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Introduction and Roadmap
RSS.This section describes the contents and organization of this guide—Programming Enterprise JavaBeans, Version 3.0, for Oracle WebLogic Server.
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Section 1.1, Document Scope and Audience
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Section 1.2, Guide to this Document
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Section 1.3, Related Documentation
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Section 1.4, Comprehensive Example for the EJB 3.0 Developer
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Section 1.5, New and Changed Features in this Release
1.1 Document Scope and Audience
This document is a resource for software developers who develop applications that include WebLogic Server Enterprise JavaBeans EJBs, Version 3.0.
The document mostly discusses the new EJB 3.0 programming model, in particular the use of metadata annotations to simplify development. The document briefly discusses
the main differences between EJB 3.0 and 2.X for users who are familiar with programming EJB 2.X and want to know why they might want to use the new 3.0
programming model.
This document does not address EJB topics that are the same between versions 2.X and 3.0, such as design considerations, EJB container architecture, deployment descriptor
use, and so on. This document also does not address production phase administration, monitoring, or performance tuning. For links to WebLogic Server documentation and
resources for these topics, see
Section 1.3, Related Documentation. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with Java Platform, Enterprise Edition Java
EE Version 5 and EJB 2.X concepts.
1.2 Guide to this Document
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This chapter, Chapter 1, Introduction and Roadmap,
introduces the organization of this guide.
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Chapter 2, Understanding Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, provides an overview of the
new EJB 3.0 features and programming model, as well as a brief description of the differences between EJB 3.0 and 2.X.
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Chapter 3, Simple Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 Examples, provides simple examples
of programming EJBs using the new metadata annotations specified by EJB 3.0.
1-2 Programming Enterprise JavaBeans, Version 3.0, for Oracle WebLogic Server
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Chapter 4, Iterative Development of Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0, describes the EJB
implementation process, and provides guidance for how to get an EJB up and running in WebLogic Server.
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Chapter 5, Programming the Annotated EJB 3.0 Class, describes the
requirements and typical steps when programming the EJB bean class that contains the metadata annotations.
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Chapter 6, Using Oracle TopLink with Oracle WebLogic Server, provides an
overview of developing an Oracle TopLink application using Oracle WebLogic Server.
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Chapter 7, Using Oracle Kodo with WebLogic Server, describes how to use
Oracle Kodo to create entity beans. Oracle Kodo is a product that provides the implementation of the Java Persistence API section of the EJB 3.0 specification, as
well as other persistence-related technologies such as Java Data Objects JDO.
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Appendix A, EJB 3.0 Metadata Annotations Reference, provides reference
information for the EJB 3.0 metadata annotations, as well as information about standard metadata annotations that are used by EJB.
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Appendix B, Persistence Configuration Schema Reference, provides reference
information for the persistence configuration schema.
1.3 Related Documentation
