The Bean Provider CANNOT assume that the Container will always invoke the ejbRemove() method on a session bean instance. The following scenarios result in ejbRemove() not being called on an instance:
A crash of the EJB Container.
A SYSTEM (java.lang.RuntimeException (or subclass), javax.ejb.EJBException, java.rmi.RemoteException, failure to obtain a database connection, JNDI exceptions) exception thrown from the instance’s method to the Container.
A TIMEOUT of client inactivity while the instance is in the passive state. The timeout is specified by the Deployer in an EJB Container implementation specific way.
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