Introduction to Enterprise JavaBeans

The EJB specification is at the very core of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) platform. It defines a comprehensive component model for building scalable, distributed server-based enterprise Java application components.

The main ideas behind the EJB specification are to:

  • Enable third parties, such as application server vendors, to provide as much of the commonly required underlying infrastructure (such as dis tributed communication, security, transactions, etc.) as possible in a uniform manner, thereby significantly simplifying the task of the distributed application developer.

  • Provide the means to create reusable components that can be shared across platforms to reduce the overall development ...

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