Students who can benefit from this course are Sun Certified Java technology programmers who want to develop enterprise applications that conform to the Java EE platform standards.

• Experienced with the Java programming language
• Familiar with distributed programming (multi-tier architecture)
• Familiar with relational database theory and the basics of structured query language (SQL)
• Familiar with component technology

• Describe the application model for the Java EE platform and the context for the model
• Develop and run an EJB technology application
• Develop a web-based user interface to an EJB technology application
• Develop simple web services for the Java EE platform
• Configure the Java EE platform services layer

Module 1 - Placing the Java EE Model in Context

• Describe the needs of enterprise applications and describe how Java EE 5 technology addresses these needs
• Describe the Java EE 5 platform application programming interfaces (APIs) and supporting services
• Describe the Java EE platform tiers and architectures
• Describe how to simplify Java EE application development using architecture patterns

Module 2 - Java EE Component Model and Development Steps

• Describe the principles of a component-based development model
• Describe the asynchronous communication model
• Describe the process used and roles involved when developing and executing a Java EE application
• Compare the different methods and tools available for developing a Java EE application and related components
• Describe how to configure and package Java EE applications

Module 3 - Web Component Model

• Describe the role of web components in a Java EE application
• Define the HTTP request-response model
• Compare Java servlets and components and JSP components
• Describe the basic session management strategies
• Manage thread safety issues in web components
• Describe the purpose of web-tier design patterns

Module 4 - Developing Servlets

• Describe the servlet API
• Use the request and response APIs
• Forward control and pass data
• Use the session management API

Module 5 - Developing With JavaServer Pages Technology

• Evaluate the role of JSP technology as a presentation mechanism
• Author JSP pages
• Process data received from servlets in a JSP page
• Describe the use of tag libraries

Module 6 - EJB Component Model

• Describe the role of EJB components in a Java EE application
• Describe the EJB component model
• Identify the proper terminology to use when discussing EJB components and their elements

Module 7 - Implementing EJB 3.0 Session Beans

• Compare stateless and stateful behavior
• Describe the operational characteristics of a stateless session bean
• Describe the operational characteristics of a stateful session bean
• Create session beans
• Package and deploy session beans
• Create a session bean client

Module 8 - The Java Persistence API

• Describe the role of the Java Persistence API (JPA) in a Java EE application
• Describe the basics of Object Relational Mapping
• Describe the elements and environment of an Entity component
• Describe the life cycle and operational characteristics of Entity components

Module 9 - Implementing a Transaction Policy

• Describe transaction semantics
• Compare programmatic and declarative transaction scoping
• Use the Java Transaction API (JTA) to scope transactions programmatically
• Implement a container-managed transaction policy
• Support optimistic locking with the versioning of entity components
• Predict the effect of transaction scope on application performance
• Describe the effect of exceptions on transaction state

Module 10 - Developing Java EE Applications Using Messaging

• Describe JMS technology
• Create a queue message producer
• Create a synchronous message consumer
• Create an asynchronous message consumer
• List the capabilities and limitations of EJB components as messaging clients

Module 11 - Developing Message-Driven Beans

• Describe the properties and life cycle of message-driven beans
• Create a JMS message-driven bean
• Create lifecycle event handlers for a JMS message-driven bean

Module 12 - Web Service Model

• Describe the role of web services
• List the specifications used to make web services platform independent
• Describe the Java APIs used for XML processing and web services

Module 13 - Implementing Java EE Web Services with JAX-WS

• Describe endpoints supported by the Java EE 5 platform
• Describe the requirements of JAX-WS Servlet Endpoints
• Describe the requirements of JAX-WS EJB Endpoints
• Develop Web Service Clients

Module 14 - Implementing a Security Policy

• Exploit container-managed security
• Define user roles and responsibilities
• Create a role-based security policy
• Use the security API
• Configure authentication in the web tier