= Design - Application Server
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== Application Server

Sub-component of xref:design.adoc[OpenEJB]


== Definition

Any component wishing to serve or deliver Enterprise JavaBeans.


== Also Known As

* Server Adapter
* Server Provider


== Responsibilities

* Remote client access to OpenEJB
* Implement the bean's remote and home interfaces.
* Distribute its implementation of the remote and home interfaces.
* Provide clients with a JNDI name space for looking up beans.
* Delegate method invocations to the container.


== Related Classes

* org.apache.openejb.spi.ApplicationServer


== Implementations

* xref:design-local-server.adoc[Local Server]
* xref:design-remote-server.adoc[Remote Server]