Where to package java classes used by an EJB

[stanimir]

Hi everybody,
I deployed a session EJB on the JBoss server.
My EJB uses helper java classes to do its job.
I would like to know if there is a benefit to bundle these helper classes in the EJB jar?
What is the best technique in terms of performence and container management? Package the helper classes in the same EJB jar or in a separate jar?
Thank you very much.
Stan.

[juha]

It makes no difference from performance point of view. The only thing to watch for if you deploy separately is that you order the dependencies correctly.