I'm thinking something along the lines of: <Container id="MDB1" ctype="MESSAGE"> ResourceAdapter MyResourceAdapter ActivationSpecClass My.ActivationSpecImpl
activation.property1 = value1 activation.property2 = value2 </Container> <Container id="MDB2" ctype="MESSAGE"> ResourceAdapter MyOTHERResourceAdapter ActivationSpecClass My.Other.ActivationSpecImpl activation.property1 = othervalue1 activation.property2 = othervalue2 </Container> So all the MDBs in container MDB1 would get the following on their activation spec property1 = value1 property2 = value2 And all the MDBs in container MDB2 would get the following on their activation spec property1 = othervalue1 property2 = othervalue2 And then have the potential to override them with system.properties like so: MDB1.activation.property1 = othervalue1 MDB1.activation.property2 = othervalue2 MDB2.activation.property1 = othervalue1 MDB2.activation.property2 = othervalue2 Maybe something is needed to call 'MDB1' out as a container as opposed to a bean name. In terms of precedence, I'd expect properties on the container to override any `mdb.activation` properties, and any properties specific to a bean to override any container properties - so its Global (mdb.activation) -> Container ([containerid].activation) -> Bean ([BeanName].activation). I imagine it would essentially boil down to a new key at the point you suggest, and expand on the test cases. I'm in favour of the backport irrespective of whether we choose to explore my suggestion (or any other suggestion) though. Cheers Jon On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Romain Manni-Bucau <rmannibu...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2017-07-06 23:01 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Gallimore <jgallim...@tomitribe.com>: > > > I'm +1 for back porting that patch, thanks Otavio. > > > > One thing I'd be interested in as an extra, is seeing if we can set > > activation properties on a per-container basis too. > > > > Mean like adding one new key in > https://github.com/apache/tomee/blob/master/container/ > openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/config/ > ActivationConfigPropertyOverride.java#L94 > using .container.<id>? > > +1 if ~so (just wanted to avoid a misunderstanding and get a completely new > feature/code) > > > > Side note on the fail flag: this was a flag added to pass tck and was in > "ignore" mode of the MDB (which is fine for this need) but not intended to > be used or reliable for real applications where it would be saner to fix > the broken configuration instead of bet on it working ignoring the work > some people did configuring it. I'm not against backporting it but think it > is important to remind that I think we don't want to promote that flag > (shouldn't hit the doc for instance since it is an internal workaround > IMHO). > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > Jon > > > > On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Otávio Gonçalves de Santana < > > osant...@tomitribe.com> wrote: > > > > > The problem > > > > > > The configuration for MDB activation properties allow any key/value to > be > > > specified. At present on the 1.7.x branch, the server will fail to > deploy > > > the application if the activation property is not present on the > > activation > > > spec class. > > > > > > This becomes painful in a scenario where more than one JMS resource > > > adapter/MDB container is used, and you wish to configure the activation > > > properties of multiple MDBs in one go using the `mdb.activation.` > system > > > property.. Right now,if an activation property is used that one > provider > > > uses but other one does, the server will throw an exception. > > > > > > For example, given these parameters, > > > > > > - > > > > > > mdb.activation.ignore=foo > > > - > > > > > > mdb.activation.ignore2=bar > > > > > > > > > if ‘ignore’ and ‘ignore2’ are not present on an MDB’s activation spec > > > class, the following exception will be thrown. > > > > > > Caused by: org.apache.openejb.OpenEJBException: Error deploying > > > 'Listener'. Exception: class org.apache.openejb.OpenEJBException: > > Unable > > > to create activation spec: No setter found for the activation spec > > > properties: [ignore, ignore2]: Unable to create activation spec: No > > setter > > > found for the activation spec properties: [ignore, ignore2] > > > > > > at > > > org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.startEjbs( > > > Assembler.java:1430) > > > > > > at > > > org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler. > > > createApplication(Assembler.java:796) > > > > > > ... 19 more > > > > > > Caused by: org.apache.openejb.OpenEJBException: Unable to create > > > activation > > > spec: No setter found for the activation spec properties: [ignore, > > ignore2] > > > > > > at > > > org.apache.openejb.core.mdb.MdbContainer.createActivationSpec( > > > MdbContainer.java:292) > > > > > > at org.apache.openejb.core.mdb.MdbContainer.deploy( > > > MdbContainer.java:159) > > > > > > at > > > org.apache.openejb.assembler.classic.Assembler.startEjbs( > > > Assembler.java:1417) > > > > > > ... 20 more > > > > > > Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No setter found for the > > > activation spec properties: [ignore, ignore2] > > > > > > at > > > org.apache.openejb.core.mdb.MdbContainer.createActivationSpec( > > > MdbContainer.java:262) > > > > > > ... 22 more > > > > > > > > > The solution > > > > > > The best solution to solve the communication among server is to put a > new > > > configuration property in TomEE. When this setting is enabled, > overriding > > > the FailOnUnknownActivationSpec attribute at > > > org.apache.openejb.core.mdb.MdbContainer class., that will be disabled > > by > > > default to don't break the compatibility, when the setter does not > exist > > it > > > put a log and then keep working. > > > > > > Basically, my proposal does a backport to 1.7 branch: > > > https://github.com/apache/tomee/commit/6522f349d0c31d6ec82e66378e0e55 > > > eded08aec0 > > > > > > Path: > > > > > > https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/apache/tomee/pull/86.diff > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jonathan Gallimore > > http://twitter.com/jongallimore > > http://www.tomitribe.com > > >