Allen & Bambara Book - case study different

[Rudi Vaum]

Hy Allen , hy Bambara
I have just bought your book,
beeing primarily interested in the case study you have, as I prepare for the 2nd part of the SCEA exam.
I have noticed that you have quite a different aproach to Mark Cade's book, as you have some very very detailed class diagrams, and no seq. diagrams. Is this case study intended as a example to complete by the reader?
is there some additional info on the CD?
Thanx a lot
Rudi
SCJP, SCEA I

[wilfred]

Does that book covers all objects in SCEA? and what mainly focus on?

[Rudi Vaum]

Well, it is kind of heavy..
would i be studying for part I, i would certainly wanna have it. i guess it covers all you need for that, indicating best practices..
i read some negative reviews prior to buying it, saying that it has not much to offer, if you know the technology.
but i still think it is good for part I.

.. however, it is somewhat... tricky for part II . the case study is.. different
i don't know if it fits the expectations of sun - a design exercise should not be filled with such detail:
for instance - the class digrams are separate "photos" of the EJBs, containing methods like: ejbActivate(), ejbPassivate() and showing dependencies to classes like: java.lang.System, java.lang.Object

no, i definitelly do not like that
[ May 21, 2003: Message edited by: Rudi Vaum ]

[Ajith Kallambella]

...and the component diagrams covered by Cade book is far more superior and detail oriented.
Since I have not submitted my Part II assignment, I cannot speak for how much detail is expected by Sun, but from what I have read in the assignment description, one has to explicitly represent EJBs, JSPs and other "significant" serverside components in the component diagram. I was disappointed to note that case study covered by Allen&Bambara book doesn't fit the bill....

[Frank Zheng]

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[Ashik Uzzaman]

I think its better if we take the good parts of both Allen and Cade's books and use them accordingly as SCEA is a really expensive exam.