Borland® JBuilder™ Developer’s Guide

Chapter 21. An Architectural Overview of Enterprise JavaBeans

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Ancient History or Not So Ancient

• Client/Server Saves the Day

• Application Servers

• Enterprise JavaBeans and Component-based Middleware

• Enterprise JavaBeans Goals

• How EJB Systems Work

• The Enterprise JavaBeans Component

• The Enterprise JavaBeans Container

• Remote Interface

• The Home Interface

• Where Do I Get an EJB Object Class?

• Enterprise JavaBeans Types

• How Does It All Work?

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) have generated a lot of press since their introduction March 1998. In fact, today I doubt that you can enter any major organization or open a trade magazine without seeing some representation of Enterprise JavaBeans. This chapter takes a high-level look at what exactly Enterprise JavaBeans ...