<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
endpoint	B-Language
interface	I-Language
"	O
is	O
more	O
specific	O
about	O
"	O
how	O
to	O
implement	O
the	O
endpoint	O
"	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
by	O
an	O
OpenAPI	B-Architecture
specification	I-Architecture
or	O
by	O
WSDL	O
specification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
endpoints	O
can	O
be	O
expressed	O
by	O
URI	B-Protocol
Templates	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Open	B-Application
API	I-Application
terms	O
the	O
endpoints	O
are	O
resources	O
that	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
exposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
association	O
between	O
a	O
binding	O
and	O
a	O
network	B-Protocol
address	I-Protocol
,	O
specified	O
by	O
a	O
URI	O
,	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
an	O
instance	O
of	O
a	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SOAP-based	O
web	O
service	O
can	O
be	O
implemented	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
Java	O
class	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
endpoint	B-Language
interface	I-Language
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
a	O
service	B-Language
endpoint	I-Language
interface	I-Language
(	O
SEI	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
term	O
used	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
Platform	I-Language
,	I-Language
Enterprise	I-Language
Edition	I-Language
when	O
exposing	O
Enterprise	B-Language
JavaBeans	I-Language
as	O
a	O
Web	O
service	O
(	O
see	O
also	O
Service	B-Language
Implementation	I-Language
Bean	I-Language
(	O
SIB	O
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Web	O
service	O
client	O
accesses	O
a	O
stateless	B-Language
session	I-Language
bean	I-Language
through	O
the	O
bean	O
's	O
Web	B-Language
service	I-Language
endpoint	I-Language
interface	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
a	O
remote	O
interface	O
,	O
a	O
Web	B-Language
service	I-Language
endpoint	I-Language
interface	I-Language
defines	O
the	O
business	O
methods	O
of	O
the	O
bean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
a	O
remote	O
interface	O
,	O
a	O
Web	B-Language
service	I-Language
endpoint	I-Language
interface	I-Language
is	O
not	O
accompanied	O
by	O
a	O
home	O
interface	O
,	O
which	O
defines	O
the	O
bean	O
's	O
life-cycle	O
methods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
methods	O
of	O
the	O
bean	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
invoked	O
by	O
a	O
Web	O
service	O
client	O
are	O
the	O
business	O
methods	O
that	O
are	O
defined	O
in	O
the	O
Web	B-Language
service	I-Language
endpoint	I-Language
interface	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
methods	O
of	O
an	O
endpoint	B-Language
interface	I-Language
for	O
a	O
Web	O
service	O
are	O
implemented	O
in	O
a	O
session	B-Language
bean	I-Language
class	O
that	O
is	O
stateless	O
.	O
</s>
