= Tomcat Object Factory
:index-group: Unrevised
:jbake-date: 2018-12-05
:jbake-type: page
:jbake-status: published

_The TomcatEjbFactory as discussed in the
http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2003/02/12/ejb_tomcat.html[OnJava
article "OpenEJB: EJB for Tomcat"] is no longer required._

As of OpenEJB 3.0 references from Servlets to EJBs happen automatically
with usage of the [`@EJB`
annotation](openejbx30:injection-of-other-ejbs-example.html) in the
Servlet, Filter or Listener or with the or declared in the web.xml.

See the openejbx30:tomcat.html[Tomcat Integration] page for the most
up-to-date details on using OpenEJB inside Tomcat.