Types of Enterprise Beans (The Java EE 6 Tutorial)

The Java EE 6 Tutorial

Types of Enterprise Beans

Table 14–1 summarizes the two types of enterprise beans. The following sections discuss each type in more detail.

Table 14–1 Enterprise Bean Types


Enterprise Bean Type	Purpose
Session	Performs a task for a client; optionally, may implement a web service
Message-driven	Acts as a listener for a particular messaging type, such as the Java Message Service API