Instant Enterprise JavaBeans [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Paul Tremblett (Author)

Book Description

Series: Application Development | Publication Date: January 24, 2001

Enterprise JavaBeans is a portable, platform-independent model written in Java. It acts as a bridge between proprietary component models and provides a seamless and powerful means for developers to build applications components. This work covers a broad range of EJBs, from basic calendar and calculator beans, to financial transactions, customer records, customer feedback, and e-commerce (shopping cart and online catalogue). It has a handy, modular format and comes with an accompanying CD-ROM.

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The Ultimate Collection of Ready-to-Use Code and Expert Techniques for Developing and Using Enterprise JavaBeans!

Create reusable components, speed up development time, and leverage the cross-platform power of Java using this solution-packed guide to Enterprise JavaBeans. Filled with tons of ready-to-use EJBs, this unique cookbook will allow you to build Java-based components spanning a wide range of functions--from accessing online catalogs to querying inventory from wireless devices. Organized by EJB type, and marked with CD icons for easy cross-referencing, no other book provides you with more thorough or hands-on coverage. Appropriate for all types of Java programmers and Web developers, key topics covered include:

* Building transaction-based server-side applications
* Developing automated ordering procedures
* Creating calculators and calendars within applications
* Updating customer credit lines
* Keeping inventory current
* Ensuring security and supporting a range of state of the art business applications

Important coverage includes:

* Java 2 Enterprise Edition
* Session and entity Beans
* Online catalog
* Packaging the enterprise application and JNDI
* Improving database performance
* Modifiable runtime data
* Security issues

This useful guidebook shows how to build each of the major types of EJBs, and the bonus CD-ROM contains ready-to-run code which will save you hundreds of hours of programming time. If you¿re looking to build real-world Java-based applications with precision and speed, then Instant Enterprise JavaBeans is the only book you'll need.

About the Author

Paul Tremblett is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Cap Gemini Erst and Young. He has been programming in Java since the first Java Development Kit was released. Paul is the author of Instant JavaServer Pages, has written articles for Dr. Dobbs Journal, and is a frequent presenter at technical conferences.

Product Details

• Paperback: 550 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2nd edition (January 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072129433
• ISBN-13: 978-0072129434
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,364,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent JSDK2EE tutorial but not a EJB Reference, March 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Instant Enterprise JavaBeans (Paperback)

This is a good EJB tutorial introduction. It is well written and accurate. Complete examples are given and all the code is on the CD (though not the "tons" advertized on the cover). If you are new to EJB and like to learn by example, read this book and then pass it on. However, much of the book is specific to Sun's J2SDKEE (V1.2.1) application server and the remainder is not organized in a way that makes it useful as a reference. The index is weak and the section titles refer to the sample apps not the technical content. JMS and MDB are not covered.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good tutorial - not a reference, January 16, 2002

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Thomas Paul (Plainview, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Enterprise JavaBeans (Paperback)

"Instant Enterprise JavaBeans" does an excellent job of explaining EJB technology, how to develop programs to use the technology, and how to deploy those programs. Using the reference implementation that comes with the Sun J2EE, the author covers key aspects of developing and deploying EJB applications. The author starts with a good explanation of the Java 2 Enterprise Edition including n-tier architecture and then demonstrates a basic "hello world" EJB class. Using this class, the author shows us how to use the Deploy Tool to deploy and run EJB applications. In each chapter, we are taken step-by-step through the entire process required to produce working EJB applications. The author shows us how to develop stateless and stateful session beans and entity beans using bean-managed and container-managed persistence. Several clear examples of each type of bean are discussed. He then uses the different types of beans to create a more complex example that even includes an interface to a web ready cellular phone. In later chapters, he shows us many of the additional features available in EJB servers including creating container-managed transactions, authenticating users, and customizing applications using deployment descriptors. The author finishes up with a brief discussion of performance issues. Even though the book only discusses the J2EE reference implementation, by covering the basic functions found in an EJB server we learn what to look for in other EJB servers. My one complaint is that the index is almost useless, even lacking entries for such basic topics as "transaction" and "database".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad EJB book, September 20, 2002

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J. Balderas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Instant Enterprise JavaBeans (Paperback)

When I first looked at the used price for this book I thought this book had to be pretty bad. Nevertheless I bought it and it turned out to be a pretty good EJB book, at least for beginner and advanced levels. I haven't tried the examples though, which was one of the complaints about this book. I was just looking for additional reference on EJBs at a low price and this book was a great buy!