Developing entity beans

Defining data sources for entity beans
An application that is installed on an application server must have bindings defined before you can start the application. The Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) references and resource references that are defined in the application must be bound to the actual enterprise beans or resources that are defined in the application server.
Lightweight local operational mode for entity beans
WebSphere® Application Server provides a special operational mode called lightweight local mode, which can improve the performance of entity bean methods. You can decide which entity beans in your application to run in this mode.
Applying lightweight local mode to an entity bean
WebSphere Application Server provides a special operation mode called lightweight local mode, which can improve the performance of entity bean methods. You can decide which entity beans in your application to run in this mode.
Developing read-only entity beans
In addition to the existing Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) caching options, you can develop read-only entity beans.