The following is a list of all annotations and their attributes, the xml tags that correspond to them (for overriding), and what the default values are when left unspecified.

|| Annotation || xml element(s) || default value ||
| @Stateless | * <session>
* <ejb-class>
* <session-type>Stateless</session-type> |  |
| - name | <ejb-name> | The simple name of the bean class. For _org.acme.superfun.WidgetBean_ the ejb-name will be *WidgetBean* |
| - description | <description> | | 
| - mappedName | <mapped-name> | |
| @Stateful |  * <session>
* <ejb-class>
* <session-type>Stateful</session-type> |  |
| - name | <ejb-name> | The simple name of the bean class. For _org.acme.superfun.WidgetBean_ the ejb-name will be *WidgetBean* |
| - description | <description> | | 
| - mappedName | <mapped-name> | |
| @MessageDriven |  * <message-driven>
* <ejb-class>
* <session-type>Stateful</session-type> |  |
| - name | <ejb-name> | The simple name of the bean class. For _org.acme.superfun.WidgetBean_ the ejb-name will be *WidgetBean* |
| - description | <description> | | 
| - mappedName | <mapped-name> | |
| - messageListenerInterface | <messaging-type> | The interface the bean class implements.  When relying upon the default is illegal for the bean to implement more than one interface |
| - activationConfig\[] | <activation-config> | |
| @ActivationConfigProperty | <activation-config-property> | |
| - propertyName | <activation-config-property-name> | |
| - propertyValue | <activation-config-property-value> | |
| @RemoteHome | * <home>
* <remote> | The home is inspected to determine the value of <remote>|
| @LocalHome | * <local-home>
* <local> | The local-home is inspected to determine the value of <local> |
| @TransactionManagement | <transaction-type> | TransactionManagementType.CONTAINER (xml value "Container") |
| @TransactionAttribute | * <container-transaction>
* <transaction-attribute> | All method default to TransactionAttributeType.REQUIRED (xml value "Required") |
| @RolesAllowed | * <method-permission>
* <role-name> | |
| @PermitAll |  * <method-permission>
* <unchecked> | All methods default to unchecked |
| @DenyAll | <exclude-list> | |
| @RunAs | * <security-identity>
* <run-as>
* <role-name> | |
| @DeclareRoles | <security-role-ref> | |
| @Interceptors | * <interceptor>
 * <interceptor-binding>
 * <interceptor-class> | |
| @ExcludeDefaultInterceptors |  * <interceptor-binding>
* <exclude-default-interceptors> | |
| @ExcludeClassInterceptors |  * <interceptor-binding>
* <exclude-class-interceptors> | |
| @AroundInvoke | <around-invoke> | |
| @PostConstruct | <post-construct> | |
| @PreDestroy | <pre-destroy> | |
| @PrePassivate | <pre-passivate> | |
| @PostActivate | <post-activate> | |
| @Init | <init-method> | |
| @Remove | <remove-method> | |
| - retainIfException | <retain-if-exception> | false |
| @Timeout | <timeout-method> | |
| @ApplicationException | * <application-exception>
* <exception-class> | |
| - rollback | <rollback> | false |
| @EJB | * <ejb-ref>
* <ejb-local-ref>
* <injection-target> | |
| - name | * <ejb-ref-name> | * on class: illegal to leave undefined
* on field: \{className}/\{fieldName} as in *org.superbiz.Widget/myEjb*
* on setter: \{className}/\{propertyName} as in setMyEjb() defaults to *org.superbiz.Widget/myEjb* |
| - beanInterface | * <home>
* <local-home>
* <remote>
* <local> | * on class: illegal to leave undefined
* on field: the data type of the field
* on setter: the data type of the first method param |
| - beanName | <ejb-link> | |
| - description | <description> | | 
| - mappedName | <mapped-name> | |
| @Resource | * <env-entry>
* <resource-ref>
* <resource-env-ref>
* <injection-target> | |
| - name | * <env-entry-name>
* <res-ref-name> 
* <resource-env-ref-name> | * on class: illegal to leave undefined
* on field: \{className}/\{fieldName} as in *org.superbiz.Widget/myDataSource*
* on setter: \{className}/\{propertyName} as in setMyDataSource() defaults to *org.superbiz.Widget/myDataSource* |
| - type | * <env-entry-type>
* <res-type>
* <resource-env-ref-type> | * on class: illegal to leave undefined
* on field: the data type of the field
* on setter: the data type of the first method param |
| - description | <description> | | 
| - mappedName | <mapped-name> | |
| - shareable | <res-sharing-scope> | true (xml value "Shareable") |
| - authenticationType | <res-auth> | AuthenticationType.CONTAINER (xml value "Container") |
| @PersistenceUnit | * <persistence-unit-ref>
* <injection-target> |  |
| - name | <persistence-unit-ref-name> |on class: illegal to leave undefined
* on field: \{className}/\{fieldName} as in *org.superbiz.Widget/myUnit*
* on setter: \{className}/\{propertyName} as in setMyUnit() defaults to *org.superbiz.Widget/myUnit* |
| - unitName | <persistence-unit-name> | vendor specific |
| @PersistenceContext | * <persistence-context-ref>
* <injection-target> |  |
| - name | <persistence-context-ref-name> |on class: illegal to leave undefined
* on field: \{className}/\{fieldName} as in *org.superbiz.Widget/myContext*
* on setter: \{className}/\{propertyName} as in setMyContext() defaults to *org.superbiz.Widget/myContext* |
| - unitName | <persistence-unit-name> | vendor specific |
| - type | <persistence-context-type> | PersistenceContextType.TRANSACTION (xml value "Transaction") |
| - properties[] | | |
| @PersistenceProperty | <persistence-property> | |
| - name | <name> | |
| - value | <value> | |