1.. Introduction
Setting the Stage
Enterprise JavaBeans: Defined
Distributed Object Architectures
Component Models
Component Transaction Monitors
CTMs and Server-Side Component Models
Titan Cruises: An Imaginary Business
What's Next?
2.. Architectural Overview
The Enterprise Bean Component
Using Enterprise Beans
The Bean-Container Contract
Summary
3.. Resource Management and the Primary Services
Resource Management
Primary Services
What's Next?
4.. Developing Your First Enterprise Beans
Choosing and Setting Up an EJB Server
Developing an Entity Bean
Developing a Session Bean
5.. The Client View
Locating Beans with JNDI
The EJB Client-Side API
6.. Entity Beans
Container-Managed Persistence
Bean-Managed Persistence
The Life Cycle of an Entity Bean
7.. Session Beans
The Stateless Session Bean
The Life Cycle of a Stateless Session Bean
The Stateful Session Bean
The Life Cycle of a Stateful Session Bean
8.. Transactions
ACID Transactions
Declarative Transaction Management
Isolation and Database Locking
Non-Transactional Beans
Explicit Transaction Management
EJB 1.1: Exceptions and Transactions
EJB 1.0: Exceptions and Transactions
Transactional Stateful Session Beans
9.. Design Strategies
HashCodes in Compound Primary Keys
Passing Objects by Value
Improved Performance with Session Beans
Bean Adapters
Implementing a Common Interface
Entity Beans Without Create Methods
Entity Bean Relationships
Object-to-Relational Mapping Tools
When Entity Beans Are Not an Option
Avoid Chaining Stateful Session Beans
10.. XML Deployment Descriptors
What Is an XML Deployment Descriptor?
The Contents of a Deployment Descriptor
The Document Header
The Descriptor's Body
Describing Beans
Describing Bean Assembly
The ejb-jar File
11.. Java 2, Enterprise Edition
Servlets
Java Server Pages
Web Components and EJB
J2EE Fills in the Gaps
Fitting the Pieces Together
Future Enhancements
A.. The Enterprise JavaBeans API
B.. State and Sequence Diagrams
C.. EJB Vendors
D.. New Features in EJB 1.1
Index