Other EJB Features

So far, we've seen the major components that make up Enterprise JavaBeans, including the classes, deployment descriptors, and ways to deploy the beans in a WebLogic EJB container. Now let's briefly look over some of the other features that form an integral part of the EJB specifications.

EJB Security

WebLogic Server provides several security features, which are used by your application in conjunction with the application's security model. The security model is defined by using the appropriate attributes of the deployment descriptors we covered earlier in the chapter. WebLogic Server's security features are based on the concept of security roles. A security role represents the function played by a user in the application context. ...

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