false 2047988 1 As many Java developers and IS managers already know, Sun's powerful Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) technology offers an attractive option for developing server-side components. A suitable read for both managers and Java programmers, <I>Enterprise JavaBeans</I> provides a surprisingly clear and engaging introduction to designing and programming with EJBs. <p> The tour of the EJB component model presented here centers on several beans created and tested for a travel reservation system in a fictitious cruise ship company. The samples are just right in scale, large enough to test out key concepts in design and deployment, but small enough to be comprehensible, even to those who are not Java experts. The author pays close attention to the real-world issues of deployment with EJBs (as well as the differences among the vendor application servers that run them). <p> While there are enough details in Java syntax for designing both entity and session beans for the developer, sections on design here will please those who manage projects without delving much into code. Later, the author shows various ways to design entity and session beans. (For instance, entity beans can allow their bean containers to handle the details of connecting to a database, or they can do it themselves. This book demonstrates both approaches.) When it comes to session beans (which "wire" together entity beans to do real work), the author's introduction to managing state and transactions is also a standout. Tips for performance and reusability close out the book.<p> In all, <I>Enterprise JavaBeans</I> provides an engaging tour of one of the most promising component technologies. It's technically astute, but thoroughly approachable too, and can serve the needs of any manager or Java developer considering EJBs for future projects. <I>--Richard Dragan</I><p> <B>Topics covered</B>: Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) basics, distributed architectures, Component Transaction Monitors (CTMs), bean-containers, home and remote bean interfaces, resource management, configuring EJB servers, entity beans, JNDI, container-managed and bean-managed persistence, session beans, stateless and stateful beans, transactions, design and performance hints. 2052924 6 2004 Enterprise JavaBeans, Fourth Edition total:1|4:1| 1 4 5 0 2047988 059600530X 9780596005306 1 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2047988.Enterprise_JavaBeans_Fourth_Edition 0 0 false Thu Apr 16 08:59:26 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 08:59:26 -0700 2009 2047988 059600530X 9780596005306 1 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2047988.Enterprise_JavaBeans_Fourth_Edition 0 0 false Sun Aug 17 06:21:26 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 06:21:34 -0700 2008 2047988 059600530X 9780596005306 1 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2047988.Enterprise_JavaBeans_Fourth_Edition 0 0 false Sat May 31 21:13:10 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 21:13:10 -0700 2008 2047988 059600530X 9780596005306 1 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2047988.Enterprise_JavaBeans_Fourth_Edition 4 0 false Tue Feb 19 11:39:18 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 19 11:39:18 -0800 2008 2047988 059600530X 9780596005306 1 0 4.00 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2047988.Enterprise_JavaBeans_Fourth_Edition 0 0 false Tue Oct 16 18:15:55 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 18:15:55 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2047988