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Developing Enterprise Java Components
O'Reilly Releases "Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0"

Sebastopol, CA--Just as the Java platform has revolutionized the way we
think about software development, the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) and Java
Persistence specifications have revolutionized the way we think about
developing mission-critical enterprise software. They combine server-side
components with distributed object technologies, asynchronous messaging,
web services, and persistence to greatly simplify the task of application
development. It automatically takes into account many of the requirements
of business systems including security, resource pooling, concurrency, and
transactional integrity.

EJB had its flaws, and many critics willing to point them out. EJB 3.0 was
designed to refocus on simplifying the developers' tasks and fix those
problems. Because of the scope of this work, EJB 3.0 has greatly
simplified enterprise application development. Unfortunately the changes
in EJB 3.0 leave developers in need of an explanation of the fundamentals
of EJB 3.0 and the Java Persistence programming models. Fortunately Bill
Burke, a lead developer at JBoss, has produced the updated fifth edition
of "Enterprise Java Beans" now called "Enterprise Java Beans 3.0" (Burke
and Monson-Haefel, O'Reilly, US $49.99).

As Bill says, "Although EJB makes application development much simpler,
it's still a complex technology that requires a great deal of time and
study to master. This book provides a straightforward, no-nonsense
explanation of the underlying technology, Java classes and interfaces, the
component model, and the runtime behavior of EJB."

All the ways in which EJB 3.0 simplifies the standard are covered in
detail: the new Persistence API, which replaces entity beans with "plain
old Java objects" (POJOs); the use of Java annotations to provide
information that was formerly contained in XML deployment descriptors; and
the elimination of the need to implement the EnterpriseBean interfaces.
This edition is updated with numerous examples that show you how to use
these new features. Furthermore, it includes a workbook that shows you how
to deploy all of these examples in the JBoss 4 application server.

This book covers the following topics and more:

-Developing Entity Beans, Session Beans, and Message-Driven Beans
-Using the Entity Manager and the Persistence APIs
-Relationships between Entity Beans
-Queries and the EJB Query Language
-Entity Inheritance Mappings
-The Timer Service
-Injecting resources and the JNDI ENC
-Interceptors

If you're using EJB 3.0, plan to migrate to it, or would like to see what
it offers, "Enterprise Java Beans 3.0" sets the standard. It's the one
resource you need.

Bill Burke, is lead developer at JBoss, a Red Hat subsidiary, and
represents the company on the EJB 3.0 and Java EE 5 specification
committees. Coauthor Richard Monson-Haefel is one of the world's leading
experts on Enterprise Java. Foreword by Linda DeMichiel, EJB 3.0
Specification Lead.

Additional Resources:

Chapter 4, "Developing Your First Beans," is available at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/entjbeans5/chapter/index.html

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bios, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/entjbeans5/

For a cover graphic in JPEG format, go to:
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596009...

Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, Fifth Edition
Bill Burke and Richard Monson-Haefel
ISBN: 0-596-00978-X, 732 pages, $49.99 US, $64.99 CA
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