So Now What?

In Chapter 2 we discuss the fundamentals of Enterprise JavaBeans and place them in the context of the technologies for software development. In Chapter 3 we devote our attention to the fundamental architecture of Enterprise JavaBeans as well as the roles that the development team can play during the development, deployment, and management stages of the system. The different varieties of components (known as beans), namely, entity, session, and message-driven beans, are discussed in Chapters 4, 5, and 6. Building on this we go on in Chapter 7 to discuss the topic of transactions, while Chapter 8 is devoted to security. In each of these chapters extensive examples are introduced to clarify the discussion. In Chapter 9 we discuss several aspects of the practical application of the principles discussed (again with extensive examples). Finally, in Chapter 10, we discuss web services and the integration of Enterprise JavaBeans to other platforms that exist within common enterprises.

After you have read this book you should have a firm grasp of the capabilities of the Enterprise JavaBeans platform. Furthermore, you should be in a position to translate the knowledge you have gained from theory into practice.