Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE study guide

✍ Scribed by Cade, Mark;Sheil, Humphrey

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 213
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Definitive, Comprehensive SCEA Exam Prep-Straight from Sun's Exam Developers!This book delivers complete, focused review for Sun's new Sun Certified Enterprise Architect (SCEA) for Java EE certification exam-straight from two of the exam's creators! SCEA lead developer/assessor Mark Cade and SCEA lead developer/assessor Humphrey Sheil offer powerful insights, real-world architectural case studies, and challenging sample questions that systematically prepare you for the actual exam. For every question, the authors show why the right answers are right-and why the other answers are wrong. Cade and Sheil cover every SCEA exam topic, skill, and technique, including:
Understanding system architecture and its goals
Decomposing larger systems into components organized by tiers or layers
Addressing requirements for scalability, maintainability, reliability, availability, extensibility, performance, and security
Building effective web (presentation) tiers, and analyzing tradeoffs associated with using web frameworks
Leveraging EJB 3's enhancements for business tier development
Covering new enhancements in the JEE 5 platform
Choosing and architecting the best integration and messaging components for your system
Using the Java security model to enforce confidentiality, integrity, authorization, authentication, and non-repudiation
Using the most powerful and useful Java EE architecture patterns
Documenting Java EE architectures through visual models and narratives The authors also present detailed guidance for handling every element of the SCEA exam-including your development and defense of a complete real-world architectural solution.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 16
About the Authors......Page 18
Prerequisite Review......Page 20
Understanding Architecture......Page 21
Role of the Architect......Page 24
More Detail on the Exam Itself......Page 25
Part I: Multiple Choice......Page 26
Part II: Solving the Business Problem......Page 27
Part III: Defending Your Solution......Page 28
Preparing for Part I......Page 29
Review Your Progress......Page 30
Introduction......Page 32
Decomposition Strategies......Page 33
Tiers......Page 36
Layers......Page 37
Service-Level Requirements......Page 39
Impact of Dimensions on Service-Level Requirements......Page 42
Common Practices for Improving Service-Level Requirements......Page 43
Tiers in Architecture......Page 49
Three- and Multi-Tier Systems......Page 50
Essential Points......Page 51
Review Your Progress......Page 52
Introduction......Page 54
Web Container......Page 55
Servlets......Page 56
Filters......Page 57
JavaServer Pages (JSP)......Page 58
Managing Sessions......Page 59
Templating Frameworks......Page 60
JSPs and Servlets—Standard Uses......Page 61
Web-Centric Implementations......Page 62
EJB-Centric Implementations......Page 63
Rationale for Choosing Between EJB-Centric and Web-Centric Implementations......Page 64
Essential Points......Page 65
Review Your Progress......Page 66
Introduction......Page 70
Prerequisite Review......Page 71
Enterprise Java Bean......Page 72
Session Bean......Page 73
CMP Entity Bean......Page 75
Entity Class......Page 76
Message-Driven Bean......Page 77
EJB Advantages and Disadvantages......Page 78
Contrasting Persistence Strategies......Page 79
EJB and Web Services......Page 80
EJB 3......Page 81
Essential Points......Page 83
Review Your Progress......Page 84
Introduction......Page 88
Prerequisite Review......Page 89
SOAP......Page 90
JAXB......Page 91
JMS......Page 92
JCA......Page 93
Java to Java Integration......Page 94
Java to Non-Java Integration......Page 95
Review Your Progress......Page 97
Introduction......Page 102
Prerequisite Review......Page 103
Credential......Page 104
Discussion......Page 105
Client-Side Security......Page 106
Server-Side Security......Page 107
How Security Behavior Is Defined......Page 110
Commonly Encountered Security Threats......Page 112
Defining a Security Model......Page 113
Review Your Progress......Page 114
Introduction......Page 118
Prerequisite Review......Page 119
Creational Patterns......Page 120
Structural Patterns......Page 126
Behavioral Patterns......Page 134
Presentation Tier......Page 145
Business Tier......Page 151
Integration Tier......Page 158
Essential Points......Page 162
Review Your Progress......Page 165
Prerequisite Review......Page 168
Building Blocks of UML......Page 169
Common Mechanisms......Page 174
Structure Diagrams......Page 176
Behavior Diagrams......Page 179
Interaction Diagrams......Page 182
Review Your Progress......Page 183
Prerequisite Review......Page 186
Scenario......Page 187
Class Diagram......Page 189
Component Diagram......Page 192
Deployment Diagram......Page 193
Sequence Diagrams......Page 195
Identified Risks and Mitigations......Page 197
Part III—Defending Your Architecture......Page 198
Essential Points......Page 199
B......Page 200
C......Page 201
D......Page 202
E......Page 203
G......Page 204
M......Page 205
O–P......Page 206
S......Page 207
T......Page 208
W–Z......Page 209