Java EE (2) -- Java EE 6 Enterprise JavaBeans Developer Certified Expert

Introduction to Java EE

• Gain an understanding of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE)
• Examine the Java EE application architecture
• Examine Java EE container services
• Examine the EJB component types
• Evaluate the EJB Lite Container
• Compare Java EE application development with traditional enterprise application development

Implementing Session Beans

• Examine session beans
• Identify the three types of session beans
• Choose the correct session bean type given a business constraint
• Create session beans Package and deploy session beans

Accessing Session Beans

• Understand the purpose and role of JNDI in relation to EJB components
• Configure JNDI environment properties
• Use JNDI to look up a resource
• Write code that receives a resource reference through injection
• Create a session bean client
• Create a session facade
• Use dependency injection to locate an EJB

Advanced Session Bean Concepts

• Understand the relationship between the EJB container and an EJB component
• Describe the life cycle for stateless and stateful session beans
• Implement session bean life cycle methods
• Use a session bean to perform asynchronous communication
• Have fine-grained control over packaging and deployment

Singleton Session Bean

• Understand the advantages and disadvantages of using a singleton session bean
• Create a singleton session bean
• Describe the life cycle of a singleton session bean
• Implement singleton session bean life cycle methods
• Describe singleton concurrency access
• Implement a concurrency management strategy

Developing Java EE Applications Using Messaging

• Review JMS technology
• Describe the roles of the participants in the JMS API messaging system
• Create a queue message producer
• Create a synchronous message consumer

Developing Message-Driven Beans

• Understand the short-comings of using session beans as messaging consumers
• Describe the properties and life cycle of message-driven beans
• Create a JMS message-driven bean
• Create life cycle event handlers for a JMS message-driven bean
• Configure a JMS message-driven bean

Using Timer ServicesObjectives

• Describe timer services
• Create a timer notification callback
• Process a timer notification callback Manage timer objects

Implementing Interceptor Classes and Methods

• Describe interceptors and interceptor classes
• Create a business interceptor method in the enterprise bean class
• Create an interceptor class
• Associate multiple business interceptor methods with an enterprise bean
• Include life cycle callback interceptor methods in an interceptor class

Implementing Transactions

• Describe transaction demarcation management
• Implement CMT
• Interact programmatically with an ongoing CMT transaction
• Implement BMT Apply transactions to messaging

Implementing Security

• Understand the Java EE security architecture
• Authenticate the caller Examine Java EE authorization strategies
• Use declarative authorization
• Use programmatic authorization Examine the responsibilities of the deployer

Using EJB Technology Best Practices

• Define best practices and state the benefits of using EJB technology best practices
• Select and apply known patterns to Java EE application design
• Incorporate effective exception handling into your Java EE application design