April 2002
Beginner to intermediate
1128 pages
26h 33m
English
So far, you have been presented with a “black box” view of an EJB; it provides business functionality via an RMI remote interface, and it cooperates with its container to perform its duties. To understand, use, and ultimately write EJBs, you will need to know more in concrete terms about the Java programming artefacts that make up an EJB. In other words, what's in one?
The primary purpose of an EJB is to deliver business or application logic. To this end, the bean developer will define or derive the business operations required of the bean and will formalize them in an RMI remote interface. This is referred to as the bean's business or remote interface as opposed to the home interface you will look at ...
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