Introduction to Server-Side Component Software

• Introduction
• Client-Server and Multi-Tiered Architectures
• Software Components
• Component Architecture Solutions
• J2EE Technologies
• Enterprise JavaBeans

Overview of the Enterprise JavaBeans Framework

• Introduction to Enterprise JavaBeans
• EJB Architecture
• Client Interaction with Enterprise JavaBeans
• EJB Container Services
• The EJB Home Object
• The EJB Object
• Types of Enterprise JavaBeans
• Deployment Descriptors
• The EJB-JAR File

Creating Session Beans

• Introduction to Session Beans
• Creating the Enterprise Bean Class
• Stateless and Stateful Session Beans
• Writing Business Methods for an Enterprise Bean
• The Home Interface
• The EJB Object
• Exceptions in EJB
• Example: A Session Bean
• The Library Application
• Introduction to EJB Deployment
• The Deployment Descriptor
• Environment Data
• Using Bean References
• Using Resource Factories
• Assembler/Deployer Roles with the Deployment
• EJB Deployment in an EJB Server

Entity Beans

• Introduction to Entity Enterprise Beans
• What Is an Entity Bean
• Primary Keys
• Entity Bean Architecture
• Bean-Managed Persistence
• Entity Bean Methods
• Using Finder Methods
• The Remote Interface
• The Home Interface

Enterprise JavaBeans Clients

• Introduction to EJB Clients
• Using JNDI
• Creating an EJB Instance
• Removing the Enterprise Bean
• Client Sample

Container-Managed Persistence

• Introduction to Container-Managed Persistence
• The Primary Key
• EJB Methods and CMP
• The Deployment Descriptor and CMP
• Example: A CMP Entity Bean

Transactions in Enterprise JavaBeans

• Introduction to Transactions
• What Are Transactions?
• Participants in Transactions
• Properties of Transactions
• EJB Transactional Models
• Distributed Transactions
• Isolation Levels
• Transactions in EJB
• Container-Managed Transactions (CMT)
• Bean-Managed Transactions (BMT)

Enterprise JavaBeans Security

• Introduction to EJB Security
• Defining Users, Principals and Roles
• Security and the Deployment Descriptor