[jbossws-users] [JBossWS] - Why interface for EJB3 webservices?

Hi, I'm investigating your examples in jbossws-samples-1.2.0.SP1. In your example for EJB3 webservices you use two classes: 1) An interface (EJB3RemoteInterface) 2) The stateless session bean implementing the operation of the webservice (EJB3Bean01) .. | // standard JSR181 annotations | @WebService(name = "EndpointInterface", targetNamespace = "http://org.jboss.ws/samples/jsr181ejb", serviceName = "TestService") | @SOAPBinding(style = SOAPBinding.Style.RPC) | | // standard EJB3 annotations | @Remote(EJB3RemoteInterface.class) | @RolesAllowed("friend") | @Stateless | | // jboss propriatary annotations | @RemoteBinding(jndiBinding = "/ejb3/EJB3Bean01") | @WebContext(authMethod="BASIC", transportGuarantee="NONE", secureWSDLAccess=false) | @SecurityDomain("JBossWS") | public class EJB3Bean01 implements EJB3RemoteInterface | { | @WebMethod | @WebResult(name = "result") | public String echo(@WebParam(name = "String_1") String input) | { | return input; | } | } I also have a small session bean / webservice : @WebService | @Stateless | public class EjbEndpoint { | | @WebMethod | public String sayHello(String name) | { | return "Hello "+name+"!"; | } | } and I can successfully deploy this session bean / webservice to jboss-5 Beta 2. Even I am able to call the webservice. My question: What's the purpose of the interface? Have I missed something? Thanks in adavance! Frank View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4029931#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...