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The ejb-local-ref element is used for the declaration of a reference to another enterprise bean's local home. The declaration consists of an optional description; the EJB reference name used in the code of the referencing enterprise bean; the expected type of the referenced enterprise bean; the expected local home and local interfaces of the referenced enterprise bean; and an optional ejb-link information. The optional ejb-link element is used to specify the referenced enterprise bean.
Used in: entity, session, message-driven