Developing EJB applications

This page provides a starting point for finding information about enterprise beans.

Based on the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) specification, enterprise beans are Java components that typically implement the business logic of Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications as well as access data. Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) specifications for a given release require support of all prior API levels.

Note: (EJB) entity beans have been stabilized since WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0.There are no further enhancements to this technology, but this technology is still part of the product. Also, EJBDeploy has been deprecated in WebSphere Application Server version 8.5, and may be removed from the product in the future. EJBDeploy is no longer required for session beans, but is required for EJB 2.x and 1.x entity beans. If EJBDeploy is removed, it would still be available external to the product and entity beans would still be supported by the product.