Before you can start an application that is installed on an application server, all Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) references and resource references defined in the application must be bound to the actual artifacts (enterprise beans or resources) defined in the application server.
This topic describes application packaging when you use Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 3.x beans.
An enterprise bean is a managed Java component that can be combined with other resources to create Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) applications.