Beginning Java EE 6 with GlassFish 3: Edition 2

Antonio Goncalves

Aug 2010 · Apress

About this ebook

Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) continues to be one of the leading Java technologies and platforms from Oracle (previously Sun). Beginning Java EE 6 Platform with GlassFish 3, Second Edition is this first tutorial book on the final version of the Java EE 6 Platform.

Step by step and easy to follow, this book describes many of the Java EE 6 specifications and reference implementations, and shows them in action using practical examples. This book uses the new version of GlassFish 3 to deploy and administer the code examples.

Written by an expert member of the Java EE 6 specification request and review board in the Java Community Process (JCP), this book contains the best information possible, from an expert’s perspective on enterprise Java technologies.

What you’ll learn Get started with the final version of the Java EE 6 Platform. Explore and use the EJB 3.1 and JPA 2.0 APIs from entities to session beans to message driven beans, and more. Discover web tier development APIs including JSPs, JSTL, and Expression Language, and especially the new JSF 2.0 and Facelets. Uncover the web services, RESTful services, and more available in Java EE 6. Create dynamic user interfaces for your enterprise and transactional Java applications. Who this book is for

This book is for advanced Java programmers as well as Java EE 6 beginners. Architects will also find information about how to layer their Java EE applications.

Table of Contents Java EE 6 at a Glance Java Persistence Object-Relational Mapping Managing Persistent Objects Callbacks and Listeners Enterprise Java Beans Session Beans and the Timer Service Callbacks and Interceptors Transactions and Security JavaServer Faces Pages and Components Processing and Navigation Sending Messages SOAP Web Services RESTful Web Services

Ratings and reviews

Any developer eager to get Glassfish up and running quickly will be disappointed with this book as the first five chapters deal with JPA using a J2SE program. You only get onto Glassfish in chapter six. If you can put off playing with Glassfish, however, the chapters are detailed at least. The chapters are on the other hand very dry--more a reference really, and I have used them as that after first using them to get an overall grasp of the J2EE system. Although detailed, unfortunately the code samples are often ever so slightly incorrect, but thankfully there are resources on the web that can put you straight. The only other thing that may put you off this book is its use of Maven if you have never used Maven before. You can oftentimes just copy and paste the code, but unfortunately there are occasionally errors, which are fortunately easy to correct via the web. Overall, I would recommend the book if you can get over the problems with the code samples, if you're fairly comfortable with Maven and if you want a good book to reference which is a little more readable than the J2EE online tutorial.

About the author

Antonio Goncalves is a senior software architect specializing in Java/Java EE. As a former BEA Systems consultant, he has expertise in application servers (Weblogic, JBoss, and GlassFish). He is the author of a Java EE 5 book in France and is also an Expert Member on Java EE 6, EJB 3.1, and JPA 2.0. He is the cofounder of the Paris Java User Group. For more, visit http://www.antoniogoncalves.org.