You've used EJB in the past and been disappointed - it was too heavy and difficult to use. Like Bruce Tate, maybe you've gone from "Bitter" to "Better, Faster, Lighter". With EJB 3 shipping in early 2006, maybe it's time to take another look. We'll compare EJB 3 with alternative frameworks - Spring and Hibernate - to see if EJB 3 has closed the gap.

Spring and Hibernate seem to fill the void left by previous J2EE specifications - the need for simple development, deployment, and testing. The EJB spec committee listened to the Spring and Hibernate communities, and the result is EJB 3. But does it deliver? With the widespread use of Spring and Hibernate, does EJB 3 matter anymore?

If you're curious about these issues, this talk is for you. This presentation covers:

• Architecture Overview
• Architectural Issues (Transactions, Connection Pooling, Configuration)
• The Problems with EJB 2.1 (and earlier)
• Improvements in EJB 3
• EJB 3 limitations
• Spring - Everything You Always Wanted
• Session Beans versus Spring Beans
• Hibernate
• CMP Entity Beans versus Hibernate
• What Spring and Hibernate don't have
• Testability Issues - In-Container & Out-of-Container
  

We'll walk through each issue and debate the pros and cons. Just like an eye doctor appointment, we'll try to answer - "Which is better: technology 1 or 2?"

Intended audience: Experienced Java/J2EE/Spring/Hibernate developers and architects

Have you wasted time writing lots of security-based code and ever wondered if there's a better way to add security to your application? Are you confused by declarative security? Have you read about JAAS (Java Authentication and Authorization Service) but wondered where it fits? Have you ever said, "Can I just see a working example"? If so, then this talk is for you.

If you're looking to restrict access to resources based on user roles, then J2EE declarative security is for you. You'll learn how to protect web pages and business logic without adding a single line of Java code to your business logic.
This presentation covers:

• J2EE Security Overview
• Web-based Security
• Protecting Access to Web-based Resources
• JAAS Overview
• Integrating JAAS with J2EE Security
• Configuring JAAS with JBoss and Tomcat
• Using Programmatic Security
• Integrating web-based security with business logic
  

We use Ant and XDoclet to deploy a simple J2EE-based web site using JSPs, Servlets, and EJBs. We will secure the application in an iterative style. We use JBoss as the reference implementation, but the core techniques shown here are applicable to any J2EE 1.4 application server.

Intended audience: Experienced Java/J2EE developers

Have you tried to deploy J2EE Web Services and thrown up your hands in frustration at the lack of tool support? Do you want to know how to develop and deploy Java EE-compliant Web Services so that they work every time? Would you like to see how to develop/deploy Web Services in Spring with XFire? Are you wondering if SOA is just hype and fluff? Do you think SOA is just marketing's re-packaging of Web Services? Would you like to know how Web Services and SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) fit together? If so, then this talk is for you.

The new Java EE 5 Web Services standard and Spring/XFire were both designed for interoperability and simplicity. We'll show how to develop a POJO (Plain Old Java Object) as a Web Service using each technology stack. We'll also show how to design Web Services and how this fits with SOA. This presentation covers:
* Web Services Overview * Business Reasons for Using Web Services * Java EE 5 and Web Services (including Java EE 5 annotations) * Implementing/Deploying a Java EE 5 Web Service * Implementing/Deploying a Spring/XFire Web Service * Developing a Web Service Client * Web Services Architecture and SOA

Intended audience: Experienced Java/EE architects & developers