Hi Jacek -
Thanks for the reply. Glad to hear about the OpenEJB 2 plans. One question: with that release, can we still run OpenEJB in standalone mode? I ask because that is the typical configuration I use OpenEJB in: running it in a separate JVM from Tomcat.
Which brings me to my proposal. So far, I've been looking at this from a Tomcat perspective: I'd like to move the EJB definitions and class loading down to the application (context) level and be able to restart a context in order to make it 'aware' of newly defined EJBs. For this, I have some ideas since I am fairly familiar with the Tomcat source code. However, you are right, it would be also necessary to have that dynamic loading capability in OpenEJB. While I only just now started looking at that source code, I would be willing to have a go at it if you think it would be possible. Would you have any suggestions on where to start?
Regards,
Lajos
Jacek Laskowski wrote:
Lajos wrote:
Hi all -
I just joined the list and was looking to find out what the state of development is with OpenEJB. I assume that with the integration into Geronimo, there is ongoing development. Is OpenEJB moving to the EJB 2.0 specification?
Hi Lajos,
Even better, EJB 2.1. That's where OpenEJB 2 is heading, whereas OpenEJB 1.0 (that includes the Tomcat integration layer working) suports EJB 1.1 + Local interfaces. OpenEJB is the EJB container that will be boundled in Apache Geronimo to pass J2EE 1.4 TCKs.
I have an interest in helping out with the OpenEJB/Tomcat integration. In particular, I am looking into ways to enable dynamic adding of EJBs to a Tomcat-based application without requiring a Tomcat restart. That is probably more of a Tomcat issue than OpenEJB, but I figured I'd see if anyone else has addressed this yet.
Not that I know of. How would you do that? I'd rather expect some changes in OpenEJB rather than in Tomcat to support dynamic EJB deployment.
Lajos
Best, Jacek
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