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Olivier Lamy commented on MEJB-15:
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This project has moved from Jira to GitHub Issues. This issue was migrated to
[apache/maven-ejb-plugin#67|https://github.com/apache/maven-ejb-plugin/issues/67].
> ejb-jar.xml file destroys annotation functionality in EJB3
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>
> Key: MEJB-15
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MEJB-15
> Project: Maven EJB Plugin (Moved to GitHub Issues)
> Issue Type: Bug
> Affects Versions: 2.1
> Environment: EJB3
> Reporter: Dan Greening
> Priority: Critical
> Attachments: MEJB-6-maven-ejb-plugin.patch
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> The EJB3 plugin requires an ejb-jar.xml file. But EJB3 does not require this
> file, and WORSE when that file is present, some appealing new annotation
> features get turned off. The current EJB plugin is a non-starter for serious
> EJB3 development.
> A couple of us jointly wrote a patch to look for <ejbVersion>3.0</ejbVersion>
> as a parameter to the EJB plugin. That patch is in issue MEJB-6. When
> ejbVersion is set to 3.*, the patched EJB maven plugin does not require
> META-INF/ejb-jar.xml, and we can use all the features of EJB3.
> Unfortunately, the JIRA issue where this is discussed is marked "trivial":
> MEJB-6 (http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/MEJB-6). The priority cannot be
> edited by mortals. The issue and our well-constructed (attached) patch has
> been ignored for 3 months. Who knows why Tim originally marked it "trivial",
> possibly because he wasn't using any of the new EJB3 features, but that poor
> choice of priority has probably doomed our patch to obscurity. (Of course,
> anyone seriously using EJB3 wouldn't think it was trivial.) Several people
> have asked for this patch to be applied, including Tim and Todd above, as
> well as myself and Wayne Fay. Who is responsible for this plugin? No one is
> assigned to fix it.
> There are 10 votes and 7 watchers waiting for the patch to be applied.
> Therefore I believe it justifies marking this problem "critical". It
> certainly is not trivial.
> MEJB-6 documents a full, well-structured patch supporting EJB 3.0, as well as
> retaining default behavior appropriate for EJB 2.x. The patch should be
> applied and a new EJB plugin released.
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