5 Using an EJB 3.0 Session Bean

This chapter describes the various options that you must configure in order to use an EJB 3.0 session bean.

Table 5-1 lists these options and indicates which are basic (applicable to most applications), and which are advanced (applicable to more specialized applications) The table also indicates which options are applicable to stateless session beans, and which are applicable to stateful session beans.

For more information, see the following:

• "What is a Session Bean?"

• "Implementing an EJB 3.0 Session Bean"

Table 5-1 Configurable Options for an EJB 3.0 Session Bean

Options	Stateless	Stateful	Type
"Configuring Passivation"			Advanced
"Configuring Passivation Criteria"			Advanced
"Configuring Passivation Location"			Advanced
"Configuring Bean Instance Pool Size"			Basic
"Configuring Bean Instance Pool Timeouts for Session Beans"			Advanced
"Configuring a Transaction Timeout for a Session Bean"			Advanced
"Configuring a Life Cycle Callback Interceptor Method on an EJB 3.0 Session Bean"			Basic
"Configuring a Life Cycle Callback Interceptor Method on an Interceptor Class of an EJB 3.0 Session Bean"			Basic
"Configuring an Around Invoke Interceptor Method on an EJB 3.0 Session Bean"			Advanced
"Configuring an Around Invoke Interceptor Method on an Interceptor Class of an EJB 3.0 Session Bean"			Advanced
"Configuring an Interceptor Class for an EJB 3.0 Session Bean"			Advanced
"Configuring OC4J-Proprietary Deployment Options on an EJB 3.0 Session Bean"			Advanced