Enterprise JavaBeans For Dummies

The development world is all abuzz with talk of Enterprise JavaBeans-and with good reason. For the uninitiated, an Enterprise JavaBean is a software component, or mini-program, that confers some unique functionality to the application, or container , it runs in-such as a shopping cart for an online retailer, or an account management service for a bank. The height of object-oriented programming, EJB technology tremendously streamlines the development process and makes it easier than ever to retrofit applications with powerful new features as needed.
Want to expand your professional horizons and give your career a boost by finding out about the cutting-edge of distributed computing? Enterprise JavaBeans For Dummies is a great place to begin. Is your employer planning to implement an EJB application and you need to play catch-up in a hurry? Look no further. In no time, this book gives you the knowledge and skills you need to:

Makes sense of EJB technology
Get a bead on EJB architecture and containers
Master the EJB API
Build and package session beans, entity beans, and message-driven beans
Implement EJB security features
Developing EJB solutions to any enterprise computing challenge
Author Mac Reinhart dispels common misconceptions about EJBs and explains how they work and how they can be put to work in your next development project. Combining straightforward explanations with scenarios, real-life case studies and working JavaBean examples, he covers all the bases-from EJB basics to advanced features and functionalities. Topics covered include:

Building stateless and stateful session beans
Creating entity beans with container-managed persistence
Using the EJB Query Language
Building entity beans with bean-managed persistence
Getting the most out of the Java Messaging Service
Building message-driven beans
Packaging JavaBeans using the deployment descriptor
The Java Naming and Directory Interface
Using application assembler to create applications