .
Worst book for a newbie to J2ee programming .