On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 10:47, Pedro Salazar wrote: > Greetings, > > I reference an external EJB from my EJB. However, I just import the > interfaces and I do a lookup for my home as "ejb/MyBean" in my code. > > I didn't used any @ejb.ejb-external-ref to reference my external EJB and > it works. So, what is the purpose of @ejb.ejb-external-ref tag?
@ejb.ejb-ref is for referencing other beans that are being processed by XDoclet. You'll notice that tag takes fewer parameters than @ejb.ejb-external-ref; that's because XDoclet can look up any other details it needs (home & remote interface classnames, EJB type, ...) from the other bean. @ejb.ejb-external-ref is for referencing beans that are external to the jar/DD being generated (third party beans, ones that are part of a separate build or EJB JAR, etc.) In that case, since the referenced bean's (XDoclet-tagged) source isn't in the fileset being processed by XDoclet, it can't know what the various values are that need to go in the deployment descriptor. Consequently, these have to be supplied as parameters of the @ejb.ejb-external-ref tag. Andrew. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ xdoclet-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdoclet-user
