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EJB 2.0 : An Overview

EJB 2.0 : An Overview. CS486 Spring 2001 Vijayanand Bharadwaj. Overview. EJB Evolution (0.0 to 2.0) EJB :What do we know so far ? What’s new in EJB 2.0 ? Some Newer Features in EJB 2.0 Analysis of EJB 2.0 : the good and the “bad”. Conclusion and References. Remarks.

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EJB 2.0 : An Overview

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  1. EJB 2.0 : An Overview CS486 Spring 2001 Vijayanand Bharadwaj

  2. Overview • EJB Evolution (0.0 to 2.0) • EJB :What do we know so far ? • What’s new in EJB 2.0 ? • Some Newer Features in EJB 2.0 • Analysis of EJB 2.0 : the good and the “bad”. • Conclusion and References

  3. Remarks • References: Primary -- class text. • also Sun’s Java site and articles • marked throughout as reference [# ] and list available at the end.

  4. EJB Evolution (0.0 to 2.0) [3] • EJB specification release • EJB 1.0 -- March 24th 1998 • EJB 1.1 -- May 1999 time frame • EJB 2.0 -- June 2nd 2000 ( final draft) • Significant changes made between 1.0 and 1.1 • However EJB 1.1 totally compatible with 2.0. Nothing deprecated . All 1.1 code should still deploy correctly. • Industry forecasts for EJB 2.0 [4] : “Supposed to enhance portability and flexibility, along with tightening some older features”. Lets see……...

  5. So far along the EJB trail…….. • EJB : What do we know so far ..?[1][5][6]. • Applications: • Building portable software components which can run business logic on an Enterprise level. • Concept : What is an EJB (Enterprise Java Bean)? • A software component which allows a developer to encapsulate business logic, freeing him/her from system level development concerns such as transactions, threading ,load balancing etc.

  6. So far along the EJB trail…….. • Anatomy and Working of an EJB App Server Container Skeleton EJB Stub Client HOME Network REMOTE STORE

  7. So far along the EJB trail…….. • Types of EJB EJB ????? Based on Main Purpose, Callback, Runtime lifecycles SESSION BEANS ENTITY BEANS Maintain state across methods STATELESS SB STATEFUL SB Relationship to database managed by: CMP EB BMP EB

  8. EJB 2.0 : What’s new ? • Areas in which EJB 2.0 has something new to offer [1][7] 1. Container managed Persistence 2. EJB Query Language 3. Message-Driven Beans 4. Business methods in the Home interface 5. Improved interoperability • Say how we divide • Explain briefly each one EJB: What do we know so far ?

  9. EJB 2.0 : What’s new ? • New type of Container-Managed Persistence which deals with the drawbacks of the CMP model of version 1.1. • Standard query language for CMP. Formerly developer provided a description of what the finder methods should do . Deployer provided the actual query according tot he target Application Server. Advantages of EJB QL • Query need be developed and tested only once ( not at each new environment) • Developer can do it .More suited for the purpose.

  10. EJB 2.0 : What’s new ? • Integration of EJB with Java Message Service (JMS). Container on arrival of a JMS message invokes a “message-driven bean”. Need not create a separate front-end for messages. • Business methods in the home interface work support functionality independent of any entity-- can operate on a set of beans of an entity type. ( rather than in a separate session bean as in 1.1) • Both the above features allow better modularity and design. • An interoperability protocol based on RMI/IIOP and CORBA to allow J2EE applications on different app servers to interact without bean developer intervention

  11. EJB 2.0 : What’s new ? • This discussion will cover two aspects • CMP in EJB 2.0 • Business methods in the home Interface • The remaining will be covered by our colleague

  12. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • Reviewing CMP in version 1.1 • Bean developer responsible for declaring the persistent fields in the bean class. • On an RDBMS primitive types(String, integer etc) map easily to their corresponding types • Tell the container through the deployment descriptor (DD). The <cmp-field> tags identify such fields. • Generally container tools allow you to map.

  13. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • An example from EJB 1.1 // the Employee bean class public class EmployeeBean implements java.ejb.EntityBean { // instance fields EntityContext ejbContext; // container-managed fields public int identity; public String firstName; public String lastName; public double salary; public Address address; //refers to dependent CONTINUED…..

  14. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] public Integer ejbCreate(int id, String fname, String lname){ identity = id; firstName = fname; lastName = lname; return null; } ... } // The Address dependent class public class Address implements Serializable{ public String street; public String city; public String state; public String zip; }

  15. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] Deployment Descriptor --version 1.1 (sample) <ejb-jar> <enterprise-beans> <entity> <ejb-name>EmployeeEJB</ejb-name> ... <persistence-type>Container</persistence-type> ... <cmp-field><field-name>identity</field-name></cmp-field> <cmp-field><field-name>firstName</field-name></cmp-field> <cmp-field><field-name>lastName</field-name></cmp-field> <cmp-field><field-name>salary</field-name></cmp-field> <cmp-field><field-name>address</field-name></cmp-field> ...

  16. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • Drawbacks of 1.1 • No standard mechanism to map serializable objects such as “Address” . Generally stored as a blob. • For entity beans with a large schema problem grows. As an entity bean may have many dependent objects which in turn have dependent objects forming complex graphs. • Entity bean to Entity bean relationship support not adequate. Since it always uses the other EB’s primary key as a link. Relationships are not always based on the primary key.

  17. So far along the EJB trail…….. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • EJB 2.0 CMP App Server Container Persistence Manager EJB HOME REMOTE STORE

  18. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • EJB 2.0 CMP Features • Allows you to define complex bean-to bean, bean to dependent object and dependent to dependent object relationships. • Done with the help of new “PERSISTENCE MGR” • Contract between container and Persistence Mgr. • Contract known as Abstract Schema has two parts • Additional XML tags in DD • Code idioms (Rules for coding the bean ) • Rule) The bean class is declared abstract and all persistent and relationship fields are accessed using abstract accessor and mutator methods whose signatures map to special elements in the DD

  19. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • EJB 2.0 CMP Features How can you use an abstract bean class? After all … you have to extend an abstract class in Java and implement it’s methods to use it ……. The client can’t do that…..how ??? Java Geek !

  20. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • EJB 2.0 CMP Features ( figure from reference[4]) PM does it !!

  21. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • EJB 2.0 CMP Features : Same Example now….. public abstract EmployeeBean implements javax.ejb.EntityBean { // instance fields EntityContext ejbContext; // container-managed persistent fieldspublic abstract void setIdentity(int identity); public abstract int getIdentity(); public abstract void setFirstName(String firstName); public abstract String getFirstName(); public abstract void setLastName(String lastName); public abstract String getLastName(); // container-managed relationship fieldspublic abstract void setContactInfo(ContactInfo info); public abstract ContactInfo getContactInfo(); ... }

  22. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • A dependent object ( class)……….. public abstract class ContactInfo { // home address info public abstract void setStreet(String street); public abstract String getStreet(); public abstract void setState(String state); public abstract String getState(); public abstract void setZip(String zip); public abstract String getZip(); public abstract void setHomePhone(String phone); public abstract String getHomePhone(); // work address info public abstract void setWorkPhone(String phone); public abstract String getWorkPhone(); public abstract void setEMail(String email); public abstract String getEMail(); ... }

  23. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • About dependent classes……….. • They form relationships with entity beans • live and die along with the entity bean • only visible to the bean class and not the client • Bean class must have additional methods to expose dependent objects to the client since they are not suitable remote arguments. Looking at an example …...

  24. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • Remote Interface for Employee bean………. // remote interface for the Employee bean public interface Employee extends javax.ejb.EJBObject { public Address getHomeAddress();//Note this !public void setHomeAddress(Address address); public int getIdentity() throws RemoteException; public void setFirstName(String firstName) throws RemoteException; public String getFirstName()throws RemoteException; public void setLastName(String lastName) throws RemoteException; public String getLastName() throws RemoteException; }

  25. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • Corresponding implementation in bean class,…… // bean class for the Employee bean public abstract EmployeeBean implements javax.ejb.EntityBean { ... public Address getHomeAddress(){ ContactInfo info = getContactInfo(); Address addr = new Address(); addr.street = info.getStreet(); addr.city = info.getCity(); addr.state = info.getState(); addr.zip = info.getZip(); return addr; } CONTINUED…...

  26. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Container Managed Persistence [4] • Corresponding implementation in bean class,…… public void setHomeAddress(Address addr){ ContactInfo info = getContactInfo(); info.setStreet(addr.street); info.setCity(addr.city); info.setState(addr.state); info.setZip(addr.zip); } .... // container-managed relationship fields public abstract void setContactInfo(ContactInfo info); public abstract ContactInfo getContactInfo(); ... }

  27. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Coding Relationships • Entity Bean to Dependent Object (one-one or one-many) eg: Employee bean is related to one benefit but has many contacts. public abstract EmployeeBean implements javax.ejb.EntityBean { ... public abstract void setContactInfos(Collection addresses); public abstract Collection getContactInfos(): public abstract void setBenefit(Benefit benefit); public abstract Benefit getBenefit(); ... } Use Collections to get many dependent objects

  28. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Coding Relationships • Entity Bean to Entity Bean (one-one or one-many or many to many) eg: Employee bean is related to one Spouse but has many Children ( Both are Person beans). public abstract EmployeeBean implements javax.ejb.EntityBean { ... public abstract void setSpouse(Person manager); public abstract Person getSpouse(); public abstract void setChildren(Collection family); public abstract Collection getChildren(); ... } Use Collections to get at many Entity Beans.

  29. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Coding Relationships • Dependent Object to Dependent Object ( or another entity bean) (one-one or one-many or many to many) eg: Benefit object is related to one Salary and many Investment objects public abstract class Benefit { public abstract void setSalary(Salary salary); public abstract Salary getSalary(); public abstract void setInvestments(Collection investments); public abstract Collection getInvestments(); }

  30. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Deployment Descriptor <ejb-jar> <enterprise-beans> <entity> <ejb-name>EmployeeEJB</ejb-name> ... <persistence-type>Container</persistence-type> ... <cmp-field><field-name>identity</field-name></cmp-field> <cmp-field><field-name>firstName</field-name></cmp-field> <cmp-field><field-name>lastName</field-name></cmp-field> ... </entity> </enterprise-beans> CONTINUED………..

  31. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Deployment Descriptor <dependents> <dependent> <dependent-class>ContactInfo</dependent-class> <dependent-name>ContactInfo</dependent-name> <cmp-field>street</cmp-field> <cmp-field>city</cmp-field> <cmp-field>state</cmp-field> <cmp-field>zip</cmp-field> <cmp-field>homePhone</cmp-field> <cmp-field>workPhone</cmp-field> <cmp-field>email</cmp-field> ... </dependent> CONTINUED………..

  32. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Deployment Descriptor <relationships> <ejb-relation> <ejb-relation-name>Employee-ContactInfo</ejb-relation-name> <ejb-relationship-role> <ejb-relationship-role-name> employee-has-contactinfo </ejb-relationship-role-name> <multiplicity>one</multiplicity> <role-source> <ejb-name>EmployeeEJB</ejb-name> </role-source> <cmr-field> <cmr-field-name>contactInfo</cmr-field-name> <cmr-field-type>ContactInfo</cmr-field-type> </cmr-field> </ejb-relationship-role> CONTINUED………..

  33. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Deployment Descriptor…….. <ejb-relationship-role> <ejb-relationship-role> <ejb-relationship-role-name> contactinfo_belongsto_employee </ejb-relationship-role-name> <multiplicity>one</multiplicity> <role-source> <dependent-name>ContactInfo<dependent-name> </role-source> </ejb-relationship-role> </ejb-relation> </relationships> <ejb-jar>

  34. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Business methods in the home interface [8]Let us consider operations on multiple entity beans. For Example: “deleting unused shopping cart entity beans” Could be done using finder methods or session beans Using “finder methods” implies moving a business function ( deletion)(to the client --not the best design Session beans --problems in maintenance as you have to add such function to existing session bean or write another bean which results in extra beans --tedious.

  35. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Business methods in the home interface (continued) Version 2.0 allows you to add business in the home interface. Not associated with any one particular instance of the entity bean. To define a Home method, just add it to your Home interface. The only restriction on the method name is that it can't start with find, create, or remove.

  36. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Business methods in the home interface (continued) For example, the method to expire shopping carts might be declared this way: public void expireShoppingCarts() throws RemoteException When you implement a Home method, put ejbHome in front of the method name in your implementation class. For example, public void ejbHomeExpireShoppingCarts()

  37. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Business methods in the home interface (continued) public interface EmployeeHome extends javax.ejb.EJBHome { // a home method public void applyCola(double increate) throws RemoteException; ... }

  38. EJB 2.0: Some New Features • Business methods in the home interface (continued) public abstract class EmployeeBean implements javax.ejb.EntityBean { ... // ejbHome method public void ejbHomeApplyCola (double increase ) { Collection col = ejbSelectAllEmployees (); Iterator employees = col.iterator(); while(employees.next()){ ………………………………………….} } }

  39. EJB 2.0: Analysis • Advantages of EJB 2.0 features !! • Complex schemas involving relationships among entity beans and dependent objects can be depicted with the help of persistence manager.Closer to intuition and better database design and use. • Business methods in the home interface provide option for better design by isolating business logic completely within the entity. • Entity beans can communicate using JMS at the business logic level itself --one more for better design ! • New EJB QL makes standardized query possible and relives deployer ! Helps in correct creation of finder method queries. • Tightened some unresolved issues of 1.1

  40. EJB 2.0: Analysis • SO EVERYBODY HAPPY... END OF STORY !!!!

  41. EJB 2.0: Analysis • NOT SO FAST ! ! I’m not quite satisfied … . . . . . Not all is o.k with EJB 2.0 ! ! Another Java Geek !

  42. EJB 2.0: Analysis • “What’s wrong with EJB 2.0 Specification ?” by Tyler Jewell , February 28th 2001 [9] • An article on the O’Reilly Network • This article lists a few reasons--why things are not alright • dependent objects. • Lack of support for fine grained objects • Some other inconsistencies. • Also new suggestions not implemented by container vendors. • Suggests the removal of dependent objects completely !!

  43. References [1] Professional Java Server Programming J2EE edition. (Wrox Press Ltd. ) September 2000. Chapters 18,19,20,23 [2] The EJB home page at Sun Microsystems http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/ [3] http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/news.html [4] Monson-Haefel R. “Read all about EJB 2.0 “An article. http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-06-2000/jw-0609-ejb.html [5]EJB fundamentals short course by JGuru http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/EJBIntro/EJBIntro.html CONTINUED…..

  44. Conclusion and References [6]Johnson M. “A beginner's guide to Enterprise JavaBeans” .(article) http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-10-1998/jw-10-beans.html [7]EJB 2.0 specification http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/docs.html [8] Wutka. M, “Whats new in EJB 2.0”( article) http://www.informit.com [9]Jewell T. “Whats wrong with the EJB 2 Specification?”. (Article) . The O’Reilly network. http://onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2001/02/28/ejb.html --------------------------------------*****--------------------------------------

  45. THANK YOU Questions , Comments, Criticisms may be sent to vijay@csee.wvu.edu vanandb@hotmail.com

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