Hi Vijay,
I bought:
a)
Java 2: Network Security By: Marco Pistoia, et al
b) Designing Enterprise Applications with the Java 2 Platform:
Enterprise Edition By: Nicholas Kassem
c) Java 2 Enterprise Edition Specifications
By: Bill Shannon, et al
I used Pistoia as a reference maybe reading 20 pages. I read about 1/2 of Kassem. The last book I didn't read - It is too detailed.
My site is just the notes I made. The protocols page is a bit too detailed. I spent a lot of time learning
patterns, learning UML is very important (class & interaction diagrams) & this is not mentioned in the Sun guide. My pages on Messaging, Internationisation and Security are a good for this exam.
My other stuff
you should read and nod your head. If you dont know it - look it up on the internet. Remember this exam does not contain any code snippets or ask you to name method signatures (like the Programmers exam), so it's mostly about knowing the
J2EE model and being able to apply it to problem scenarios. So a typical question will give details of a legacy system (including firewall features), details of the requirements and ask you if you about the bean types, messaging system, port numbers,
applet security,etc etc..
I think Kassem is available to download from the Sun website (I think its called 'Blueprints') so really you don't need to buy any books at all :-)
The only additional hints I would give you are knowing what things like screen scrapers, MQSeries, VT100, ODBMS etc are. You dont need to know how they work - just what they are.
Wish you luck!
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