What is an Enterprise Java Bean really?

Question

On the Tomcat FAQ it says: \"Tomcat is not an EJB server. Tomcat is not a full J2EE server.\"

But if I:

• use Spring to supply an application context
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Answer 1

Outside of the strict definition of what is and isn't an EJB, you're adding a lot of stuff to Tomcat. Even if what you have is an EJB server, it's not really plain Tomcat anymore.

The FAQ is correct: Tomcat is not an EJB server. However, it can be that or many other things if you pile on enough extra libraries and code.