Enterprise JavaBeans 3.1, 6th Edition

Preface

Part 1: Why Enterprise JavaBeans?
1. Introduction
-The Problem Domain

2. Component Types
-Server-Side Component Types
-Entity Beans
-The Model Isn't Everything

3. Container Services
-Dependency Injection (DI)
-Concurrency
-Instance Pooling/Caching
-Transactions
-Security
-Timers
-Naming and Object Stores
-Interoperability
-Lifecycle Callbacks
-Interceptors
-Platform Integration
-Bringing It Together

4. Developing Your First EJBs
-Step 1: Preparation
-Step 2: Coding the EJB
-Summary

Part 2: Server-Side Component Models
5. The Stateless Session Bean
-The XML Deployment Descriptor
-SessionContext
-The Lifecycle of a Stateless Session Bean
-Example: The EncryptionEJB
-Asynchronous Methods

6. The Stateful Session Bean
-The Lifecycle of a Stateful Session Bean
-Example: The FileTransferEJB

7. The Singleton Session Bean
-Concurrency
-Lifecycle
-Example: The RSSCacheEJB

8. Message-Driven Beans
-JMS and Message-Driven Beans
-JMS-Based Message-Driven Beans
-The Lifecycle of a Message-Driven Bean
-Connector-Based Message-Driven Beans
-Message Linking

Part 3: EJB and Persistence
9. Persistence: EntityManager
-Entities Are POJOs
-Managed Versus Unmanaged Entities
-Packaging a Persistence Unit
-Obtaining an EntityManager
-Interacting with an EntityManager
-Example: A Persistent Employee Registry

10. Mapping Persistent Objects
-The Programming Model
-Basic Relational Mapping
-Primary Keys
-Property Mappings
-@Embedded Objects

11. Entity Relationships
-The Seven Relationship Types
-Mapping Collection-Based Relationships
-Detached Entities and FetchType
-Cascading

12. Entity Inheritance
-Single Table per Class Hierarchy
-Table per Concrete Class
-Table per Subclass
-Mixing Strategies
-Nonentity Base Classes

13. Queries, the Criteria API, and JPA QL
-Query API
-JPA QL
-Native Queries
-Named Queries

14. Entity Callbacks and Listeners
-Callback Events
-Callbacks on Entity Classes
-Entity Listeners

Part 4: Container Services
15. Security
-Authentication and Identity
-Authorization
-Example: A Secured School

16. JNDI, the ENC, and Injection
-Global JNDI
-The JNDI ENC
-Reference and Injection Types

17. Transactions
-ACID Transactions
-Declarative Transaction Management
-Isolation and Database Locking
-Nontransactional EJBs
-Explicit Transaction Management
-Exceptions and Transactions
-Transactional Stateful Session Beans
-Conversational Persistence Contexts

18. Interceptors
-Intercepting Methods
-Interceptors and Injection
-Intercepting Lifecycle Events
-Exception Handling
-Interceptor Lifecycle
-Bean Class @AroundInvoke Methods

19. Timer Service
-Example: A Batch Credit Card Processing System
-Transactions
-Stateless Session Bean Timers
-Message-Driven Bean Timers

20. EJB 3.1: Web Services Standards
-Web Services Overview
-XML Schema and XML Namespaces
-SOAP 1.1
-WSDL 1.1
-UDDI 2.0
-From Standards to Implementation

21. EJB 3.1 and Web Services
-Accessing Web Services with JAX-RPC
-Defining a Web Service with JAX-RPC
-Using JAX-WS
-Other Annotations and APIs
-JAXB
-Conclusion

Part 5: Examples
Appendix A: FirstEJB Example
Appendix B: Stateless Session EJB: Encryption Example
Appendix C: Stateful Session EJB: FTP Client Example
Appendix D: Singleton Session EJB: RSS Cache Example
Appendix E: Message-Driven EJB: Status Update Listeners Example
Appendix F: Java Persistence APIs: Employee Registry Example
Appendix G: Security: Secured School Example
Appendix H: Transactions: Blackjack Game Example
Appendix I: Interceptors: TV Channel Service Example
Appendix J: Timer Service: Credit Card Processor Example

Index