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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cattell, R. G. G. (Roderic Geoffrey Galton)

J2EE technology in practice : building business applications with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise edition / Rick Cattell and Jim Inscore.

p. cm. -- (The Java series)

ISBN 0-201-74622-0

1. Java (Computer program language) 2. Business--Data processing. I. Inscore, Jim. II. Title. III. Series.

QA76.73.J38 C38 2001

005.2'762--dc21 2001022848

Text printed on recycled paper.

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First printing, June 2001