This book takes the reader through the details of the EJB 3.0 architecture, and shows how EJB can be used to develop powerful, standards-based backend business logic. It offers practical insights into the entire EJB architecture, covering all areas of the EJB 3.0 specification, including its new persistence framework, simplified development model, and other key new features. In addition, it covers upgrade headaches: common issues encountered when migrating from EJB 2.1 to EJB 3.0, highly relevant to existing EJB developers. The book is designed to be the first and only comprehensive beginning or introductory EJB 3 book to market.

Develop powerful, standards-based, back-end business logic with Beginning EJB 3, Java EE 7 Edition. Led by an author team with 20 years of combined Enterprise JavaBeans experience, you'll learn how to use the new EJB 3.2 APIs. You'll gain the knowledge and skills you’ll need to create the complex enterprise applications that run today's transactions and more. Targeted at Java and Java EE developers, with and without prior EJB experience, Beginning EJB 3 is packed with practical insights, strategy tips, and code examples. As each chapter unfolds, you'll not only explore a new area of the spec; you'll also see how you can apply it to your own applications through specific examples. Beginning EJB 3 will serve not only as a reference, but it will also function as a how-to guide and repository of practical examples to which you can refer as you build your own applications. It will help you harness the power of EJBs and take your Java EE 7 development to the next level. What you’ll learn How to employ session beans, message-driven beans, and entity beans How to use the updated EJB 3 persistence and object-relational mappings How to choose which EJB option is right for your application How to enrich your application’s behavior with CDI services How to test the EJB container inside and out How to migrate from older EJB to the newest EJB APIs Who this book is for This book is for those Java and Java EE developers with and without prior EJB experience. Table of Contents Introduction to the EJB 3 Architecture Session Beans Entities and the Java Persistence API Advanced Persistence Features Message-Driven Beans EJB and Web Services Integrating Session Beans, Entities, Message-Driven Beans, and Web Services Transaction Management EJB Performance and Testing Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) Packaging and Deployment EJB Client Applications EJB Runtime Environments

Build powerful back-end business logic and complex Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)-based applications using Java EE 8, Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J), Web Tools Project (WTP), and the Microprofile platform. Targeted at Java and Java EE developers, with or without prior EJB experience, this book is packed with practical insights, strategy tips, and code examples. As each chapter unfolds, you'll see how you can apply the new EJB spec to your own applications through specific examples. Beginning EJB in Java EE 8 serves not only as a reference, but also as a how-to guide and repository of practical examples to which you can refer as you build your own applications. It will help you harness the power of EJBs and take your Java EE 8 development to the next level. You'll gain the knowledge and skills you’ll need to create the complex enterprise applications that run today's transactions and more. What You'll Learn Build applications with Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) in the new Java EE 8 platform Discover when to use EJBs over contexts and dependency injection Use message-driven beans to do tasks asynchronously Integrate EJBs with microservices using the new Eclipse Microprofile project Manage complex enterprise transactions and much more Who This Book Is For Java programmers new to enterprise development and for those who may have experience with EJBs but are new to Java EE 8, EE4J, and related Eclipse projects.

Summary Building on the bestselling first edition, EJB 3 in Action, Second Edition tackles EJB 3.2 head-on, through numerous code samples, real-life scenarios, and illustrations. This book is a fast-paced tutorial for Java EE 6 business component development using EJB 3.2, JPA 2, and CDI. Besides covering the basics of EJB 3.2, this book includes in-depth EJB 3.2 internal implementation details, best practices, design patterns, and performance tuning tips. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the Book The EJB 3 framework provides a standard way to capture business logic in manageable server-side modules, making it easier to write, maintain, and extend Java EE applications. EJB 3.2 provides more enhancements and intelligent defaults and integrates more fully with other Java technologies, such as CDI, to make development even easier. EJB 3 in Action, Second Edition is a fast-paced tutorial for Java EE business component developers using EJB 3.2, JPA, and CDI. It tackles EJB head-on through numerous code samples, real-life scenarios, and illustrations. Beyond the basics, this book includes internal implementation details, best practices, design patterns, performance tuning tips, and various means of access including Web Services, REST Services, and WebSockets. Readers need to know Java. No prior experience with EJB or Java EE is assumed. What's Inside Fully revised for EJB 3.2 POJO persistence with JPA 2.1 Dependency injection and bean management with CDI 1.1 Interactive application with WebSocket 1.0 About the Authors Debu Panda, Reza Rahman, Ryan Cuprak, and Michael Remijan are seasoned Java architects, developers, authors, and community leaders. Debu and Reza coauthored the first edition of EJB 3 in Action. Table of Contents PART 1 OVERVIEW OF THE EJB LANDSCAPE What's what in EJB 3 A first taste of EJB PART 2 WORKING WITH EJB COMPONENTS Building business logic with session beans Messaging and developing MDBs EJB runtime context, dependency injection,and crosscutting logic Transactions and security Scheduling and timers Exposing EJBs as web services PART 3 USING EJB WITH JPA AND CDI JPA entities Managing entities JPQL Using CDI with EJB 3 PART 4 PUTTING EJB INTO ACTION Packaging EJB 3 applications Using WebSockets with EJB 3 Testing and EJB

Includes more than 30 percent revised material and five new chapters, covering the new 2.1 features such as EJB Timer Service and JMS as well as the latest open source Java solutions The book was developed as part of TheServerSide.com online EJB community, ensuring a built-in audience Demonstrates how to build an EJB system, program with EJB, adopt best practices, and harness advanced EJB concepts and techniques, including transactions, persistence, clustering, integration, and performance optimization Offers practical guidance on when not to use EJB and how to use simpler, less costly open source technologies in place of or in conjunction with EJB

Beginning Database-Driven Application Development in JavaTM EE: Using GlassFishTM focuses on the open source GlassFish persistence engine. This book shows Java programmers how to develop applications utilizing relational database technologies with examples using Oracle and MySQL and the GlassFish application development framework and deployment platform all based on Java EE. The book explains in detail how you can organize your Java EE solution into a multilayer architecture, placing most emphasis on how to implement the persistence and database tiers of an application. Through many examples, this book shows how you can efficiently use the Java Persistence features available in the Java EE platform. Find out how you can greatly simplify the task of building the persistence layer of your Java EE application by moving some application logic into the underlying database, utilizing database views, stored programs, and triggers. The book also explains how to deploy Java EE applications to GlassFish, a free, open source Java EE 5–compliant application server.

A Practical Book and eBook Guide for developers and architects using the EJB Standard.

"Passing the Sun certified business component developer exam"--Cover.

This title provides advanced, in depth coverage of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) applications. It presents the EJB architecture from the point of view of the person developing EJB applications.

This third edition explains the underlying technology, Java classes and interfaces, component model, and runtime behavior of Enterprise JavaBeans. In addition, the book contains an architecture overview, information on resource management and primary services, design strategies, and XML deployment descriptors.