On Sat, 27 May 2000, Dan OConnor wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> I doubt the container is doing the right thing at this point on
> exceptions. (I'm guessing without thinking too hard, but I feel
> pretty sure...) You should look at chapter 12 of the EJB 1.1 spec
> for the correct behavior with regard to exceptions. Basically, there
> are two kinds: an application exception, for which you should try to
> commit the transaction on a boundary unless it has been marked
> for rollback only; and system exceptions, for which the transaction
> should always be rolled back and we are responsible for cleanup of
> any resource we can.
>
> By the way, the Enterprise JavaBeans specification is actually a
> well-written and easy-to-understand document of moderate length.
> I don't think the average bean developer needs to read it, but I think
> the average container developer should. :-)
Sigh. This brings the Spec Count to 5... I'm sure you're right.
I'll check it out.
> Also, I wanted to say that it sounds like you're getting up to speed
> quickly on this project. I can't wait to see what you come up with
> for the connection pools, which as Marc mentioned are really a key
> piece of the container.
>
> -Dan
Thank you. More on this in my next message.
Aaron
