Naming Conventions for Enterprise Beans

Because enterprise beans are composed of multiple parts, it's useful to follow a naming convention for your applications. Table 23-2 summarizes the conventions for the example beans in this tutorial.

Table 23-2 Naming Conventions for Enterprise Beans 
Item
Syntax
Example
Enterprise bean name (DD1)
<name>Bean
AccountBean
EJB JAR display name (DD)
<name>JAR
AccountJAR
Enterprise bean class
<name>Bean
AccountBean
Home interface
<name>Home
AccountHome
Remote interface
<name>
Account
Local home interface
<name>LocalHome
AccountLocalHome
Local interface
<name>Local
AccountLocal
Abstract schema (DD)
<name>
Account
1DD means that the item is an element in the bean's deployment descriptor.