The example application is a web-based auction house written for the Enterprise JavaBeans^TM platform. The user interface is a set of HTML pages that get input from and show information to the user. Behind the HTML pages is a servlet that passes data between the browser and the Enterprise JavaBeans server. The Enterprise JavaBeans server handles reading from and writing to the database.

This chapter describes the application code, how it works with the Enterprise JavaBeans server, and where to get a Enterprise JavaBeans server to run the example. Or, if you prefer, here is an example mockup for the auction application.

• A Multi-Tiered Application with Enterprise Beans
• Entity and Session Beans
• Examining a Container-Managed Bean
• Container-Managed finder Methods

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Topic	Section
A Multi-Tiered Applications with Enterprise Beans	Enterprise Beans Defined Entity and Session Beans Auction House Workings Developing and Running Applications How Multitiered Applications Work
Entity and Session Beans	Auction Servlet Entity Beans Session Beans Container Classes
Examining a Container-Managed Bean	Member Variables Create Method Entity Context Methods Load Method Store Method Connection Pooling Deployment Descriptor
Container-Managed finder Methods	AuctionServlet.searchItems BidderBean.getMatchingItemsList AuctionItemHome.findAllMatchingItems AuctionItemBean Deployment Descriptor