Title: Design - Application Server
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## Application Server

Sub-component of [OpenEJB](design.html)


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## Definition

Any component wishing to serve or deliver Enterprise JavaBeans.

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## Also Known As
 * Server Adapter
 * Server Provider

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## Responsibilities
 * Remote client access to OpenEJB
 * Implement the bean's remote and home interfaces.
 * Distribute its implementation of the remote and home interfaces.
 * Provide clients with a JNDI name space for looking up beans.
 * Delegate method invocations to the container.

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## Related Classes
 * org.apache.openejb.spi.ApplicationServer

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## Implementations
 * [Local Server](design-local-server.html)
 * [Remote Server](design-remote-server.html)