Deployment descriptor reference - EJB 3 in Action - page 625

A.1.2. <enterprise-beans>

The <enterprise-beans> tag is used to define EJBs in an EJB-JAR module. You can
use <session> or <message-driven> subtags to define session or message-driven
beans.

<session>

The <session> tag is used to define a session bean:

<ejb-jar...>
<enterprise-beans>
<session>...</session>
</enterprise-beans>
</ejb-jar>

The corresponding annotation is @Session . Table A.1 describes the tags to configure
<session> .

Table A.1. Tags to configure <session>

Tag name Description

A logical name for the session bean. Property "name" of
@Stateless or @Stateful annotation.

ejb-name

A vendor-specific name for the bean. Property "mapped-
Name" of the @Stateless or @Stateful annotation.

mapped-name

remote Remote interface for the EJB: @Remote.

local Local interface of the EJB: @Local.

Web service endpoint interface for the EJB. Applies only to
stateless beans: @WebService.

service-endpoint

ejb-class Fully qualified name of the bean class.

session-type Type of session bean: @Stateless @Stateful @Singleton.

The amount of time a stateful bean can be idle before eli-
gible for cleanup by the container: @StatefulTimeout.

stateful-timeout

The callback method for programmatically created timers:
@Timeout.

timeout-method

An EJB timer. Created by the container on deployment.
Callbacks made to the timeout-method.

timer

init-on-startup Singleton bean should be created at deployment: @Startup.

Specifies concurrency for singleton and stateful beans. May
be either Bean or Container: @Concurrency-Management.

concurrency-management-type

Configures the container managed concurrency for a meth-
od.

concurrent-method