I think extended functionality is good. As long as it doesn't violate or break our spec compliance, why not allow it to do more? I am in support of extended functionality.
Jeff David Jencks wrote: > As part of work on GERONIMO-2148 fixing ejb-refs between modules I > extended (or made work) some non-j2ee functionality and I wonder if we > want it. I think we do. Lets see if I can describe the functionality: > > ejb-link in a j2ee app is only supposed to work between modules in an ear. > > The extended functionality is to make it work between a j2ee app and any > ancestor j2ee app. For instance, a war can have an ejb-link in web.xml > to an ejb in a parent ejb module. > > We already let you put an ejb-link in geronimo-web.xml with these > semantics. > > If we agree that we want this extended functionality we can remove the > unused targetModuleId parameter from EJBReferenceBuilder methods. > > To be clear, 1.1.1 currently has this extended functionality and I want > to know if I should remove it. I'm not sure about the state of trunk: I > plan to reexamine this after 1.1.1 is settled. > > thanks > david jencks
