About Enterprise Beans

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Written in the Java programming language, an enterprise bean is a server-side component that encapsulates the business logic of an application. The business logic is the code that fulfills the purpose of the application. In an inventory control application, for example, the enterprise beans might implement the business logic in methods called checkInventoryLevel and orderProduct. By invoking these methods, remote clients can access the inventory services provided by the application.

Enterprise beans provide the following advantages when developing large, distributed applications:

You can develop the following types of enterprise beans:

See Also
Creating an EJB Module Project
Creating an Enterprise Bean
Defining a Business Method
Building an EJB Module
Deploying an EJB Module

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