What do Ford Financial, IBM, and Victoria's Secret have in common? Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB). As the industry standard for platform-independent reusable business components, EJB has just become Sun Microsystem's latest developer certification. Whether you want to be certifiable or just want to learn the technology inside and out, Head First EJB will get you there in the least painful way. And with the greatest understanding. You'll learn not just what the technology *is*, but more importantly, *why* it is, and what it is and isn't good for. You'll learn tricks and tips for EJB development, along with tricks and tips for passing this latest, very challenging Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD) exam. You'll learn how to think like a server. You'll learn how to think like a bean. And because this is a Head First book, you'll learn how to think about thinking. Co-author Kathy Sierra was one of Sun's first employees to teach brave, early adopter customers how to use EJB. She has the scars. But besides dragging you deep into EJB technology, Kathy and Bert will see you through your certification exam, if you decide to go for it. And nobody knows the certification like they do - they're co--evelopers of Sun's actual exam!
Author(s): Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates
Edition: 1
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 713
Head First EJB......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 3
1. Welcome to EJB......Page 11
2. EJB Architecture......Page 71
3. Exposing Yourself......Page 121
4. Being a Session Bean......Page 183
5. Entities Are Persistent......Page 269
6. Being an Entity Bean......Page 305
7. When Beans Relate......Page 383
8. Getting the Message......Page 447
9. The Atomic Age......Page 479
10. When beans go bad......Page 535
11. Protect Your Secrets......Page 579
12. The Joy of Deployment......Page 609
Final Mock Exam......Page 647
Index......Page 695
