Chapter 1. What’s what in EJB 3

This chapter covers

  • The EJB container and its role in Enterprise applications
  • The different types of Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs)
  • Closely related technologies such as the Java Persistence API (JPA)
  • The different EJB runtime environments
  • Innovations started with EJB 3
  • New changes with EJB 3.2

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