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

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