Looking at the latest spec PFD2, it appears that it is not possible to
establish a unidirectional relationship between two entity beans in separate
ejb-jar.xml files. With the removal of remote-ejb-name as a possible value
for <role-souce> it makes integration of two packages impossible without the
mess of taking and trying to merge two ejb-jar files into one.
Scenario 1:
We are developing an general accounting package. Our clients need to
integrate with our package by establishing uni-directional relationships
from their CMP Entities into what we provide them. Since they will not be
altering our ejb-jar (except for deployment) how can they reference our
beans?
Scenario 2:
Our accounting package contains a good number of CMP Entity beans. Since
EJB A relates to B, and B relates to C, and C relates to D and E, and E
relates to G and so on. It is not possible to separate the ejb-jar into
multiple, smaller, ejb-jar files for the purpose of managing and controlling
change. With over 100 EJBs a single ejb-jar becomes very unmanageable.
Are there any solutions to these problems?
Thanks.
Alex Paransky
Individualnetwork.com
