11.2. Installing an EJB into a container

After you have developed your Enterprise JavaBeans, they need to be installed into an EJB container so that you can run them. Words such as “install” and “deploy” have very similar connotations in everyday speech. In the context of EJBs in WebSphere, “deploy” has a specific meaning that we will explain as we examine the installation process.

We assume that we are starting with an EJB JAR file, which contains only the EJB home and remote interfaces and the EJB implementation class.

Figure 269 on page 401 shows the three steps in the installation process.

Figure 269. EJB deployment process

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