Enterprise JavaBean (EJBs - Server-Side Java Components)

What is an Enterprise JavaBean? An Enterprise JavaBean or Enterprise Java Bean, often abbreviated to EJB, is a reusable software component that works with Java and allows you to add functionality to your Java application. Unlike JavaBeans, EJBs are non-visual and run on the server, these server-side Java components are part of the Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE) standard and run inside a J2EE container to enable you to build complex, distributed Java applications using a modular architecture and component based design or techniques.

Enterprise JavaBeans are typically used to provide business logic or run business rules on a server behind the scenes. Their main benefit is to allow programmers to reuse code for common tasks, such as getting access to data from a database and at the same time provide a scalable environment for the application to run in, so that it can handle high volumes of transactions.

The Enterprise Java Beans listed in this EJB product gallery may be used for: complex financial calculations in Java or providing math and stats functionality, then storing the data for display in tables or in charts, graphs or dashboards.