Originally posted by Parsuram panigrahi:
There is difference in the ejbCreate method signature. The ejbCreate method of stateless session bean is empty where as that of stateful session bean is not. The other difference is in the deployment descriptor.
Actually, it is possible to have a stateful session bean with an empty ejbCreate() signature, too, which is why I didn't bring it up. But you're right that if you find an ejbCreate() and ejbPostCreate() signature that's not empty then it's a sure sign it's a stateful bean.
Kyle
[ March 18, 2003: Message edited by: Kyle Brown ]