Mastering RMI: Developing Enterprise Applications in Java and EJB (Paperback)

~ Rickard Oberg (Author) "In this first chapter, we look at the characteristics of client/server architectures: what the components are, what the common concepts are, and why one would..." (more)
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From one of the world's leading Java programmers--a step-by-step guide to building enterprise-strength applications with RMI
Java developers in general and EJB developers in particular need to master RMI (Remote Method Invocation) technology if they are to write distributed, enterprise-strength applications that communicate effectively with remote applications and devices even under heavy traffic. In this new book, an award-winning and internationally recognized Java expert shows experienced Java and EJB developers how to utilize the full capabilities of RMI to write fast, efficient, fault-tolerant, and flexible applications. This book is a true programming tutorial that provides sophisticated examples that developers can directly implement and customize--a huge timesaving feature!

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Put the power of RMI into your programs to create robust enterprise applications

Mastering RMI

Renowned as one of the world’s top experts on Java and EJB, Rickard Öberg brings you the definitive programming tutorial on Remote Method Invocation (RMI). Geared to experienced Java and EJB developers, this book clearly explains why you need RMI to create enterprise-strength distributed applications and how to go about utilizing RMI’s advanced features to build fault-tolerant and flexible programs in Java and EJB.

Öberg begins with a crash course on RMI architecture, then walks you through the entire process of building RMI applications. He provides full, working code that you can customize for your own use and demonstrates how to leverage the power of RMI through such technologies as Jini and EJB.

As you proceed through this book and its extensive sample applications, you’ll learn to:

• Create a basic RMI application and improve it with dynamic classloading and the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)
• Use the custom connection management and activation techniques to enhance your programs and client/server communications
• Design and build advanced chat and mobile agent applications
• Employ Jini to improve collaboration among network services and devices
• Develop EJB components for use in such applications as transactions, databases, and security

The CD-ROM contains:

• All the source code from the examples in the book, complete with build structures and make files
• The JBoss application server for running the EJB example

The companion Web site contains:

• Links to RMI resources
• Updates to the source code

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (February 21, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471389404
• ISBN-13: 978-0471389408
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,633,680 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Book By Someone Who Really Understands RMI, March 2, 2001

By	Paul Harmon (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews

To keep up on EJB developments, I follow an online EJB architecture discussion group sponsored by Sun. It includes most of the leading EJB technical gurus. Early on, a newbie wrote in to ask how best to get up to speed on EJB programming. Someone in the group replied with a short list. The first item on the list was: "Read everything Rickard Oberg writes." It impressed me at the time, since Rickard was a student and not the CTO of some leading EJB application server company. As time passed, however, and Oberg offered advice and provided coded solutions for more and more of the complex problems the group considered, I decided that the comment was absolutely correct. If you are a Java programmer, or want to be a Java programmer, and want to understand how really skilled Java programmers approach Java and EJB problems: Read everything Rickard Oberg writes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I agree. Save your money., April 12, 2001

By	S. Beal (Cardiff, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The online Sun tutorials do a much better job of explaining the fundamentals of RMI.

This book also offers only a superficial (and incoherent)explanation of the internals of RMI. Too much time is spent discussing the design patterns of the contrived examples.

One of the most glaring omissions is a class diagram showing the members of the RMI packages and a discussion of their relationships. The component diagrams are insufficient for a book promising the reader mastery of RMI.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Save your money - not recommended, April 9, 2001

By	Dennis Brake (Herndon, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I just got this book and wasted [price]. I only has 142 pages on RMI and the remainder is rehashed code to build a chat application, EJB example, etc. He spends more time on describing his designs than on RMI.

I finished the book the first day I got it. Although, I skipped the long summaries after every chapter. If you subtract the 31 pages of introduction to client/server architecture, the redundant "tips" and, the summaries this "book" will come in under 100 pages.

The few interesting points he makes, he refers later chapters for the details and some of his descriptions are so convoluted that I had to go back to my own code to make sure that I knew what was happening. This is not a book for beginners. You should only read it if you fully understand RMI and then why buy. There are better descriptions of RMI on the web.