ejb-ref element references to other beans

[Julien Martin]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what ejb references to other beans are for? (ejb-ref element).

I am completely missing the point and would be grateful if someone could tell me why I should have the overhead of writing this:

<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>ejb/waUserMgr</ejb-ref-name>
<ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type>
<home>com.reuters.pds.webapp.bl.user.api.WAUserMgrHome</home>
<remote>com.reuters.pds.webapp.bl.user.api.WAUserMgr</remote>
<ejb-link>WAUserMgrEJB</ejb-link>
</ejb-ref>

Any comment welcome..

Julien.