I thought that the spec explicitly precluded using native code from within
EJB.
<spec quote>
Section 18.1.2
The enterprise bean must not attempt to load a native library.
</spec quote>
Has this changed? I couldn't find the string "JNI" anywhere in the spec.
Thanks,
Tom
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Andrea Prampolini wrote:
> Sorry Michael, could you be more precise about the "EJB spec" part?
> I need to do exactly the same as Glenn, but can't find
> documentation/tutorials...
>
> andrea
>
> >"Previously, Glenn R Kronschnabl said;"
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Are there any good (detailed) examples on how to incorporate 3rd party
> >> native libraries into the EJB layer? What I want to do is have a EJB
> call
> >> a legacy app, and I am unclear on how this is exactly done.
> >>
> >> Do I have to write a corba layer on top of the native part, then use
> >> an orb like omniOrb?
> >>
> >> Then, do I write a stateless session bean and defer the methods
> >> to the corba object?
> >>
> >> Will this work in all EJB containers? RI, WebLogic? Do I need
> >> WebLogic Enterprise? Are there any deployment issues? I assume
> >> the corba piece runs outside of the container, correct?
> >>
> >
> > The EJB model for what you want to do is talked about in the
> > EJB spec. Essentially you write an entity bean which does
> > not map to a database, rather it acts as a wrapper for your
> > legacy application. You can think of the legacy application
> > as acting a bit like a database in the sense that it will
> > presumably be maintaining it's own data store and access
> > functions.
> > Depending on your legacy calling needs you can probably
> > write a bean managed persistance entity bean which has empty
> > load and store routines.
> >
> > ...michael
> >
> >----
> >Michael Richmond
> >Information and Communication Sciences e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Macquarie University, Australia phone: (+61 2) 9850 6346
>
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