| Title: Design - Application Server |
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| ## Application Server |
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| Sub-component of [OpenEJB](design.html) |
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| ## Definition |
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| Any component wishing to serve or deliver Enterprise JavaBeans. |
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| ## Also Known As |
| * Server Adapter |
| * Server Provider |
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| ## 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. |
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| ## Related Classes |
| * org.apache.openejb.spi.ApplicationServer |
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| ## Implementations |
| * [Local Server](design---local-server.html) |
| * [Remote Server](design---remote-server.html) |
