EJB.19.1 Bean Provider s Responsibilities

EJB.19.1 Bean Provider's Responsibilities

This section highlights the requirements for the bean provider. Meeting these requirements is necessary to ensure that the enterprise beans developed by the bean provider can be deployed in all compliant EJB containers.

EJB.19.1.1 API Requirements

The enterprise beans must meet all the API requirements defined in the individual chapters of this document.

EJB.19.1.2 Packaging Requirements

The bean provider is responsible for packaging the enterprise beans in an EJB JAR file in the format described in Chapter EJB.17.

The deployment descriptor must include the structural information described in Section EJB.16.2.

The deployment descriptor may optionally include any of the application assembly information as described in Section EJB.16.3.