The Java 2 Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE TM) offers great promise for dramatically improving the way that enterprise applications are built, and organizations that have adopted the J2EE are gaining a competitive advantage. The industry-standard Unified Modeling Language (UML) has helped countless organizations achieve software success through visual modeling. Together, the UML and J2EE form a powerful set of tools, but the intricacies involved with using them in tandem are considerable.
While UML is highly effective for specifying, designing, constructing, visualizing, and documenting software systems, J2EE offers enterprise developers a simplified, component-based approach to application development. However, when using the two technologies together, developers must first consider--and attempt to reconcile--the different characteristics of each.
Developing Enterprise Java Applications with J2EE TM and UML examines the best ways to jointly leverage these technologies. Exploring concrete methods for completing a successful development project, the authors cover the use of UML and J2EE in detail. Using practical examples and a case study, they illustrate the pros and cons of specific design approaches, show how personal experience can affect design decisions, and demonstrate proven approaches for building better, software faster.
With this book as a guide, developers will be able to overcome the challenges in using UML and J2EE together, and be on their way to building robust, scalable, and complex applications.
About the Author
Khawar Ahmed is a member of the Rational Rose team at Rational Software Corporation. He assists internal and external customers of Rational Rose with the use of UML and Rational Rose in the areas of Java, J2EE, XML, and Web modeling. He has over eleven years of software development experience and has been using visual modeling since the early 1990s.
Cary Umrysh has over twelve years of experience in object-oriented software development. Formerly a Rational Rose development manager and product manager at Rational Software Corporation, he is currently managing development teams for several key Enterprise Java software systems for use in the energy industry.
