SCBCD Exam Study Kit, Manning
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There has been a movement in recent years away from the complexity of EJB development toward simpler frameworks like Spring; yet, Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) still dominates in large enterprise systems. Therefore, the Sun Certified Business Component Developer (SCBCD) (CX310-090) certification from Sun Microsystems is an important credential for EJB developers. (The Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP) certification is a prerequisite.)
Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs) are a complex topic. Having taken a couple of Sun certifications myself, I recommend starting with a concise yet thorough study guide, making your own notes as you go along, sitting down at the computer to try things out, supplementing the text with Web searches, and taking every practice exam you can find. This book is a superb starting point for your studies.
The book covers bean lifecycles; entity, message-driven, and session beans; EJB query language; exception handling; transactions; security; and persistence—bean-managed and container-managed.
Despite being a no-nonsense, information-rich study guide, this is not an exam cram book. It carefully develops the reader's knowledge over the course of the book. This coherent book is well organized and reader friendly—due, perhaps, to the author's Java teaching background.
The book is written for programmers who already know basic Java programming. There are a number of typos—mostly case errors in case-sensitive Java code; although annoying, they pose no serious threat to Java programmers.
All of the source code examples are in the Java language.
Bottom line
SCBCD Exam Study Kit is a comprehensive, concise, well-written, study guide.
From the back cover
There is probably no Java certification more valuable to you than Sun Certified Business Component Developer CX-310-090. To pass you need a readable, no-nonsense book focused like a laser beam on the exam goals. SCBCD Exam Study Kit is that book.
The study kit makes sure you first understand all the concepts you need to know, large and small, and then covers every single exam topic. It provides more than 130 review questions with answers distributed over all chapters and an Exam's Eye View section at the end of each chapter on the important points to remember.
Although SCBCD Exam Study Kit has only one purpose - to help you get certified - you will find yourself returning to it as a reference after passing the exam. A demo on how to install the necessary software, write a simple bean, deploy the bean, and execute it, as well as a free SCBCD exam simulator can be downloaded from the publisher's website.
What's Inside
- All exam objectives, carefully explained
- Session, Entity, and Message-Driven Beans
- Lifecycle of Session and Entity Beans
- Transactions, exceptions, and security
- EJB query language
- Container-managed and bean-managed persistence
- Quick Prep Appendix for last-minute cramming
About the author(s)
Paul Sanghera, Ph.D., is an SCBCD certified developer. He has taught Java and other technology courses at San Jose State University and has been at the ground floor of several startups. Paul lives in Silicon Valley, California.
Table of Contents (abbreviated)
- Part 1 Enterprise JavaBeans
- 1 Introduction to J2EE
- 2 Overview of Enterprise JavaBeans
- 3 Client view of a session bean
- 4 Birth of a session bean
- 5 Lifecycle of a session bean
- Part 3 Entity beans
- 6 Client view of an entity bean
- 7 Birth of an entity bean
- 8 Lifecycle of an entity bean
- 9 Entity bean relationships
- 10 EJB query language
- Part 4 Message-driven beans
- 11 Message-driven beans
- 12 EJB transactions
- 13 EJB exceptions
- 14 EJB security
- A Installing and running RI J2SDKEE 1.3
- B An introduction to XML
- C A sample deployment descriptor file
- D Review questions and answers
E Exam Quick Prep
