J2EE(TM) Connector Architecture and Enterprise Application Integration (Java Series) (Paperback)

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

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Written for application component developers who are building Connector architecture applications, explaining how to connect applications not only to one another but also to a multitude of EISs and legacy systems. Softcover.

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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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Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (December 24, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201775808
• ISBN-13: 978-0201775808
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #814,356 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

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

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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

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

This review is from: The J2EE(TM) Tutorial (Java Series) (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.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly and illogically constructed, April 3, 2005

By	Darrell (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: J2EE(TM) Tutorial, The (2nd Edition) (The Java Series) (Paperback)

Many times in the reading of this book I'd find myself lost in the discussion. Then I'd realize why. While trying to explain one concept, they'd be referring to other concepts which have not yet been discussed. For example, in the JSP section (chapter 12), in trying to explain expression language, functions, etc, they kept referring to taglibs, tld's, etc, as though the reader should have a firm grip on these things. But they're not discussed until chapter 15 - Custom Tags. This was just the last straw which prompted my to write this review. But the book is full of this stuff. Also, there's no explanation anywhere of the syntax of the descriptor files such as web.xml. They simply tell you how to use deploytool to set it all up. Bottom line, if you're going to use this book to learn J2EE, you better have a separate reference library handy to clarify things. Good luck to you.