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message-driven bean

message-driven bean noun: a type of Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) designed to process messages asynchronously, acting as a listener for Java Message Service (JMS) or JCA messages.

Noun (1)

message-driven bean (plural message-driven beans)

  1. A type of Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) designed to process messages asynchronously, acting as a listener for Java Message Service (JMS) or JCA messages.
    Synonyms:
    MDB

Noun (2) capitalized: Message-Driven Bean

Message-Driven Bean (plural Message-Driven Beans)

  1. (uncommon) Alternative letter-case form of message-driven bean

Synonyms of message-driven bean

Forms of message-driven bean

pluralmessage-driven beans
alternative uncommonMessage-Driven Bean
pluralMessage-Driven Beans

Questions about message-driven bean

What does message-driven bean mean?
Message-driven bean means a type of Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) designed to process messages asynchronously, acting as a listener for Java Message Service (JMS) or JCA messages.
What part of speech is message-driven bean?
Message-driven bean is a noun.
What is the plural of message-driven bean?
The plural of message-driven bean is message-driven beans.

Words near message-driven bean in the dictionary

  1. message sticks
  2. message unit
  3. message units
  4. message-driven architecture
  5. message-driven architectures
  6. message-driven bean
  7. message-driven beans
  8. message-oriented
  9. message-oriented middleware
  10. message-stick
  11. message-sticks

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