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“…The Persistence technology chapters cover the Java Persistence API, which is used for accessing databases from Java EE applications. …”

“…Java Management Extensions is a practical, hands-on guide to using the JMX APIs, Sun Microsystem's new Java-based tool for managing enterprise applications. …”

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“…The main part of the book concludes with a discussion of z/TPF in an open systems environment, including examples of lightweight implementations to fit z/TPF, such as the HTTP server for the z/TP..…”

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