Enterprise JavaBeans, Second Edition, is the definitive guide to EJB 1.1, which incorporates the latest developments in EJB technology. Enterprise JavaBeans allows you to build complex, mission-critical systems using snap-together software components that model business objects and processes. EJB greatly simplifies the process of development by taking care of issues like object persistence, security, and transaction management.

EJB 1.1 delivers on a promise that was astonishing a few years ago: not only can Enterprise JavaBeans run without modification on any operating system, they could run without modification within any EJB 1.1 enterprise server. EJB 1.0 was a "down payment" that showed portability was possible; EJB 1.1 goes much further in making server-side components more powerful, portable and easy to deploy.

1. Introduction
2. Architectural Overview
3. Resource Management and the Primary Services
4. Developing Your First Enterprise Beans
5. The Client View
6. Entity Beans
7. Session Beans
8. Transactions
9. Design Strategies
10. XML Deployment Descriptors
11. Java 2, Enterprise Edition