Java programming experts Stephen Asbury and Scott Weiner are back! This new edition of their bestselling classic is updated to provide developers with the most thorough examination of J2EE, the latest version of the Java enterprise libraries. The book is formatted to introduce each technology across a number of chapters, complete with discussions on EJB, JSP, servlets, CORBA, RMI, XML, JavaMail, and brief introductions to JAAS and Connectors. YouТll also get two, real-world enterprise applications that demonstrate the skills needed to use the technologies described in the book. YouТll gain insight on such topics as: Enterprise JavaBeansЦincluding the new Message driven-beans and container managed persistence (CMP); Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) information on naming and directory services, and how JNDI accesses them; Programming servlets and JavaServer PagesЦincluding creating custom tag libraries; Java Messaging Service (JMS) including how you use it to create applications with asynchronous and synchronous requirements; When to use each technology and general guidelines for making your decisions. The CD-ROM includes over 75 complete programs with source code ranging from small, targeted examples to an online store using EJB and a message hospital for JMS. YouТll also find a link to the authorsТ Web site, which contains up-to- the-minute information about updates to J2EE.