NonStop SOAP for Java User's Manual

Using the Administration Tools
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Deploying EJB Applications as Web Services
Types of Enterprise Beans
The two types of enterprise bean types are: Session Beans and Entity Beans.
Session Beans
A session bean is similar to an interactive session. A session bean is not shared—it
can just have one client, in the same way that an interactive session has just one user.
Like an interactive session, a session bean is not persistent. When the client
terminates, its session bean appears to terminate and is no longer associated with the
client.
Session beans can be either stateful or stateless. A stateful session bean holds
conversational state when used by a client. A stateless session bean does not hold
conversational state.
Figure 5-2. Apache SOAP Admin—Deploying an EJB Application