| Acknowledgments | p. xxi |
| Preface | p. xxiii |
| Introduction | p. xxvii |
| Sun Certification for Enterprise Architect | p. 1 |
| Widespread Capabilities for Application Development | p. 3 |
| Java Is the Glue That Binds the Application Development Process | p. 4 |
| Companies Increasingly Need the Internet to Compete | p. 5 |
| Challenges of Application Development for the Enterprise | p. 6 |
| Design Goals of J2EE Architecture | p. 9 |
| Sun Certified Enterprise Architect Distinguishes the Java Professional | p. 12 |
| General SCEA Test Preparation Tips | p. 17 |
| Common Architectures and Protocols | p. 21 |
| Types of Architecture | p. 23 |
| Architectural Design and Principles | p. 27 |
| Architectural Terminology | p. 33 |
| Principles of Architecture | p. 36 |
| Creating an Architecture Using Distributed Services and J2EE | p. 46 |
| J2EE APIs and Certification | p. 58 |
| XML and J2EE | p. 60 |
| Distributed Programming Services | p. 66 |
| Given an Architecture Described in Terms of Network Layout, List Benefits and Potential Weaknesses Associated with It | p. 70 |
| Q&A | p. 76 |
| Object-Oriented Analysis and Design | p. 79 |
| Analysis and Design of Object-Oriented Architecture | p. 80 |
| Project Lifecycle | p. 82 |
| Unified Modeling Language | p. 85 |
| Q&A | p. 113 |
| Applicability of J2EE Technology | p. 121 |
| Explain the J2EE Architecture and System Requirements | p. 122 |
| Explain the Use of Patterns in the J2EE Framework | p. 140 |
| Describe the Concepts of "Best Practices" and "Guidelines" | p. 145 |
| Illustrate the Use of J2EE for Workflow | p. 148 |
| Review Best Practices Applicable for All Tiers | p. 158 |
| Review Best Practices for the Client Tier | p. 159 |
| Enumerate the Components and Categories of the Web Tier | p. 159 |
| Explain How to Apply MVC to the Web Tier | p. 160 |
| Review the Best Practices for the Presentation Layer | p. 160 |
| Review the Internationalization and Localization | p. 162 |
| The EJB Tier | p. 163 |
| Illustrate When to Use of J2EE Technology Use for Given Situations | p. 172 |
| Security | p. 177 |
| Q&A | p. 191 |
| Design Patterns | p. 201 |
| Identify the Benefits of Using Design Patterns | p. 203 |
| Identify the Most Appropriate Design Pattern for a Given Scenario | p. 206 |
| State the Name of a Gamma et al. Design Pattern Given the UML Diagram and/or a Brief Description of the Pattern's Functionality | p. 281 |
| Identify Benefits of a Specified Gamma et al. Design Pattern | p. 284 |
| Identify the Gamma et al. Design Pattern Associated with a Specified J2EE Technology Feature | p. 286 |
| Q&A | p. 292 |
| Legacy Connectivity | p. 301 |
| Introduction to Legacy Connectivity | p. 302 |
| Java Connector Architecture | p. 314 |
| Distinguish Appropriate from Inappropriate Techniques for Providing Access to a Legacy System from Java Technology Code Given an Outline Description of That Legacy System | p. 334 |
| Q&A | p. 345 |
| Enterprise JavaBeans and the EJB Container Model | p. 349 |
| List the Required Classes/Interfaces That Must Be Provided for an Enterprise JavaBeans Component | p. 351 |
| Distinguish Between Session and Entity Beans | p. 353 |
| Recognize Appropriate Uses for Entity, Stateful Session, and Stateless Session Beans | p. 355 |
| Distinguish Between Stateful and Stateless Session Beans | p. 356 |
| State the Benefits and Costs of Container-Managed Persistence | p. 407 |
| State the Transactional Behavior in a Given Scenario for an Enterprise Bean Method with a Specified Transactional Attributed as Defined in the Deployment Descriptor | p. 417 |
| Given a Requirement Specification Detailing Security and Flexibility Needs, Identify Architectures that Would Fulfill Those Requirements | p. 421 |
| Identify Costs and Benefits of Using an Intermediate Data Access Object Between an Entity Bean and the Data Resource | p. 429 |
| State the Benefits of Bean Pooling in an EJB Container | p. 430 |
| Explain How the Enterprise JavaBeans Container Does Lifecycle Management and Has the Capability to Increase Scalability | p. 431 |
| Q&A | p. 438 |
| Messaging | p. 447 |
| Messaging Basics | p. 448 |
| Identify Scenarios That Are Appropriate to Implementation Using Messaging | p. 451 |
| List Benefits of Synchronous and Asynchronous Messaging | p. 452 |
| Identify Scenarios That Are More Appropriate to Implementation Using Asynchronous Messaging, Rather Than Synchronous | p. 452 |
| Identify Scenarios That Are More Appropriate to Implementation Using Synchronous Messaging, Rather Than Asynchronous | p. 453 |
| Java Message Service | p. 454 |
| Identify Scenarios That Are Appropriate to Implementation Using Messaging, Enterprise JavaBeans Technology, or Both | p. 480 |
| Q&A | p. 484 |
| Internationalization and Localization | p. 491 |
| State Three Aspects of Any Application That Might Need to Be Varied or Customized in Different Deployment Locales | p. 492 |
| List Three Features of the Java Programming Language That Can Be Used to Create an Internationalizable/Localizable Application | p. 494 |
| Q&A | p. 512 |
| Security | p. 519 |
| Security | p. 520 |
| Identify Security Restrictions That Java 2 Technology Environments Normally Impose on Applets Running in a Browser | p. 523 |
| Given an Architectural System Specification, Identify Appropriate Locations for Implementation of Specified Security Features and Select Suitable Technologies for Implementation of Those Features | p. 525 |
| Q&A | p. 549 |
| Case Study: Overview of Securities Trading System | p. 555 |
| The Case Study Infrastructure | p. 556 |
| Model and Develop the Case Study | p. 560 |
| Trade System Design and Implementation | p. 573 |
| Glossary | p. 583 |
| About the CD | p. 597 |
| System Requirements | p. 598 |
| Code on the CD | p. 598 |
| Installing and Running MasterExam | p. 598 |
| MasterExam | p. 599 |
| Electronic Book | p. 599 |
| Help | p. 599 |
| Removing Installation(s) | p. 599 |
| Technical Support | p. 599 |
| LearnKey Technical Support | p. 600 |
| LearnKey Online Training | p. 600 |
| Index | p. 601 |
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