Deploying An Enterprise Java Bean
  • EJB's are distributed in the form of JAR files
  • Unlike a typical JAR files, the programmer does not use the classes in the EJB JAR file directly
    • The JAR files must be deployed to an EJB container
    • Deployment varies widely between different EJB implementations
      • Inprise's Application Server has a visual interface that shows deployed bean types, interfaces etc.
      • Enhydra Enterprise (alpha release, Open Source) has no deployment tool at all, just explode the JAR file in the right place and run the server
  • Once a bean (set of beans) has been deployed, its home objects should be visible in the JNDI

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