From that same page:
mappedName() : Specifies the product-specific name of the target Remote EJB. In SUN's case, this refers to the global JNDI name of the target Remote EJB.
[b]
Not applicable for local interfaces[/b] because beanName() can always be used
So the mapped name might be getting ignored.
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