17.1. The Java EE 5.0 programming model
Java EE 5.0 is significantly easier to use and much more powerful than its predecessors. Two specifications of the Java EE 5.0 platform that are most relevant for web application developers are JSF and EJB 3.0.
What's so great about JSF and EJB 3.0? We first highlight major concepts and features in each specification. You'll then write a small example with JSF and EJB 3.0 and compare it to the old way of writing web applications in Java (think Struts and EJB 2.x). After that, we'll focus on the issues that are still present and how Seam can make JSF and EJB 3.0 an even more powerful and convenient combination.
Note that it's impossible to cover all of JSF and EJB 3.0 in this chapter. We recommend that ...
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