The objectives given for the Architect exam on Sun�s Web site are very vague, and it is difficult for people to gain sufficient confidence to sit the exam when it is so unclear precisely what material needs to be covered.
In addition to background reading on any of the technologies mentioned in
J2EE, I would particularly recommend:
Learning about RMI architecture and features
Learning about CORBA architecture and features
Learning about EJB architecture and features (probably a good idea to read about JavaBeans first!)
Learning about
JDBC architecture (and its relationship with SQL).
Learn a little about OODBMSs and OQL.
Whitepapers available via Sun�s Web site should be quite a help with this.
Book
I recommend �Client/Server Programming with
Java and CORBA� by Robert Orfali and Dan Harkey to be very helpful reading.
[This message has been edited by Anil Vupputuri (edited February 23, 2001).]