Special Edition Using Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0

by Brian Keeton and Chuck Cavaness

For readers who want to connect Enterprise JavaBeans concepts to real-world, practical examples. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789725673
• ISBN13: 9780789725677
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman
• Length: 628 Pages
• Weight: 2.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good stuff

I have had this book for a while now, and I do find myself going back to it very often. It is very well written and explains the nuts and bolts of a complex technology in a way that is neither too simplistic nor to verbose. A good balance of theory, reference, tutorial, and design guideline.

Excellent book! A very enjoyable read.

I found this book to be an excellent source on EJB and design in general. The authors don't stick to the normal format of typical EJB books and actually cover material that you don't find in other books. This makes for more of an enjoyable read.The included source was very helpful, as well as the warnings and tips. Good work on such a broad and complex subject.

Don't overlook this book!

My opinion: very well written, much easier and more fun to read than Ed Roman's book. Plus, excellent coverage of the related subjects: JNDI, transactions and so on. If you have to buy only one book on EJB, buy this one. If you can buy two books, second one is O'Reilly's book, which actually might be somewhat better choice for beginners or if you have to learn EJB fast (but not deep!)

An excellent book on many topics

I give this book an A+. The first thing that hit me is the book is full of practical knowledge and experience. It's obvious that the authors have built enterprise-level systems for real companies and have not just packaged up the spec. The chapters are well organized and the writing style is exactly what I want. My only complaint is the CD contains a copy of WebLogic 6.0 and not 6.1 as it should. I've been told that the publisher is correcting the mistake. No big deal because WL is available for download from BEA. Having a trial copy of TopLink with the book is an added bonus.

not just ejb syntax, but best practices

This is a great book. It leaves the Monson-Haefel and Roman EJB books way behind. Not only does it cover EJB 2 (local interfaces, EJB query language, etc.), but it includes a lot of "best practices". Things like the view pattern, which is not used widely enough is well defined here. All these best practices are wrapped up in a single, coherent example demonstating an on-line auction using all the components of EJB 2.0. The chapter on Transactions, alone, is worth the cost of the book. It clearly explains all about JTS and its differing effects with BMP and CMP. How/when transactions are demarked and the difference between my (application) exceptions and the containers (system) exceptions are also clearing explained. I've found no other book that does that. Cavaness and Keeton's writing styles are great. They don't come off as all-knowing, nor are the too casual. The writing style makes reading the book very easy. If you buy any book on EJB, buy this book.