Hi,
the vendor of an app server can choose the protocol for distributed
environments. The "simplified layer" is not tight to a specific protocol
as in the EJB2.1 Spec.
Currently, most vendors use JRMP when using the simplified layer (No classic Remote Interface, no direct Home Object).
When a native client is involved (C++ eg), the simplified layer cannot be
used. In this case, the
EJB must be implemented as an EJB2.1 component (but more convenient now-annotations be still be used).
Hope this will help.
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