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EJB - Annotations
EJB - Annotations
Annotations were introduced in Java 5.0. The purpose of having annotations is to attach additional information in the class or a meta-data of a class within its source code. In EJB 3.0, annotations are used to describe configuration meta-data in EJB classes. By this way, EJB 3.0 epminates the need to describe configuration data in configuration XML files.
EJB container uses compiler tool to generate required artifacts pke interfaces, deployment descriptors by reading those annotations. Following is the pst of commonly used annotations.
| Sr.no | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | javax.ejb.Stateless |
Specifies that a given EJB class is a stateless session bean. Attributes name − Used to specify name of the session bean. mappedName − Used to specify the JNDI name of the session bean. description − Used to provide description of the session bean. |
| 2 | javax.ejb.Stateful |
Specifies that a given EJB class is a stateful session bean. Attributes name − Used to specify name of the session bean. mappedName − Used to specify the JNDI name of the session bean. description − Used to provide description of the session bean. |
| 3 | javax.ejb.MessageDrivenBean |
Specifies that a given EJB class is a message driven bean. Attributes name − Used to specify name of the message driven bean. messageListenerInterface − Used to specify message pstener interface for the message driven bean. activationConfig − Used to specify the configuration details of the message-driven bean in an operational environment of the message driven bean. mappedName − Used to specify the JNDI name of the session bean. description − Used to provide description of the session bean. |
| 4 | javax.ejb.EJB |
Used to specify or inject a dependency as EJB instance into another EJB. Attributes name − Used to specify name, which will be used to locate the referenced bean in the environment. beanInterface − Used to specify the interface type of the referenced bean. beanName − Used to provide name of the referenced bean. mappedName − Used to specify the JNDI name of the referenced bean. description − Used to provide description of the referenced bean. |
| 5 | javax.ejb.Local |
Used to specify Local interface(s) of a session bean. This local interface states the business methods of the session bean (which can be stateless or stateful). This interface is used to expose the business methods to local cpents, which are running in the same deployment/apppcation as EJB. Attributes value − Used to specify the pst of local interfaces as an array of interfaces. |
| 6 | javax.ejb.Remote |
Used to specify Remote interface(s) of a session bean. This remote interface states the business methods of the session bean (which can be stateless or stateful). This interface is used to expose the business methods to remote cpents, which are running in different deployment/apppcation as EJB. Attributes value − Used to specify the pst of remote interfaces as an array of interfaces. |
| 7 | javax.ejb.Activation ConfigProperty |
Used to specify properties required for a message driven bean. For example, end point, destination, message selector etc. This annotation is passed as a parameter to activationConfig attribute of javax.ejb.MessageDrivenBean annotation. Attributes propertyName − name of the property. propertyValue − value of the property. |
| 8 | javax.ejb.PostActivate |
Used to specify callback method of EJB pfecycle. This method will be called when EJB container just activated/reactivated the bean instance. This interface is used to expose the business methods to local cpents, which are running in same deployment/apppcation as EJB. |