Introduction.

Chapter 1: Why “J2EE without EJB”?

Chapter 2: Goals.

Chapter 3: Architectures.

Chapter 4: The Simplicity Dividend.

Chapter 5: EJB, Five Years On.

Chapter 6: Lightweight Containers and Inversion of Control.

Chapter 7: Introducing the Spring Framework.

Chapter 8: Declarative Middleware Using AOP Concepts.

Chapter 9: Transaction Management.

Chapter 10: Persistence.

Chapter 11: Remoting.

Chapter 12: Replacing Other EJB Services.

Chapter 13: Web Tier Design.

Chapter 14: Unit Testing and Testability.

Chapter 15: Performance and Scalability.

Chapter 16: The Sample Application.

Chapter 17: Conclusion.

Last words.

Index.