Build powerful back-end business logic and complex Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)-based applications using Java EE 8, Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J), Web Tools Project (WTP), and the Microprofile platform. Targeted at Java and Java EE developers, with or without prior EJB experience, this book is packed with practical insights, strategy tips, and code examples. As each chapter unfolds, you'll see how you can apply the new EJB spec to your own applications through specific examples. Beginning EJB in Java EE 8 serves not only as a reference, but also as a how-to guide and repository of practical examples to which you can refer as you build your own applications. It will help you harness the power of EJBs and take your Java EE 8 development to the next level. You'll gain the knowledge and skills you’ll need to create the complex enterprise applications that run today's transactions and more. What You'll Learn Build applications with Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) in the new Java EE 8 platform Discover when to use EJBs over contexts and dependency injection Use message-driven beans to do tasks asynchronously Integrate EJBs with microservices using the new Eclipse Microprofile project Manage complex enterprise transactions and much more Who This Book Is For Java programmers new to enterprise development and for those who may have experience with EJBs but are new to Java EE 8, EE4J, and related Eclipse projects.

Develop powerful, standards-based, back-end business logic with Beginning EJB 3, Java EE 7 Edition. Led by an author team with 20 years of combined Enterprise JavaBeans experience, you'll learn how to use the new EJB 3.2 APIs. You'll gain the knowledge and skills you’ll need to create the complex enterprise applications that run today's transactions and more. Targeted at Java and Java EE developers, with and without prior EJB experience, Beginning EJB 3 is packed with practical insights, strategy tips, and code examples. As each chapter unfolds, you'll not only explore a new area of the spec; you'll also see how you can apply it to your own applications through specific examples. Beginning EJB 3 will serve not only as a reference, but it will also function as a how-to guide and repository of practical examples to which you can refer as you build your own applications. It will help you harness the power of EJBs and take your Java EE 7 development to the next level. What you’ll learn How to employ session beans, message-driven beans, and entity beans How to use the updated EJB 3 persistence and object-relational mappings How to choose which EJB option is right for your application How to enrich your application’s behavior with CDI services How to test the EJB container inside and out How to migrate from older EJB to the newest EJB APIs Who this book is for This book is for those Java and Java EE developers with and without prior EJB experience. Table of Contents Introduction to the EJB 3 Architecture Session Beans Entities and the Java Persistence API Advanced Persistence Features Message-Driven Beans EJB and Web Services Integrating Session Beans, Entities, Message-Driven Beans, and Web Services Transaction Management EJB Performance and Testing Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) Packaging and Deployment EJB Client Applications EJB Runtime Environments

Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) continues to be one of the leading Java technologies and platforms. Beginning Java EE 7 is the first tutorial book on Java EE 7. Step by step and easy to follow, this book describes many of the Java EE 7 specifications and reference implementations, and shows them in action using practical examples. This definitive book also uses the newest version of GlassFish to deploy and administer the code examples. Written by an expert member of the Java EE specification request and review board in the Java Community Process (JCP), this book contains the best information possible, from an expert’s perspective on enterprise Java technologies. What you’ll learn Get started with the latest version of the Java EE Platform. Explore and use the EJB and JPA APIs from entities to session beans to message driven beans, and more. Discover web tier development APIs including JSF, Facelets and Expression Language. Uncover SOAP web services, RESTful web services, and more available in this latest Java EE. Create dynamic user interfaces for your enterprise and transactional Java applications. Who this book is for This book is for Java or Spring programmers with some experience and those new to Java EE platform. Architects will also find information about how to layer their Java EE applications. Table of Contents Java EE 7 Environment Context and Dependency Injection Bean Validation Java Persistence API Object-Relational Mapping Managing Persistent Object Enterprise Java Beans Callbacks, Timer Service, and Authorization Interceptors and Transactions JavaServer Faces Processing and Navigation XML and JSON Messaging SOAP Web Services RESTful Web Service

This book takes the reader through the details of the EJB 3.0 architecture, and shows how EJB can be used to develop powerful, standards-based backend business logic. It offers practical insights into the entire EJB architecture, covering all areas of the EJB 3.0 specification, including its new persistence framework, simplified development model, and other key new features. In addition, it covers upgrade headaches: common issues encountered when migrating from EJB 2.1 to EJB 3.0, highly relevant to existing EJB developers. The book is designed to be the first and only comprehensive beginning or introductory EJB 3 book to market.

Build Java-based enterprise applications using the open source Eclipse Jakarta EE platform. This feature-packed book teaches you enterprise Java development top to bottom. It covers Java web-tier development using servlets, JavaServer Faces (JSF), RESTful applications, and JSON. You’ll also cover Java data-tier development using persistence and transaction handling, messaging services, remote procedure calls, concurrency, and security to round out a complete Java-based enterprise application. Step by step and easy to follow, Beginning Jakarta EE includes many practical examples. Written by a Java expert and consultant, this book contains the best information possible on enterprise Java technologies. You’ll see that Jakarta EE is the next evolution of Java EE 8 and how it is one of the leading Java platforms for enterprise application development. What You Will LearnBuild enterprise Java applications using Jakarta EESet up your development environmentCreate page-flow web applications with JSF Write single-page web applications with REST and JSONPersist data using JPA in Jakarta EEBuild enterprise Java modules using EJBs and CDI Work with transaction engines using JTA Secure, log, and monitor your Jakarta EE applications Who This Book Is For Beginning Java EE application developers with some experience of Java 8.

Develop Enterprise Java applications compliant with the latest version of the Java EE specification About This Book This book covers all of the major Java EE 8 APIs and includes new additions such as enhanced Security, JSON-B Processing, and more Learn additional Java EE APIs, such as the Java API for Websocket and the Java Message Service (JMS) Develop applications by taking advantage of the latest versions of CDI, Security, Servlets, and JSF and other Java EE specifications Who This Book Is For If you are a Java developer who wants to become proficient with Java EE 8, this book is ideal for you. You are expected to have some experience with Java and to have developed and deployed applications in the past, but you don't need any previous knowledge of Java EE. What You Will Learn Develop and deploy Java EE applications Embrace the latest additions to the Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) specification to develop Java EE applications Develop web-based applications by utilizing the latest version of JavaServer Faces, JSF 2.3. Understand the steps needed to process JSON data with JSON-P and the new JSON-B Java EE API Implement RESTful web services using the new JAX-RS 2.1 API, which also includes support for Server-Sent Events (SSE) and the new reactive client API In Detail Java EE is an Enterprise Java standard. Applications written to comply with the Java EE specification do not tie developers to a specific vendor; instead they can be deployed to any Java EE compliant application server. With this book, you'll get all the tools and techniques you need to build robust and scalable applications in Java EE 8. This book covers all the major Java EE 8 APIs including JSF 2.3, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.2, Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI) 2.0, the Java API for WebSockets, JAX-RS 2.1, Servlet 4.0, and more. The book begins by introducing you to Java EE 8 application development and goes on to cover all the major Java EE 8 APIs. It goes beyond the basics to develop Java EE applications that can be deployed to any Java EE 8 compliant application server. It also introduces advanced topics such as JSON-P and JSON-B, the Java APIs for JSON processing, and the Java API for JSON binding. These topics dive deep, explaining how the two APIs (the Model API and the Streaming API) are used to process JSON data. Moving on, we cover additional Java EE APIs, such as the Java API for Websocket and the Java Message Service (JMS), which allows loosely coupled, asynchronous communication. Further on, you'll discover ways to secure Java EE applications by taking advantage of the new Java EE Security API. Finally, you'll learn more about the RESTful web service development using the latest JAX-RS 2.1 specification. You'll also get to know techniques to develop cloud-ready microservices in Java EE. Style and approach The book takes a pragmatic approach, showing you various techniques to utilize new features of Java EE 8 specification. It is packed with clear, step-by-step instructions, practical examples, and straightforward explanations.

A practical guide for building effective enterprise solutions with Java EE 8 Key Features Recipes to get you up-and-running with Java EE 8 application development Learn how to apply the major Java EE 8 APIs and specifications Implement microservices and Reactive programming with Java EE 8 Book Description Java EE is a collection of technologies and APIs to support Enterprise Application development. The choice of what to use and when can be dauntingly complex for any developer. This book will help you master this. Packed with easy to follow recipes, this is your guide to becoming productive with Java EE 8. You will begin by seeing the latest features of Java EE 8, including major Java EE 8 APIs and specifications such as JSF 2.3, and CDI 2.0, and what they mean for you. You will use the new features of Java EE 8 to implement web-based services for your client applications. You will then learn to process the Model and Streaming APIs using JSON-P and JSON-B and will learn to use the Java Lambdas support offered in JSON-P. There are more recipes to fine-tune your RESTful development, and you will learn about the Reactive enhancements offered by the JAX-RS 2.1 specification. Later on, you will learn about the role of multithreading in your enterprise applications and how to integrate them for transaction handling. This is followed by implementing microservices with Java EE and the advancements made by Java EE for cloud computing. The final set of recipes shows you how take advantage of the latest security features and authenticate your enterprise application. At the end of the book, the Appendix shows you how knowledge sharing can change your career and your life. What you will learn Actionable information on the new features of Java EE 8 Using the most important APIs with real and working code Building server side applications, web services, and web applications Deploying and managing your application using the most important Java EE servers Building and deploying microservices using Java EE 8 Building Reactive application by joining Java EE APIs and core Java features Moving your application to the cloud using containers Practical ways to improve your projects and career through community involvement Who this book is for This book is for developers who want to become proficient with Java EE 8 for their enterprise application development. Basic knowledge of Java is assumed