EJB Deployment Descriptor Options

Although the EJB deployment descriptors you have seen so far are short, the descriptor can contain quite a few tags. Many of these tags relate to container-managed persistence, and others relate to transaction control and security.

General Options

The general options for a bean let you specify various aspects of the bean that are common across all types of EJBs. Most of the general options involve various names, descriptions, and icons associated with the bean.

description

The <description> tag is a general text item used to describe a particular element. It can be used with many tags in the deployment descriptor. The general rule of thumb for description use is that if the tag normally contains other tags, you ...

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