Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB 2.0) Introduction

Author

Ernesto Garbarino

Last Update

17-Sep-2004

Table of Contents

1. Overview
   
   
2. Session Beans
   
   
   • A "Hello World" framework
     • The Component Interface
     • The Bean Class
     • The Home Interface
     • The ejb-jar.xml File
     • The Client
   • EJBHome Methods Seen by The Client
   • EJBObject Methods Seen by The Client
   • The EJBLocalHome Interface
   • The EJBLocalObject Interface
   • A Local Client
   • Key Moments in a Session Bean's Life
   • Passivation
   • Removal
   • The SessionContext Interface
   
   
3. Entity Beans
   
   
   • A "Customer" framework
     • The Component Interface
     • The Bean Class
     • The Home Interface
     • The ejb-jar.xml File
     • The Database
     • The Client
   • The Client View
   • Key Moments in a Entity Bean's Life
   • Home Business Methods
   
   
4. Message-Driven Beans
   
   
   • Key Moments in a Message-Driven Bean's Life
   
   
5. EJB-QL
   
   
   • Finder Methods
   • Select Methods
   • Examples
   • Functional Expressions
   
   
6. Examples & Source Code
   
   
7. EJB Quiz - Simple JavaScript quiz
   
   

Bibiliography

• Head First EJB first edition by Kathy Sierra & Bert Bates. ISBN 0-596-00571-7 (Oct 2003, O'REILLY)
• Enterprise JavaBeans 3rd Edition by Richard Monson-Haefel. ISBN 0-596-00226-2 (September 2001, O'REILLY)
• Caucho's Resin documentation