Java Database Best Practices

Unlike other books on this topic, which focus on a single way to do things, Java Database Best Practices takes you through a wide variety of different ways to store and access data, enabling you to learn which "persistence model" is most appropriate for each type of application. This unique book covers Enterprise JavaBeans, Java Data Objects, the Java Database Connectivity API (JDBC) and other, lesser-known options

Table of Contents

Preface 


Part I. Data Architecture
1. Elements of Database Applications

      Database Application Architectures 

      Component Models 

      Persistence Models 

2. Relational Data Architecture

      Relational Concepts 

      Modeling 

      Normalization 

      Denormalization 

      Object-Relational Mapping 

3. Transaction Management

      Transactions 

      Concurrency 

      JDBC Transaction Management 

      Transaction Management Paradigms 


Part II. Persistence Models

4. Persistence Fundamentals

      Patterns of Persistence 

      A Guest Book Application 

5. EJB CMP

      Which CMP Model to Use? 

      The EJB 1.0 CMP Model 

      The EJB 2.0 CMP Model 

      Beyond CMP 

6. EJB BMP

      EJBs Revisited 

      BMP Patterns 

      State Management 

      Exception Handling 

7. JDO Persistence

      JDO or EJB? 

      Basic JDO Persistence 

      EJB BMP with JDO 

8. Alternative Persistence Frameworks

      Why Alternative Frameworks? 

      Persistence Approach 

      Persistence Operations 

      Searches 

      Beyond the Basics 


Part III. Tutorials

9. J2EE Basics

      The Platform 

      Java Naming and Directory Interface 

      JavaServer Pages 

      Remote Method Invocation 

      Enterprise JavaBeans 

10. SQL

      Background 

      Database Creation 

      Table Management 

      Data Management 

11. JDBC

      Architecture 

      Simple Database Access 

      Advanced JDBC 

12. JDO

      Architecture 

      Enhancement 

      Queries 

      Changes 

      Transactions 

      Inheritance 


Index