Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Developer's Guide

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### Stateless Container

The stateless container manages stateless session beans, which, by definition, do not carry client-specific states. All session beans (of a particular type) are considered equal.

A stateless session bean container uses a bean pool to service requests. The Application Server specific deployment descriptor file, `sun-ejb-jar.xml`, contains the properties that define the pool:

- `steady-pool-size`

- `resize-quantity`

- `max-pool-size`

- `pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds`

For more information about `sun-ejb-jar.xml`, see The sun-ejb-jar.xml File.

The Application Server provides the `wscompile` and `wsdeploy` tools to help you implement a web service endpoint as a stateless session bean. For more information about these tools, see the Sun Java System Application Server Enterprise Edition 8.1 2005Q2 Reference Manual.

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