The EJB Deployment Descriptor

At the center of all declarative programming is the DD. As a developer, we need to be aware of the instructions that can be made through this document so it is worthwhile to take a look at these entries at this point. The following sections detail the DD entries based on the EJB roles that should be making the entry.

Bean Provider Entries

Per the EJB specification, various pieces of structural information, basic information about how the application server should create the bean, should be entered by the bean provider. The more common of these entries are listed in Table 25-1.

Table 25-1. Common EJB Structural DD Elements
EntryElementDescription
EJB nameejb-nameThe name of the EJB. Note that this is the name the EJB ...

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