In EJB3.1, you can invoke the business method of a Session Bean asynchronously. Consequently, you can execute multiple processes in parallel.

The following table describes the organization of this section.

Table 2-56 Organization of this section (Asynchronous invocation of Session Bean)

Category	Title	Reference location
Description	Applicability of asynchronous invocation of Session Bean	2.17.1
	Handling transactions in asynchronous invocation	2.17.2
	Handling the application information in an asynchronous invocation	2.17.3
Implementation	Defining the annotation used for asynchronous invocation	2.17.4
	Specifying return values for an asynchronous method	2.17.5
	Operation for execution status and execution result of an asynchronous method based on Future<V> object	2.17.6
	Definitions in cosminexus.xml	2.17.7
Notes	Notes on annotation when implementing an asynchronous method	2.17.8
	Notes on operation of an asynchronous method	2.17.9

Note: There is no specific description of Setup and Operation for this functionality.

Organization of this section

2.17.1 Applicability of asynchronous invocation of Session Bean

2.17.2 Handling transactions in asynchronous invocation

2.17.3 Handling root application information in asynchronous invocation

2.17.4 Defining the annotation used for asynchronous invocation

2.17.5 Specifying return values for an asynchronous method

2.17.6 Operation for execution status and execution result of an asynchronous method based on Future<V> object

2.17.7 Definitions in cosminexus.xml

2.17.8 Notes on annotation when implementing an asynchronous method

2.17.9 Notes on operation of an asynchronous method