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Part 2. Working with EJB components
In this part of the topic you'll learn how to work with EJB components to implement your
business logic. Up first is chapter 3 , where we'll dive into the details of session beans and
outline best practices. Then chapter 4 gives a quick introduction to messaging, including
sending and receiving messages, and JMS and it covers MDB in detail. Chapter 5 moves to
more advanced topics such as the EJB context, using JNDI to look up EJBs and other re-
sources, resource and EJB injection, the basics of AOP interceptors, and the application cli-
ent container. Chapter 6 discusses transactions and security in terms of development, includ-
ing when to use transactions and how to use groups and roles in security. The basics of EJB
Timer Service are covered in chapter 7 , as well as the different types of timers. In chapter
8 , we'll delve into exposing Enterprise Java Beans via web services using either SOAP or
REST.