Enterprise JavaBeans

Before we can jump into reading and writing EJB states to XML, we need a better understanding of Enterprise JavaBeans and the technologies required to use them.

Note

I've tried to give a fairly complete flavor for Enterprise JavaBeans within this chapter. However, a simple chapter cannot do this topic justice. Nor can we cover all the topics necessary for a sufficient understanding of EJBs. The interested reader is encouraged to read one of the resources listed in the "Further Reading" section of this chapter for a more complete understanding of EJBs.

EJB Architecture

Let's start with a refresher course in EJBs. For those readers proficient in EJBs, especially Bean-Managed Persistence Entity EJBs, feel free to skip ahead. ...

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