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Special Edition Using Enterprise Java

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I am developing a 3-tier Java RMI based application, and found this book to be a great reference. Excellent coverage of RMI and JDBC, with alot of good example code. The section on developing RMI JDBC applications has been a big help on my current project. I haven't had time to read the whole book, but it appears to cover the use of Java w/CORBA and other topics in an equally thorough and practical way. A real bargain, especially w/the $10 rebate!

Given its relatively high price (when compared to other more substantive references), I was most disappointed with this book. I found this book to be scarcely more than marketing white-papers on the subjects of JDBC and RMI. The source code examples are incomplete. Going to the Que website to retrieve complete source-code for the samples also included only snippets of code -- not whole working sample applications. As an "introduction to enterprise java", I think this book does a fine job. As a "most complete reference", however, it was very disappointing.

I don't agree that this is an RMI/JDBC marketing book. But I believe that "Using Enterprise Java" is a misleading title. This book does *not* cover the 800-pound gorilla that is all of Enterprise Java, but it far exceeds the countless introductory clones that all seem to have the same Table of Contents. This is a deep drive into RMI and JDBC. As this is more than just some abstract theory book, it's not bedside reading - but it has some great models for how to get your brain around relational databases in Java's object oriented world, including the quite good Chapter 7, "Object/Relational Mapping".