Name

<ejb-ref>

Synopsis

The <ejb-ref> element is used to declare a remote EJB reference used by the application.

Syntax

<ejb-ref>
  [<description [xml:lang="lang"]>description</description>]*
  <ejb-ref-name>ejbRefName</ejb-ref-name>
  <ejb-ref-type>Entity|Session</ejb-ref-type>
  <home>homeInterfaceName</home>
  <remote>remoteInterfaceName</remote>
  [<ejb-link>linkedEJBName</ejb-link>]
</ejb-ref>

In a J2EE-compliant container, the <ejb-ref> element is used to declare EJB objects. The name (JNDI path), type (Entity or Session), home, and remote interface class names must be specified with the <ejb-ref-name>, <ejb-ref-type>, <home>, and <remote> elements:

<ejb-ref>
  <ejb-ref-name>ejb/Payroll</ejb-ref-name>
  <ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type>
  <home>com.mycomp.PayrollHome</home>
  <remote>com.mycomp.Payroll</remote>
</ejb-ref>

An optional <ejb-link> element can be used to uniquely identify a specific bean if more than one EJB has the same name. In addition, an optional <description> element can be used to add a description of the EJB.

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