When are stateless session beans and stateful session beans used?

Stateless Session Bean: A stateless session bean does not maintain a conversational state for a particular client. It is appropriate when the following conditions are satisfied:

Stateful Session Bean: A stateful session bean is well suited for implementing a business task dedicated to a single client that maintains a conversational state between the bean and the client. It is appropriate when the following conditions are satisfied:

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