EJB 3 in Action, 2nd Edition

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
Chapter 1 What’s what in EJB 3
Chapter 2 A first taste of EJB

Part 2 Working with EJB components
Chapter 3 Building business logic with session beans
Chapter 4 Messaging and developing MDBs
Chapter 5 EJB runtime context, dependency injection, and crosscutting logic
Chapter 6 Transactions and security
Chapter 7 Scheduling and timers
Chapter 8 Exposing EJBs as web services

Part 3 Using EJB with JPA and CDI
Chapter 9 JPA entities
Chapter 10 Managing entities
Chapter 11 JPQL
Chapter 12 Using CDI with EJB 3

Part 4 Putting EJB into action
Chapter 13 Packaging EJB 3 applications
Chapter 14 Using WebSockets with EJB 3
Chapter 15 Testing and EJB

Appendix A Deployment descriptor reference
Appendix B Getting started with Java EE 7 SDK
Appendix C EJB 3 developer certification exam