Hi Matt,
Activation Config properties fall under the category of deployment metadata that is not exposed via any API to the application. If you need general name/value pairs you can use the <env-entry> element in ejb-jar.xml. These are looked up relative to java:comp/env/ like ejb-refs or injected using @Resource.
Developers also sometimes just put a .properties file in the ejb-jar and retrieve it via
BeanClass.class.getResourceAsStream()
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