Enterprise JavaBeans^TM 2.0 Specification

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Inter-Server Interoperability -- Enabling Heterogeneous Environments

Cross-server application portability has always been a core premise for EJB technology. The EJB 2.0 specification takes this benefit to the next level by offering inter-server application interoperability. This will enable EJB technology-based applications operating on EJB servers from different vendors to freely interoperate using the RMI-IIOP protocol. In a web retail site, a shopping cart bean executing on an application server from one vendor will be able to obtain inventory information by communicating with an inventory bean executing on an application server from a different vendor. Thus the retailer will be able to deploy their EJB technology-based application across a heterogeneous environment mixing application servers from different vendors, knowing that beans will be able to effectively communicate across these servers.

• What's new in the Enterprise JavaBeans^TM 2.0 Specification?
• Integration with Java^TM Message Service (JMS) -- Asynchronous Capabilities Streamline Systems
• Container-Managed Persistence (CMP) -- Simplifying and Expediting Application Development
• Local Interfaces -- Streamlining Calls Between Local Beans
• Inter-Server Interoperability -- Enabling Heterogeneous Environments
• Conclusion