javax.ejb.embeddable

Class EJBContainer

java.lang.Object

javax.ejb.embeddable.EJBContainer

public abstract class EJBContainer
extends Object

Used to execute an EJB application in an embeddable container.

Since:

3.1

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Carlo de Wolf

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	APP_NAME
static String	MODULES
static String	PROVIDER

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EJBContainer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	close() Shutdown an embeddable EJBContainer instance.
static EJBContainer	createEJBContainer() Create and initialize an embeddable EJB container.
static EJBContainer	createEJBContainer(Map<?,?> properties) Create and initialize an embeddable EJB container with an set of configuration properties and names of modules to be initialized.
abstract Context	getContext() Retrieve a naming context for looking up references to session beans executing in the embeddable container.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

APP_NAME

public static final String APP_NAME

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Constant Field Values

MODULES

public static final String MODULES

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PROVIDER

public static final String PROVIDER

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

EJBContainer

public EJBContainer()

Method Detail

close

public abstract void close()

Shutdown an embeddable EJBContainer instance.

createEJBContainer

public static EJBContainer createEJBContainer()
                                       throws EJBException

Create and initialize an embeddable EJB container. JVM classpath is searched for all ejb-jars or exploded ejb-jars in directory format.

Returns:

EJBContainer instance

Throws:

EJBException - Thrown if the container or application could not be successfully initialized.

createEJBContainer

public static EJBContainer createEJBContainer(Map<?,?> properties)
                                       throws EJBException

Create and initialize an embeddable EJB container with an set of configuration properties and names of modules to be initialized.

Parameters:

properties - One or more spec-defined or vendor-specific properties. The spec reserves the prefix "javax.ejb." for spec-defined properties.

Returns:

EJBContainer instance

Throws:

EJBException - Thrown if the container or application could not be successfully initialized.

getContext

public abstract Context getContext()

Retrieve a naming context for looking up references to session beans executing in the embeddable container.

Returns:

The naming context.