Chapter 5. Learning advanced EJB concepts
This chapter covers
- EJB internals
- Dependency injection of the @Resource annotation
- Crosscutting concerns with interceptors
- Task scheduling with the EJB timer
In the previous two chapters we focused on developing session beans and message-driven beans (MDBs). Although we discussed a few bean type-specific features in detail, we generally avoided covering topics not closely related to introducing the basics. In this chapter we build on the material in the previous chapters and introduce advanced concepts applicable to MDBs and session beans. It is very likely that you’ll find these EJB 3 features extremely helpful while using EJB in the real world.
We begin by discussing the how containers provide ...
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