A local client of an enterprise bean is location dependent. It provides access to an enterprise bean that requires both the local client and the enterprise bean that provides the local client view to be in the same JVM. A local client must have the following characteristics:
The client must run on the same JVM as the enterprise bean it accesses.
It can be a web component or another enterprise bean.
The location of the enterprise bean that the local client accesses is not transparent.
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