Enterprise Java Beans

• Allows users to write database applications without worrying about JDBC/ODBC/SQL etc.

• Write entire application using reusable Java components called beans

  • Only application logic--no system programming
  • Beans can be persistent or else “session” beans
  • Calls to remote beans as easy as calls to local
  • Beans portable across any OS
  • Transactional behavior specified logically in beans

• Related: object-oriented databases and CORBA

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