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<td class="colLast"><span class="typeNameLabel">SessionSynchronization.</span><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../../javax/ejb/SessionSynchronization.html#afterBegin--">afterBegin</a></span>()</code>
<div class="block">The <code>afterBegin</code> method notifies a stateful session bean instance that a new
 transaction has started, and that the subsequent business methods on the
 instance will be invoked in the context of the transaction.</div>
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