Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, Fifth Edition

Developing Enterprise Java Components

By Richard Monson-Haefel, Bill Burke
May 2006
Pages: 760
ISBN 10: 0-596-00978-X | ISBN 13: 9780596009786
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This fifth edition, written by Bill Burke and Richard Monson-Haefel, has been updated to capture the very latest need-to-know Java technologies in the same award-winning fashion that drove the success of the previous four editions. Its easy-to-follow style and hundreds of practical examples help you simplify the complex world of EJB - without the costly trial and error.
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If you're up on the latest Java technologies, then you know that Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.0 is the hottest news in Java this year. In fact, EJB 3.0 is being hailed as the new standard of server-side business logic programming. And O'Reilly's award-winning book on EJB has been refreshed just in time to capitalize on the technology's latest rise in popularity.

This fifth edition, written by Bill Burke and Richard Monson-Haefel, has been updated to capture the very latest need-to-know Java technologies in the same award-winning fashion that drove the success of the previous four strong-selling editions. Bill Burke, Chief Architect at JBoss, Inc., represents the company on the EJB 3.0 and Java EE 5 specification committees. Richard Monson-Haefel is one of the world's leading experts on Enterprise Java.

Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, 5th Edition is organized into two parts: the technical manuscript followed by the JBoss workbook. The technical manuscript explains what EJB is, how it works, and when to use it. The JBoss workbook provides step-by-step instructions for installing, configuring, and running the examples from the manuscript on the JBoss 4.0 Application Server.

Although EJB makes application development much simpler, it's still a complex and ambitious technology that requires a great deal of time to study and master. But now, thanks to Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, 5th Edition, you can overcome the complexities of EJBs and learn from hundreds of practical examples that are large enough to test key concepts but small enough to be taken apart and explained in the detail that you need. Now you can harness the complexity of EJB with just a single resource by your side.

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Re: an easy read but buggy, February 06 2009
Submitted by Sarah Kim [Respond | View]

I'm sorry you had trouble finding the downloads. Since this book was written in 2006 it's possible the URLs have changed since then.

You can find the book exercise files here:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=22866&package_id=187246

And you can download JBoss binaries here:
http://www.jboss.org/jbossas/downloads/

Kind regards,
Sarah
O'Reilly Community Manager

an easy read but buggy, January 28 2009

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Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]

Started to read it, and it is quite fluent

however, once I tried to perform exercise 1, both URLs for Jboss download and sample code download dont work.

heck of a start...

Good. But no. of typos are unacceptable, November 05 2008

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Submitted by Srikanth Pragada [Respond | View]

Hello,

I have taken this book because I was interested in SCBCD 5.0. Many recommended this in JavaRanch.com.

Book is well organized. Reading from start to finish is what I feel is better.

Considering the number of silly and some major mistakes that took place in the book, I am of the opinion, they hurred the book printing.

I wish they had taken more care to eliminate the errors.

Especially for someone preparing for SCBCD 5.0, a mistake like incorrect Exception name for instance could mean a lot.

Srikanth Pragada.

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Good book but buggy!!, August 27 2008

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Submitted by Anonymous Reader [Respond | View]

It seems that the book has not been carefully checked for errors

Non-expert Point of view, May 18 2007

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Submitted by Felix I.U. [Respond | View]

This book gives an in-dept analysis of the state of Enterprise JavaBeans today. It delves into the mechanics of EJB and how all the components fit together. Its treatment of JPA is amazing. It also delves a bit into JBOSS implementation of the Specification. It is a wonderful book towering above its peers.

My only disappointment is with the treatment of the exercises. They are a bit too rigid and robotic. There was no attempt to vary the way clients access the Beans. The exclusive use of Ant build file to do all the packaging, deployment and running of the client is not helpful to those who use other build tools. Packaging is a critical area in EJB development that required more attention than was given to it in this book.
All-in-all if you are serious about EJB's, then this book is a must-have.

Media reviews
"Bill's a good writer. Understanding EJB 3.0 is very important to the majority of developers who use Java EE on a daily basis and plan to migrate to Java EE 5.0. For those folks, I give this book the highest recommendation. Great job, Bill!"
-- Richard Monson-Haefel, Sr., I, Analyst

"While EJB 3.0 makes application development much simpler, it's still a complex technology which requires a significant amount of time to learn and master it. If you have the time and the interest to learn this technology, this book is for you. All in all, this is a very helpful and useful publication from O'Reilly. I believe the authors were successful in achieving what they set out to do, provide you with the foundation needed to jump start your EJB 3.0 development. The JBoss workbook should provide you with all the required knowledge to use this technology with greater confidence. Last but not the least, this book is a good addition to the library of any J2EE developer."
-- Meera Subbarao, JavaLobby

"Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 by Bill Burke is a wonderful book that will help all Java developers in their continued development and learning. Packed to the brim with over 700 pages of material, this is a bona fide smash hit!!!"
-- Daniel J. McKinnon, Amazon.com

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"a wonderful book that will help all Java developers in their continued development and learning."
--Daniel J. McKinnon, Amazon.com