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EJB 3 Developer Guide

EJB 3 Developer Guide

By : Michael Sikora
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EJB 3 Developer Guide

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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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EJB 3 Developer Guide
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EJB 3 Developer Guide
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
Preface
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Preface
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Introduction to the EJB 3 Architecture
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Introduction to the EJB 3 Architecture
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Introduction to the Java EE Architecture
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The EJB 3 Architecture
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Getting Started
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Summary
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Session Beans
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Session Beans
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Introduction
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Stateless Session Beans
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Stateful Session Beans
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Local Interfaces
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Summary
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Entities
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Entities
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Introduction
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EJB 3 Entities
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Introducing the EntityManager
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Packaging and Deploying Entities
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Field-Based Annotations
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Generating Primary Keys
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Overriding Metadata Defaults
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Summary
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Object/Relational Mapping
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Object/Relational Mapping
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O/R Mapping Default Behavior
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O/R Mapping Overriding Defaults
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O/R Mapping Additional Annotations
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O/R Inheritance Mapping
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Summary
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The Java Persistence Query Language
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The Java Persistence Query Language
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Introduction
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Simple Queries
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Projection
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Conditional Expressions
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Aggregate Functions
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Queries with Relationships
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Joins
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Collection Comparison Expressions
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Constructor Expressions
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SubQueries
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Functions
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Queries with Parameters
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Named Queries
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Handling Date and Time
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Bulk Update and Delete
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Native SQL
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Summary
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Entity Manager
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Entity Manager
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Application-managed Entity Manager
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Entity Manager Merge
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Entity Manager Methods
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Cascade Operations
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Extended Persistence Context
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Entity LifeCycle Callback Methods
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Summary
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Transactions
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Transactions
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Introduction
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Container-Managed Transaction Demarcation
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Examples of Transaction Attributes
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Controlling Container Managed Transactions
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Concurrency and Database Locking
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UserTransaction Interface
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Summary
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Messaging
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Messaging
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Introduction
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Java Message Service (JMS) API
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Queue Producer and Consumer Examples
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Topic Producer and Consumer Examples
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Motivation for Message-Driven Beans
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A Simple Message-Driven Bean Example
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MDB Activation Configuration Properties
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MessageDrivenContext
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MDB LifeCycle
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MDB Example Revisited
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Sending Message Confirmation to a Client
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MDBs and Transactions
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Summary
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EJB Timer Service
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EJB Timer Service
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Introduction
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Timer Service Examples
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A Timer Interface Example
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Timers and Transactions
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Summary
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Interceptors
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Interceptors
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Interceptor Methods
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Interceptor Classes
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Default Interceptors
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Interceptor Communication
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Summary
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Implementing EJB 3 Web Services
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Implementing EJB 3 Web Services
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Overview of Web Service Concepts
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Creating a Java Application Web Service
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Overriding JAX-WS Annotation Defaults
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Deploying an EJB Session Bean as a Web Service
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Summary
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EJB 3 Security
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EJB 3 Security
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Java EE Container Security
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Authentication
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EJB Authorization
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Java EE Web Container Security
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Annotations and Their Corresponding Packages
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Annotations and Their Corresponding Packages

Aggregate Functions

We can summarize or aggregate data using an aggregate function. For example, 

SELECT AVG(a.balance) from Account a

will return the average balance over all accounts. The argument to AVG must be numeric. Note that the return type of the AVG function is Double. As a single value is returned we execute the query using the Query.getSingleResult() method.

The remaining aggregate functions provided by JPQL are listed below.

MAX returns the maximum value of the group given an argument which must correspond to an orderable state-field type. Valid orderable state-field types are numeric types, string types, character types, or date types. The MAX return type is equal to the type of the state-field argument.

MIN returns the minimum value of the group given an argument which must correspond to an orderable state-field type. The MIN return type is equal to the type of the state-field argument.

SUM returns the sum of values of the group given a numeric argument. The return type...

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