This IBM Redbooks publication provides detailed information on how to effectively use WebSphere Studio Application Developer for the development of applications based on the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) architecture, and deployment of such applications to a WebSphere Application Server.

Throughout the book, we provide examples based on a simple banking application with an underlying relational database.

In Part 1, we introduce EJBs as a part of Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and cover the basic concepts and the architecture. In particular we point out the new functions introduced with the EJB 2.0 specification that provide, for example, enhanced functionality for container-managed persistence entity beans and message-driven beans. We also provide best practice guidelines for successful implementations of EJBs.

In Part 2, we introduce the sample banking application and then implement entity beans, session beans, and message-driven beans using WebSphere Studio Application Developer. We also implement finder methods, different mapping strategies, and simple clients that use the EJBs. At the end, we describe how to deploy EJB applications to a WebSphere Application Server.

Part 1. EJB architecture and concepts

Chapter 1. Introduction to Enterprise JavaBeans

Chapter 2. EJB architecture and concepts

Chapter 3. Entity beans

Chapter 4. Entity beans advanced: relationships, inheritance, custom queries

Chapter 5. Session beans

Chapter 6. Message-driven beans

Chapter 7. EJB clients

Chapter 8. Additional concepts: transactions, exceptions, security

Part 2. Developing and testing EJBs with Application Developer

Chapter 9. WebSphere Studio Application Developer

Chapter 10. Introducing and preparing for the sample application

Chapter 11. Container-managed entity bean development

Chapter 12. Mapping strategies for CMPs

Chapter 13. Bean-managed entity bean development

Chapter 14. Session bean development

Chapter 15. EJB access beans

Chapter 16. Message-driven bean development

Chapter 17. Client development

Chapter 18. Deployment of enterprise applications

Chapter 19. Application Developer team development environment

Part 3. Appendixes

Appendix A. Setting up the environment

Appendix B. Additional material