Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Application Deployment Guide

Appendix A Deployment Descriptor Files

This chapter describes deployment descriptor files specific to the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server in the following sections:


Note –

For GlassFish v3 Prelude, EJB modules are not supported unless the optional EJB container add-on component is downloaded from the Update Tool. Only stateless session beans with local interfaces and entity beans that use the Java Persistence API are supported. Stateful, message-driven, and EJB 2.0 and 2.1 entity beans are not supported. Remote interfaces and remote business interfaces for any of the bean types are not supported. The sun-ejb-jar.xml elements related to these features are ignored.

Web services are not supported unless the optional Metro (JSR 109) add-on component is downloaded from the Update Tool. Without the Metro add-on component, a servlet or EJB module cannot be a web service endpoint, and the sun-web.xml and sun-ejb-jar.xml elements related to web services are ignored.

Global (XA) transactions are not supported unless the optional JTS and Object Management Group (OMG) add-on components are downloaded from the Update Tool. Without the these components, only local transactions are supported. Transaction recovery is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude, even if the JTS and OMG add-on components are installed. Therefore, all transaction service attributes and properties pertaining to transaction recovery or transaction logs are not implemented.

For information about the Update Tool, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Installation Guide.



Note –

GlassFish v3 Prelude does not support clustering or load balancing features, Sun GlassFish Message Queue software, container-managed persistence (CMP), or descriptor-based schema generation. Elements related to these features are ignored.


Sun Java System Application Server Descriptors

Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server uses optional deployment descriptors in addition to the Java EE standard descriptors for configuring features specific to the Enterprise Server.


Note –

Settings in the Enterprise Server deployment descriptors override corresponding settings in the Java EE deployment descriptors and in the Enterprise Server's domain.xml file unless otherwise stated. For more information about the domain.xml file, see the Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Administration Reference.


Each deployment descriptor (or XML) file has a corresponding DTD file, which defines the elements, data, and attributes that the deployment descriptor file can contain. The DTD files for the Enterprise Server deployment descriptors are located in the as-install/lib/dtds directory.


Note –

Do not edit the DTD files; their contents change only with new versions of the Enterprise Server.


For general information about DTD files and XML, see the XML specification at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml.

The following table lists the Enterprise Server deployment descriptors and their DTD files.

Table A–1 Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Descriptors

Deployment Descriptor 

DTD File 

Description 

sun-web.xml

sun-web-app_2_5-0.dtd

Configures a web application (WAR file). 

sun-ejb-jar.xml

sun-ejb-jar_3_0-0.dtd

Configures an enterprise bean (EJB JAR file). 


Note –

The Enterprise Server deployment descriptors must be readable and writable by the file owners.

In each deployment descriptor file, subelements must be defined in the order in which they are listed under each Subelements heading, unless otherwise noted.


The sun-web.xml File

The element hierarchy in the sun-web.xml file is as follows:

sun-web-app
.  context-root
.  security-role-mapping
.  .  role-name
.  .  principal-name
.  .  group-name
.  servlet
.  .  servlet-name
.  .  principal-name
.  .  webservice-endpoint
.  .  .  port-component-name
.  .  .  endpoint-address-uri
.  .  .  login-config
.  .  .  .  auth-method
.  .  .  message-security-binding
.  .  .  .  message-security
.  .  .  .  .  message
.  .  .  .  .  .  java-method
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-param
.  .  .  .  .  .  operation-name
.  .  .  .  .  request-protection
.  .  .  .  .  response-protection
.  .  .  transport-guarantee
.  .  .  service-qname
.  .  .  tie-class
.  .  .  servlet-impl-class
.  .  .  debugging-enabled
.  .  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  .  description
.  idempotent-url-pattern
.  session-config
.  .  session-manager
.  .  .  manager-properties
.  .  .  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  .  .  description
.  .  .  store-properties
.  .  .  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  .  .  description
.  .  session-properties
.  .  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  .  description
.  .  cookie-properties
.  .  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  .  description
.  ejb-ref
.  .  ejb-ref-name
.  .  jndi-name
.  resource-ref
.  .  res-ref-name
.  .  jndi-name
.  .  default-resource-principal
.  .  .  name
.  .  .  password
.  resource-env-ref
.  .  resource-env-ref-name
.  .  jndi-name
.  service-ref
.  .  service-ref-name
.  .  port-info
.  .  .  service-endpoint-interface
.  .  .  wsdl-port
.  .  .  .  namespaceURI
.  .  .  .  localpart
.  .  .  stub-property
.  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  value
.  .  .  call-property
.  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  value
.  .  .  message-security-binding
.  .  .  .  message-security
.  .  .  .  .  message
.  .  .  .  .  .  java-method
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-param
.  .  .  .  .  .  operation-name
.  .  .  .  .  request-protection
.  .  .  .  .  response-protection
.  .  call-property
.  .  .  name
.  .  .  value
.  .  wsdl-override
.  .  service-impl-class
.  .  service-qname
.  .  .  namespaceURI
.  .  .  localpart
.  message-destination-ref
.  .  message-destination-ref-name
.  .  jndi-name
.  cache
.  .  cache-helper
.  .  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  .  description
.  .  default-helper
.  .  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  .  description
.  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  description
.  .  cache-mapping
.  .  .  servlet-name
.  .  .  url-pattern
.  .  .  cache-helper-ref
.  .  .  dispatcher
.  .  .  timeout
.  .  .  refresh-field
.  .  .  http-method
.  .  .  key-field
.  .  .  constraint-field
.  .  .  .  constraint-field-value
.  class-loader
.  .  property (with attributes)
.  .  .  description
.  jsp-config
.  locale-charset-info
.  .  locale-charset-map
.  .  parameter-encoding
.  parameter-encoding
.  property (with attributes)
.  .  description
.  message-destination
.  .  message-destination-name
.  .  jndi-name
.  webservice-description
.  .  webservice-description-name
.  .  wsdl-publish-location

Here is a sample sun-web.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sun-web-app PUBLIC '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD 
Application Server 9.0 Servlet 2.5//EN' 
'http://www.sun.com/software/appserver/dtds/sun-web-app_2_5-0.dtd'>
<sun-web-app>
   <session-config>
      <session-manager/>
   </session-config>
   <resource-ref>
      <res-ref-name>mail/Session</res-ref-name>
      <jndi-name>mail/Session</jndi-name>
   </resource-ref>
   <jsp-config/>
</sun-web-app>

The sun-ejb-jar.xml File

The element hierarchy in the sun-ejb-jar.xml file is as follows:

sun-ejb-jar
.  security-role-mapping
.  .  role-name
.  .  principal-name
.  .  group-name
.  enterprise-beans
.  .  name
.  .  unique-id
.  .  ejb
.  .  .  ejb-name
.  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  .  ejb-ref
.  .  .  .  ejb-ref-name
.  .  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  .  resource-ref
.  .  .  .  res-ref-name
.  .  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  .  .  default-resource-principal
.  .  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  .  password
.  .  .  resource-env-ref
.  .  .  .  resource-env-ref-name
.  .  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  .  service-ref
.  .  .  .  service-ref-name
.  .  .  .  port-info
.  .  .  .  .  service-endpoint-interface
.  .  .  .  .  wsdl-port
.  .  .  .  .  .  namespaceURI
.  .  .  .  .  .  localpart
.  .  .  .  .  stub-property
.  .  .  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  .  .  value
.  .  .  .  .  call-property
.  .  .  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  .  .  value
.  .  .  .  .  message-security-binding
.  .  .  .  .  .  message-security
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  message
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  java-method
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-param
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  operation-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  request-protection
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  response-protection
.  .  .  .  call-property
.  .  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  .  value
.  .  .  .  wsdl-override
.  .  .  .  service-impl-class
.  .  .  .  service-qname
.  .  .  .  .  namespaceURI
.  .  .  .  .  localpart
.  .  .  message-destination-ref
.  .  .  .  message-destination-ref-name
.  .  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  .  pass-by-reference
.  .  .  cmp
.  .  .  .  mapping-properties
.  .  .  .  is-one-one-cmp
.  .  .  .  one-one-finders
.  .  .  .  .  finder
.  .  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  query-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  query-filter
.  .  .  .  .  .  query-variables
.  .  .  .  .  .  query-ordering
.  .  .  .  prefetch-disabled
.  .  .  .  .  query-method
.  .  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  method-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-param
.  .  .  principal
.  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  mdb-connection-factory
.  .  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  .  .  default-resource-principal
.  .  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  .  password
.  .  .  jms-durable-subscription-name
.  .  .  jms-max-messages-load
.  .  .  ior-security-config
.  .  .  .  transport-config
.  .  .  .  .  integrity
.  .  .  .  .  confidentiality
.  .  .  .  .  establish-trust-in-target
.  .  .  .  .  establish-trust-in-client
.  .  .  .  as-context
.  .  .  .  .  auth-method
.  .  .  .  .  realm
.  .  .  .  .  required
.  .  .  .  sas-context
.  .  .  .  .  caller-propagation
.  .  .  is-read-only-bean
.  .  .  refresh-period-in-seconds
.  .  .  commit-option
.  .  .  cmt-timeout-in-seconds
.  .  .  use-thread-pool-id
.  .  .  gen-classes
.  .  .  .  remote-impl
.  .  .  .  local-impl
.  .  .  .  remote-home-impl
.  .  .  .  local-home-impl
.  .  .  bean-pool
.  .  .  .  steady-pool-size
.  .  .  .  resize-quantity
.  .  .  .  max-pool-size
.  .  .  .  pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds
.  .  .  .  max-wait-time-in-millis
.  .  .  bean-cache
.  .  .  .  max-cache-size
.  .  .  .  resize-quantity
.  .  .  .  is-cache-overflow-allowed
.  .  .  .  cache-idle-timeout-in-seconds
.  .  .  .  removal-timeout-in-seconds
.  .  .  .  victim-selection-policy
.  .  .  mdb-resource-adapter
.  .  .  .  resource-adapter-mid
.  .  .  .  activation-config
.  .  .  .  .  description
.  .  .  .  .  activation-config-property
.  .  .  .  .  .  activation-config-property-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  activation-config-property-value
.  .  .  webservice-endpoint
.  .  .  .  port-component-name
.  .  .  .  endpoint-address-uri
.  .  .  .  login-config
.  .  .  .  .  auth-method
.  .  .  .  .  realm
.  .  .  .  message-security-binding
.  .  .  .  .  message-security
.  .  .  .  .  .  message
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  java-method
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  method-param
.  .  .  .  .  .  .  operation-name
.  .  .  .  .  .  request-protection
.  .  .  .  .  .  response-protection
.  .  .  .  transport-guarantee
.  .  .  .  service-qname
.  .  .  .  tie-class
.  .  .  .  servlet-impl-class
.  .  .  .  debugging-enabled
.  .  .  .  property (with subelements)
.  .  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  .  value
.  .  .  flush-at-end-of-method
.  .  .  .  method
.  .  .  .  .  description
.  .  .  .  .  ejb-name
.  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  method-intf
.  .  .  .  .  method-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  method-param
.  .  .  checkpointed-methods
.  .  .  checkpoint-at-end-of-method
.  .  .  .  method
.  .  .  .  .  description
.  .  .  .  .  ejb-name
.  .  .  .  .  method-name
.  .  .  .  .  method-intf
.  .  .  .  .  method-params
.  .  .  .  .  .  method-param
.  .  pm-descriptors
.  .  cmp-resource
.  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  .  default-resource-principal
.  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  password
.  .  .  property (with subelements)
.  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  value
.  .  .  create-tables-at-deploy
.  .  .  drop-tables-at-undeploy
.  .  .  database-vendor-name
.  .  .  schema-generator-properties
.  .  .  .  property (with subelements)
.  .  .  .  .  name
.  .  .  .  .  value
.  .  message-destination
.  .  .  message-destination-name
.  .  .  jndi-name
.  .  webservice-description
.  .  .  webservice-description-name
.  .  .  wsdl-publish-location

Note –

If any configuration information for an enterprise bean is not specified in the sun-ejb-jar.xml file, it defaults to a corresponding setting in the EJB container if an equivalency exists.


Here is a sample sun-ejb-jar.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE sun-ejb-jar PUBLIC '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD 
Application Server 9.0 EJB 3.0//EN' 
'http://www.sun.com/software/appserver/dtds/sun-ejb-jar_3_0-0.dtd'>
<sun-ejb-jar>
<display-name>First Module</display-name>
<enterprise-beans>
	<ejb>
		<ejb-name>CustomerEJB</ejb-name>
		<jndi-name>customer</jndi-name>
		<bean-pool>
			<steady-pool-size>10</steady-pool-size>
			<resize-quantity>10</resize-quantity>
			<max-pool-size>100</max-pool-size>
			<pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>600</pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>
		</bean-pool>
		<bean-cache>
			<max-cache-size>100</max-cache-size>
			<resize-quantity>10</resize-quantity>
			<removal-timeout-in-seconds>3600</removal-timeout-in-seconds>
			<victim-selection-policy>LRU</victim-selection-policy>
		</bean-cache>
	</ejb>
	<cmp-resource>
		<jndi-name>jdbc/__default</jndi-name>
		<create-tables-at-deploy>true</create-tables-at-deploy>
		<drop-tables-at-undeploy>true</drop-tables-at-undeploy>
	</cmp-resource>
</enterprise-beans>
</sun-ejb-jar>

Alphabetical Listing of All Elements

A

activation-config

Specifies an activation configuration, which includes the runtime configuration properties of the message-driven bean in its operational environment. For example, this can include information about the name of a physical JMS destination. Matches and overrides the activation-config element in the ejb-jar.xml file.

Superelements

mdb-resource-adapter (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the activation-config element.

Table A–2 activation-config subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

description

zero or one 

Specifies a text description of the activation configuration. 

activation-config-property

one or more 

Specifies an activation configuration property. 

activation-config-property

Specifies the name and value of an activation configuration property.

Superelements

activation-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the activation-config-property element.

Table A–3 activation-config-property subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

activation-config-property-name

only one 

Specifies the name of an activation configuration property. 

activation-config-property-value

only one 

Specifies the value of an activation configuration property. 

activation-config-property-name

Specifies the name of an activation configuration property.

Superelements

activation-config-property (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

activation-config-property-value

Specifies the value of an activation configuration property.

Superelements

activation-config-property (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

as-context

Specifies the authentication mechanism used to authenticate the client.

Superelements

ior-security-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the as-context element.

Table A–4 as-context Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

auth-method

only one 

Specifies the authentication method. The only supported value is USERNAME_PASSWORD.

realm

only one 

Specifies the realm in which the user is authenticated. 

required

only one 

Specifies whether the authentication method specified in the auth-method element must be used for client authentication.

auth-method

Specifies the authentication method.

If the parent element is as-context, the only supported value is USERNAME_PASSWORD.

If the parent element is login-config, specifies the authentication mechanism for the web service endpoint. As a prerequisite to gaining access to any web resources protected by an authorization constraint, a user must be authenticated using the configured mechanism.

Superelements

login-config (sun-web.xml), as-context (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

B

bean-cache

Specifies the entity bean cache properties. Used for entity beans and stateful session beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the bean-cache element.

Table A–5 bean-cache Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

max-cache-size

zero or one 

Specifies the maximum number of beans allowable in cache. 

is-cache-overflow-allowed

zero or one 

Deprecated. 

cache-idle-timeout-in-seconds

zero or one 

Specifies the maximum time that a stateful session bean or entity bean is allowed to be idle in cache before being passivated. Default value is 10 minutes (600 seconds). 

removal-timeout-in-seconds

zero or one 

Specifies the amount of time a bean remains before being removed. If removal-timeout-in-seconds is less than idle-timeout, the bean is removed without being passivated.

resize-quantity

zero or one 

Specifies the number of beans to be created if the pool is empty (subject to the max-pool-size limit). Values are from 0 to MAX_INTEGER.

victim-selection-policy

zero or one 

Specifies the algorithm that must be used by the container to pick victims. Applies only to stateful session beans. 

Example

<bean-cache>
   <max-cache-size>100</max-cache-size>
   <cache-resize-quantity>10</cache-resize-quantity>
   <removal-timeout-in-seconds>3600</removal-timeout-in-seconds>
   <victim-selection-policy>LRU</victim-selection-policy>
      <cache-idle-timeout-in-seconds>600</cache-idle-timeout-in-seconds>
   <removal-timeout-in-seconds>5400</removal-timeout-in-seconds>
</bean-cache>

bean-pool

Specifies the pool properties of stateless session beans, entity beans, and message-driven bean.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the bean-pool element.

Table A–6 bean-pool Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

steady-pool-size

zero or one 

Specifies the initial and minimum number of beans maintained in the pool. Default is 32. 

resize-quantity

zero or one 

Specifies the number of beans to be created if the pool is empty (subject to the max-pool-size limit). Values are from 0 to MAX_INTEGER.

max-pool-size

zero or one 

Specifies the maximum number of beans in the pool. Values are from 0 to MAX_INTEGER. Default is to the EJB container value or 60. 

max-wait-time-in-millis

zero or one 

Deprecated. 

pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds

zero or one 

Specifies the maximum time that a bean is allowed to be idle in the pool. After this time, the bean is removed. This is a hint to the server. Default time is 600 seconds (10 minutes). 

Example

<bean-pool>
   <steady-pool-size>10</steady-pool-size>
   <resize-quantity>10</resize-quantity>
   <max-pool-size>100</max-pool-size>
   <pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>600</pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>
</bean-pool>

C

cache

Configures caching for web application components.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the cache element.

Table A–7 cache Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

cache-helper

zero or more 

Specifies a custom class that implements the CacheHelper interface.

default-helper

zero or one 

Allows you to change the properties of the default, built-in cache-helper class.

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a cache property, which has a name and a value. 

cache-mapping

zero or more 

Maps a URL pattern or a servlet name to its cacheability constraints. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the cache element.

Table A–8 cache Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

max-entries

4096

(optional) Specifies the maximum number of entries the cache can contain. Must be a positive integer. 

timeout-in-seconds

30

(optional) Specifies the maximum amount of time in seconds that an entry can remain in the cache after it is created or refreshed. Can be overridden by a timeout element.

enabled

true

(optional) Determines whether servlet and JSP caching is enabled. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the cache element.

Table A–9 cache Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

cacheClassName

com.sun.appserv.web.cache.LruCache

Specifies the fully qualified name of the class that implements the cache functionality. See Cache Class Names for possible values.

MultiLRUSegmentSize

4096

Specifies the number of entries in a segment of the cache table that should have its own LRU (least recently used) list. Applicable only if cacheClassName is set to com.sun.appserv.web.cache.MultiLruCache.

MaxSize

unlimited; Long.MAX_VALUE

Specifies an upper bound on the cache memory size in bytes (KB or MB units). Example values are 32 KB or 2 MB. Applicable only if cacheClassName is set to com.sun.appserv.web.cache.BoundedMultiLruCache.

Cache Class Names

The following table lists possible values of the cacheClassName property.

Table A–10 cacheClassName Values

Value 

Description 

com.sun.appserv.web.cache.LruCache

A bounded cache with an LRU (least recently used) cache replacement policy. 

com.sun.appserv.web.cache.BaseCache

An unbounded cache suitable if the maximum number of entries is known. 

com.sun.appserv.web.cache.MultiLruCache

A cache suitable for a large number of entries (>4096). Uses the MultiLRUSegmentSize property.

com.sun.appserv.web.cache.BoundedMultiLruCache

A cache suitable for limiting the cache size by memory rather than number of entries. Uses the MaxSize property.

cache-helper

Specifies a class that implements the com.sun.appserv.web.cache.CacheHelper interface.

Superelements

cache (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the cache-helper element.

Table A–11 cache-helper Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the cache-helper element.

Table A–12 cache-helper Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

name

default

Specifies a unique name for the helper class, which is referenced in the cache-mapping element.

class-name

none 

Specifies the fully qualified class name of the cache helper, which must implement the com.sun.appserv.web.CacheHelper interface.

cache-helper-ref

Specifies the name of the cache-helper used by the parent cache-mapping element.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

cache-idle-timeout-in-seconds

Specifies the maximum time that a bean can remain idle in the cache. After this amount of time, the container can passivate this bean. A value of 0 specifies that beans never become candidates for passivation. Default is 600.

Applies to stateful session beans and entity beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

bean-cache (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

cache-mapping

Maps a URL pattern or a servlet name to its cacheability constraints.

Superelements

cache (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the cache-mapping element.

Table A–13 cache-mapping Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

servlet-name

requires one servlet-name or url-pattern

Contains the name of a servlet. 

url-pattern

requires one servlet-name or url-pattern

Contains a servlet URL pattern for which caching is enabled. 

cache-helper-ref

required if dispatcher, timeout, refresh-field, http-method, key-field, and constraint-field are not used

Contains the name of the cache-helper used by the parent cache-mapping element.

dispatcher

zero or one if cache-helper-ref is not used

Contains a comma-separated list of RequestDispatcher methods for which caching is enabled.

timeout

zero or one if cache-helper-ref is not used

Contains the cache-mapping specific maximum amount of time in seconds that an entry can remain in the cache after it is created or refreshed.

refresh-field

zero or one if cache-helper-ref is not used

Specifies a field that gives the application component a programmatic way to refresh a cached entry. 

http-method

zero or more if cache-helper-ref is not used

Contains an HTTP method that is eligible for caching. 

key-field

zero or more if cache-helper-ref is not used

Specifies a component of the key used to look up and extract cache entries. 

constraint-field

zero or more if cache-helper-ref is not used

Specifies a cacheability constraint for the given url-pattern or servlet-name.

call-property

Specifies JAX-RPC property values that can be set on a javax.xml.rpc.Call object before it is returned to the web service client. The property names can be any properties supported by the JAX-RPC Call implementation.

Superelements

port-info, service-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the call-property element.

Table A–14 call-property subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

name

only one 

Specifies the name of the entity. 

value

only one 

Specifies the value of the entity. 

caller-propagation

Specifies whether the target accepts propagated caller identities. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED.

Superelements

sas-context (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

checkpoint-at-end-of-method

Specifies that the stateful session bean state is checkpointed, or persisted, after the specified methods are executed. The availability-enabled attribute of the parent ejb element must be set to true.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the checkpoint-at-end-of-method element.

Table A–15 checkpoint-at-end-of-method Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

method

one or more 

Specifies a bean method. 

checkpointed-methods

Deprecated. Supported for backward compatibility. Use checkpoint-at-end-of-method instead.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

class-loader

Configures the class loader for the web module.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the class-loader element.

Table A–16 class-loader Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the class-loader element.

Table A–17 class-loader Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

extra-class-path

null 

(optional) Specifies a colon or semicolon separated list of additional classpaths for this web module. Paths can be absolute or relative to the web module's root, for example: 

extra-class-path="WEB-INF/lib/extra/extra.jar"

delegate

true

(optional) If true, the web module follows the standard class loader delegation model and delegates to its parent class loader first before looking in the local class loader. You must set this to true for a web module that accesses EJB components or that acts as a web service client or endpoint.

If false, the web module follows the delegation model specified in the Servlet specification and looks in its class loader before looking in the parent class loader. It’s safe to set this to false only for a web module that does not interact with any other modules.


Note –

For Prelude, the delegate value is ignored and assumed to be set to true.


dynamic-reload-interval

 

(optional) Not implemented. Included for backward compatibility with previous Sun GlassFish Web Server versions. 


Note –

If the delegate element is set to false, the class loader delegation behavior complies with the Servlet 2.4 specification, section 9.7.2. If set to its default value of true, classes and resources residing in container-wide library JAR files are loaded in preference to classes and resources packaged within the WAR file.

Portable programs that use this element should not be packaged with any classes or interfaces that are a part of the Java EE specification. The behavior of a program that includes such classes or interfaces in its WAR file is undefined.


Properties

The following table describes properties for the class-loader element.

Table A–18 class-loader Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

ignoreHiddenJarFiles

false

If true, specifies that all JAR and ZIP files in the WEB-INF/lib directory that start with a period (.) are ignored by the class loader.

cmp

Describes runtime information for a CMP entity bean object for EJB 1.1 and EJB 2.1 beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the cmp element.

Table A–19 cmp Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

mapping-properties

zero or one 

This element is not implemented. 

is-one-one-cmp

zero or one 

This element is not implemented. 

one-one-finders

zero or one 

Describes the finders for CMP 1.1 beans. 

prefetch-disabled

zero or one 

Disables prefetching of entity bean states for the specified query methods. 

cmp-resource

Specifies the database to be used for storing CMP beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

enterprise-beans (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the cmp-resource element.

Table A–20 cmp-resource Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

jndi-name

only one 

Specifies the absolute jndi-name of a JDBC resource.

default-resource-principal

zero or one 

Specifies the default runtime bindings of a resource reference. 

property (with subelements)

zero or more 

Specifies a property name and value. Used to configure PersistenceManagerFactory properties.

create-tables-at-deploy

zero or one 

If true, specifies that database tables are created for beans that are automatically mapped by the EJB container.

drop-tables-at-undeploy

zero or one 

If true, specifies that database tables that were automatically created when the bean(s) were last deployed are dropped when the bean(s) are undeployed.

database-vendor-name

zero or one 

Specifies the name of the database vendor for which tables can be created. 

schema-generator-properties

zero or one 

Specifies field-specific type mappings and allows you to set the use-unique-table-names property.

cmt-timeout-in-seconds

Overrides the Transaction Timeout setting of the Transaction Service for an individual bean. The default value, 0, specifies that the default Transaction Service timeout is used. If positive, this value is used for all methods in the bean that start a new container-managed transaction. This value is not used if the bean joins a client transaction.

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

commit-option

Specifies the commit option used on transaction completion. Valid values for the Enterprise Server are B or C. Default value is B. Applies to entity beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

confidentiality

Specifies if the target supports privacy-protected messages. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED.

Superelements

transport-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

constraint-field

Specifies a cacheability constraint for the given url-pattern or servlet-name.

All constraint-field constraints must pass for a response to be cached. If there are value constraints, at least one of them must pass.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the constraint-field element.

Table A–21 constraint-field Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

constraint-field-value

zero or more 

Contains a value to be matched to the input parameter value. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the constraint-field element.

Table A–22 constraint-field Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

name

none 

Specifies the input parameter name. 

scope

request.parameter

(optional) Specifies the scope from which the input parameter is retrieved. Allowed values are context.attribute, request.header, request.parameter, request.cookie, request.attribute, and session.attribute.

cache-on-match

true

(optional) If true, caches the response if matching succeeds. Overrides the same attribute in a constraint-field-value subelement.

cache-on-match-failure

false

(optional) If true, caches the response if matching fails. Overrides the same attribute in a constraint-field-value subelement.

constraint-field-value

Specifies a value to be matched to the input parameter value. The matching is case sensitive. For example:

<value match-expr="in-range">1-60</value>

Superelements

constraint-field (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the constraint-field-value element.

Table A–23 constraint-field-value Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

match-expr

equals

(optional) Specifies the type of comparison performed with the value. Allowed values are equals, not-equals, greater, lesser, and in-range.

If match-expr is greater or lesser, the value must be a number. If match-expr is in-range, the value must be of the form n1-n2, where n1 and n2 are numbers.

cache-on-match

true

(optional) If true, caches the response if matching succeeds.

cache-on-match-failure

false

(optional) If true, caches the response if matching fails.

context-root

Contains the web context root for the web application. Overrides the corresponding element in the web.xml file.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

cookie-properties

Specifies session cookie properties.

Superelements

session-config (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the cookie-properties element.

Table A–24 cookie-properties Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the cookie-properties element.

Table A–25 cookie-properties Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

cookiePath

Context path at which the web module is installed. 

Specifies the pathname that is set when the cookie is created. The browser sends the cookie if the pathname for the request contains this pathname. If set to / (slash), the browser sends cookies to all URLs served by the Enterprise Server. You can set the path to a narrower mapping to limit the request URLs to which the browser sends cookies.

cookieMaxAgeSeconds

-1

Specifies the expiration time (in seconds) after which the browser expires the cookie. 

cookieDomain

(unset) 

Specifies the domain for which the cookie is valid. 

cookieComment

Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server Session Tracking Cookie

Specifies the comment that identifies the session tracking cookie in the cookie file. Applications can provide a more specific comment for the cookie. 

cookieSecure

dynamic

Sets the Secure attribute of any JSESSIONID cookies associated with the web application. Allowed values are as follows:

  • true — Sets Secure to true.

  • false — Sets Secure to false.

  • dynamic — The JSESSIONID cookie inherits the Secure setting of the request that initiated the session.

To set the Secure attribute of a JSESSIONIDSSO cookie, use the ssoCookieSecure virtual-server property in the domain.xml file. For details, see virtual-server in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Administration Reference.

create-tables-at-deploy

Specifies whether database tables are created for beans that are automatically mapped by the EJB container. If true, creates tables in the database. If false (the default if this element is not present), does not create tables.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

cmp-resource (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

D

database-vendor-name

Specifies the name of the database vendor for which tables can be created. Allowed values are javadb, db2, mssql, oracle, postgresql, pointbase, derby (also for CloudScape), and sybase, case-insensitive.

If no value is specified, a connection is made to the resource specified by the jndi-name subelement of the cmp-resource element, and the database vendor name is read. If the connection cannot be established, or if the value is not recognized, SQL-92 compliance is presumed.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

cmp-resource (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

debugging-enabled

Specifies whether the debugging servlet is enabled for this web service endpoint. Allowed values are true (the default) and false.

Superelements

webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

default-helper

Passes property values to the built-in default cache-helper class.

Superelements

cache (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the default-helper element.

Table A–26 default-helper Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the default-helper element.

Table A–27 default-helper Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

cacheKeyGeneratorAttrName

Uses the built-in default cache-helper key generation, which concatenates the servlet path with key-field values, if any.

The caching engine looks in the ServletContext for an attribute with a name equal to the value specified for this property to determine whether a customized CacheKeyGenerator implementation is used. An application can provide a customized key generator rather than using the default helper. See The CacheKeyGenerator Interface in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Developer’s Guide.

default-resource-principal

Specifies the default principal (user) for the resource.

If this element is used in conjunction with a JMS Connection Factory resource, the name and password subelements must be valid entries in the Sun JavaTM System Message Queue broker user repository.

Superelements

resource-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml); cmp-resource, mdb-connection-factory (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the default-resource-principal element.

Table A–28 default-resource-principal Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

name

only one 

Specifies the default resource principal name used to sign on to a resource manager. 

password

only one 

Specifies password of the default resource principal. 

description

Specifies a text description of the containing element.

Superelements

property (with attributes) (sun-web.xml); activation-config, method (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

dispatcher

Specifies a comma-separated list of RequestDispatcher methods for which caching is enabled on the target resource. Valid values are REQUEST, FORWARD, INCLUDE, and ERROR . If this element is not specified, the default is REQUEST. See SRV.6.2.5 of the Servlet 2.4 specification for more information.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

drop-tables-at-undeploy

Specifies whether database tables that were automatically created when the bean(s) were last deployed are dropped when the bean(s) are undeployed. If true, drops tables from the database. If false (the default if this element is not present), does not drop tables.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

cmp-resource (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

E

ejb

Defines runtime properties for a single enterprise bean within the application. The subelements listed below apply to particular enterprise beans as follows:

Superelements

enterprise-beans (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the ejb element.

Table A–29 ejb Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

ejb-name

only one 

Matches the ejb-name in the corresponding ejb-jar.xml file.

jndi-name

zero or more 

Specifies the absolute jndi-name.

ejb-ref

zero or more 

Maps the absolute JNDI name to the ejb-ref element in the corresponding Java EE XML file.

resource-ref

zero or more 

Maps the absolute JNDI name to the resource-ref in the corresponding Java EE XML file.

resource-env-ref

zero or more 

Maps the absolute JNDI name to the resource-env-ref in the corresponding Java EE XML file.

service-ref

zero or more 

Specifies runtime settings for a web service reference. 

message-destination-ref

zero or more 

Specifies the name of a physical message destination. 

pass-by-reference

zero or one 

Specifies the passing method used by an enterprise bean calling a remote interface method in another bean that is colocated within the same process. 

cmp

zero or one 

Specifies runtime information for a container-managed persistence (CMP) entity bean for EJB 1.1 and EJB 2.1 beans. 

principal

zero or one 

Specifies the principal (user) name in an enterprise bean that has the run-as role specified.

mdb-connection-factory

zero or one 

Specifies the connection factory associated with a message-driven bean. 

jms-durable-subscription-name

zero or one 

Specifies the durable subscription associated with a message-driven bean. 

jms-max-messages-load

zero or one 

Specifies the maximum number of messages to load into a Java Message Service session at one time for a message-driven bean to serve. The default is 1. 

ior-security-config

zero or one 

Specifies the security information for the IOR. 

is-read-only-bean

zero or one 

Specifies that this entity bean is read-only. 

refresh-period-in-seconds

zero or one 

Specifies the rate at which a read-only-bean must be refreshed from the data source. 

commit-option

zero or one 

Has valid values of B or C. Default value is B. 

cmt-timeout-in-seconds

zero or one 

Overrides the Transaction Timeout setting of the Transaction Service for an individual bean. 

use-thread-pool-id

zero or one 

Specifies the thread pool from which threads are selected for remote invocations of this bean. 

gen-classes

zero or one 

Specifies all the generated class names for a bean. 

bean-pool

zero or one 

Specifies the bean pool properties. Used for stateless session beans, entity beans, and message-driven beans. 

bean-cache

zero or one 

Specifies the bean cache properties. Used only for stateful session beans and entity beans. 

mdb-resource-adapter

zero or one 

Specifies runtime configuration information for a message-driven bean. 

webservice-endpoint

zero or more 

Specifies information about a web service endpoint. 

flush-at-end-of-method

zero or one 

Specifies the methods that force a database flush after execution. Used for entity beans. 

checkpointed-methods

zero or one 

Deprecated. Supported for backward compatibility. Use checkpoint-at-end-of-method instead.

checkpoint-at-end-of-method

zero or one 

Specifies that the stateful session bean state is checkpointed, or persisted, after the specified methods are executed. The availability-enabled attribute must be set to true.

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the ejb element.

Table A–30 ejb Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

availability-enabled

false

(optional) If set to true, and if availability is enabled in the EJB container, high-availability features apply to this bean if it is a stateful session bean.

Example

<ejb>
   <ejb-name>CustomerEJB</ejb-name>
   <jndi-name>customer</jndi-name>
   <resource-ref>
      <res-ref-name>jdbc/SimpleBank</res-ref-name>
      <jndi-name>jdbc/__default</jndi-name>
   </resource-ref>
   <is-read-only-bean>false</is-read-only-bean>
   <commit-option>B</commit-option>
   <bean-pool>
      <steady-pool-size>10</steady-pool-size>
      <resize-quantity>10</resize-quantity>
      <max-pool-size>100</max-pool-size>
      <pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>600</pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>
   </bean-pool>
   <bean-cache>
      <max-cache-size>100</max-cache-size>
      <resize-quantity>10</resize-quantity>
      <removal-timeout-in-seconds>3600</removal-timeout-in-seconds>
      <victim-selection-policy>LRU</victim-selection-policy>
   </bean-cache>
</ejb>

ejb-name

In the sun-ejb-jar.xml file, matches the ejb-name in the corresponding ejb-jar.xml file. The name must be unique among the names of the enterprise beans in the same EJB JAR file.

There is no architected relationship between the ejb-name in the deployment descriptor and the JNDI name that the deployer assigns to the EJB component’s home.

Superelements

ejb, method (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

ejb-ref

Maps the ejb-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file ejb-ref entry to the absolute jndi-name of a resource.

The ejb-ref element is used for the declaration of a reference to an EJB’s home. Applies to session beans or entity beans.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the ejb-ref element.

Table A–31 ejb-ref Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

ejb-ref-name

only one 

Specifies the ejb-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file ejb-ref entry.

jndi-name

only one 

Specifies the absolute jndi-name of a resource.

ejb-ref-name

Specifies the ejb-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file ejb-ref entry.

Superelements

ejb-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

endpoint-address-uri

Specifies the relative path combined with the web server root to form the fully qualified endpoint address for a web service endpoint. This is a required element for EJB endpoints and an optional element for servlet endpoints.

For servlet endpoints, this value is relative to the web application context root. For EJB endpoints, the URI is relative to root of the web server (the first portion of the URI is a context root). The context root portion must not conflict with the context root of any web application deployed to the same web server.

In all cases, this value must be a fixed pattern (no ”*’ allowed).

If the web service endpoint is a servlet that implements only a single endpoint and has only one url-pattern, it is not necessary to set this value, because the web container derives it from the web.xml file.

Superelements

webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Example

If the web server is listening at http://localhost:8080, the following endpoint-address-uri:

<endpoint-address-uri>StockQuoteService/StockQuotePort</endpoint-address-uri>

results in the following target endpoint address:

http://localhost:8080/StockQuoteService/StockQuotePort

enterprise-beans

Specifies all the runtime properties for an EJB JAR file in the application.

Superelements

sun-ejb-jar (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the enterprise-beans element.

Table A–32 enterprise-beans Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

name

zero or one 

Specifies the name string. 

unique-id

zero or one 

Specifies a unique system identifier. This data is automatically generated and updated at deployment/redeployment. Do not specify or edit this value. 

ejb

zero or more 

Defines runtime properties for a single enterprise bean within the application. 

pm-descriptors

zero or one 

Deprecated. 

cmp-resource

zero or one 

Specifies the database to be used for storing container-managed persistence (CMP) beans in an EJB JAR file. 

message-destination

zero or more 

Specifies the name of a logical message destination. 

webservice-description

zero or more 

Specifies a name and optional publish location for a web service. 

Example

<enterprise-beans>
 <ejb>
	 <ejb-name>CustomerEJB</ejb-name>
	 <jndi-name>customer</jndi-name>
	 <resource-ref>
		 <res-ref-name>jdbc/SimpleBank</res-ref-name>
		 <jndi-name>jdbc/__default</jndi-name>
	 </resource-ref>
	 <is-read-only-bean>false</is-read-only-bean>
	 <commit-option>B</commit-option>
	 <bean-pool>
		 <steady-pool-size>10</steady-pool-size>
		<resize-quantity>10</resize-quantity>
		 <max-pool-size>100</max-pool-size>
		 <pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>600</pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds>
	 </bean-pool>
	 <bean-cache>
		 <max-cache-size>100</max-cache-size>
		 <resize-quantity>10</resize-quantity>
		 <removal-timeout-in-seconds>3600</removal-timeout-in-seconds>
		 <victim-selection-policy>LRU</victim-selection-policy>
	 </bean-cache>
 </ejb>
</enterprise-beans>

establish-trust-in-client

Specifies if the target is capable of authenticating a client. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED.

Superelements

transport-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

establish-trust-in-target

Specifies if the target is capable of authenticating to a client. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED.

Superelements

transport-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

F

finder

Describes the finders for CMP 1.1 with a method name and query.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

one-one-finders (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the finder element.

Table A–33 finder Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

method-name

only one 

Specifies the method name for the finder. 

query-params

zero or one 

Specifies the query parameters for the CMP 1.1 finder. 

query-filter

zero or one 

Specifies the query filter for the CMP 1.1 finder. 

query-variables

zero or one 

Specifies variables in query expression for the CMP 1.1 finder. 

query-ordering

zero or one 

Specifies the query ordering for the CMP 1.1 finder. 

flush-at-end-of-method

Specifies the methods that force a database flush after execution. Applicable to entity beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the flush-at-end-of-method element.

Table A–34 flush-at-end-of-method Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

method

one or more 

Specifies a bean method. 

G

gen-classes

Specifies all the generated class names for a bean.


Note –

This value is automatically generated by the server at deployment or redeployment time. Do not specify it or change it after deployment.



Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the gen-classes element.

Table A–35 gen-classes Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

remote-impl

zero or one 

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBObject impl class.

local-impl

zero or one 

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBLocalObject impl class.

remote-home-impl

zero or one 

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBHome impl class. 

local-home-impl

zero or one 

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBLocalHome impl class.

group-name

Specifies a group name in the current realm.

Superelements

security-role-mapping (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

H

http-method

Specifies an HTTP method that is eligible for caching. The default is GET.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

I

idempotent-url-pattern

Specifies a URL pattern for idempotent requests.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the idempotent-url-pattern element.

Table A–36 idempotent-url-pattern Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

url-pattern

none 

Specifies a URL pattern, which can contain wildcards. The URL pattern must conform to the mappings specified in section SRV 11.2 of the Servlet 2.4 specification. 

no-of-retries

-1

(optional) Specifies the number of times the load balancer retries an idempotent request. A value of -1 indicates infinite retries.

Example

The following example specifies that all requests for the URI sun-java/* are idempotent.

<idempotent-url-pattern url-pattern="sun_java/*" no-of-retries="10"/>

integrity

Specifies if the target supports integrity-protected messages. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED.

Superelements

transport-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

ior-security-config

Specifies the security information for the input-output redirection (IOR).

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the ior-security-config element.

Table A–37 ior-security-config Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

transport-config

zero or one 

Specifies the security information for transport. 

as-context

zero or one 

Specifies the authentication mechanism used to authenticate the client. If specified, it is USERNAME_PASSWORD.

sas-context

zero or one 

Describes the sas-context fields. 

is-cache-overflow-allowed

This element is deprecated. Do not use.

Superelements

bean-cache (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

is-one-one-cmp

This element is not used.

Superelements

cmp (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

is-read-only-bean

Specifies that this entity bean is a read-only bean if true. If this element is absent, the default value of false is used.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

J

java-method

Specifies a method.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

message (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the java-method element.

Table A–38 java-method Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

method-name

only one 

Specifies a method name. 

method-params

zero or one 

Specifies fully qualified Java type names of method parameters. 

jms-durable-subscription-name

Specifies the durable subscription associated with a message-driven bean class. Only applies to the Java Message Service Topic Destination type, and only when the message-driven bean deployment descriptor subscription durability is Durable.

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

jms-max-messages-load

Specifies the maximum number of messages to load into a Java Message Service session at one time for a message-driven bean to serve. The default is 1.

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

jndi-name

Specifies the absolute jndi-name of a URL resource or a resource.

For entity beans and session beans, this value specifies the global JNDI name of the EJBHome object. It is only needed if the entity or session bean exposes a remote view.

For JMS message-driven beans, this is the JNDI name of the JMS resource from which the message-driven bean consumes JMS messages. This information is alternatively specified within the activation-config subelement of the mdb-resource-adapter element.

Superelements

ejb-ref, message-destination, resource-env-ref, resource-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml); cmp-resource, ejb, mdb-connection-factory (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

jsp-config

Specifies JSP configuration information.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the jsp-config element.

Table A–39 jsp-config Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Properties

The default property values are tuned for development of JSP files at the cost of performance. To maximize performance, set jsp-config properties to these non-default values:

The following table describes properties for the jsp-config element.

Table A–40 jsp-config Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

checkInterval

0

If development is set to false and checkInterval is greater than zero, background compilations are enabled. The checkInterval is the time in seconds between checks to see if a JSP file needs to be recompiled.

classdebuginfo

true

Specifies whether the generated Java servlets are compiled with the debug option set (-g for javac).

classpath

created dynamically based on the current web application 

Specifies the classpath to use when compiling generated servlets. 

compiler

javac

Specifies the compiler Ant uses to compile JSP files. See the Ant documentation for more information: 

http://antinstaller.sourceforge.net/manual/manual/

compilerSourceVM

Depends on the Enterprise Server's Java runtime 

Specifies the JDK release with which source compatibility of the generated servlets is provided. Same as the -source release option of javac.

For more information, see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/solaris/javac.html#options.

compilerTargetVM

Depends on the Enterprise Server's Java runtime 

Specifies the Virtual Machine for the Java platform (JVMTM software) version for which the servlet class files are generated. Same as the -target release option of javac.

For more information, see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/tooldocs/solaris/javac.html#options.

defaultBufferNone

false

If true, the default for the buffer attribute of the page directive is none.

development

true

If set to true, enables development mode, which allows JSP files to be checked for modification. Specify the frequency at which JSPs are checked using the modificationTestInterval property.

dumpSmap

false

If set to true, dumps SMAP information for JSR 45 debugging to a file. Set to false if suppressSmap is true.

enablePooling

true

If set to true, tag handler pooling is enabled.

enableTldValidation

false

If set to true, all Tag Library Descriptor (TLD) files referenced by the web application are validated against their underlying schema or DTD file.

errorOnUseBeanInvalidClassAttribute

false

If set to true, issues an error when the value of the class attribute in a useBean action is not a valid bean class.

fork

true

Specifies that Ant forks the compiling of JSP files, using a JVM machine separate from the one in which Tomcat is running. 

genStrAsByteArray

true

If true, text strings are generated as bytes (encoded with the page encoding), if the page is not buffered.

genStrAsCharArray

false

If set to true, generates text strings as char arrays, which improves performance in some cases.

httpMethods

* for all methods

Specifies a comma separated list of HTTP methods supported by the JspServlet.

ieClassId

clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93

Specifies the Java plug-in COM class ID for Internet Explorer. Used by the <jsp:plugin> tags.

ignoreJspFragmentErrors

false

If set to true, instructs the compiler to ignore any JSP precompilation errors pertaining to statically included JSP segments that, despite not being top level JSP files, use the .jsp or .jspx extension (instead of the recommended .jspf).

initialCapacity

32

Specifies the initial capacity of the HashMap that maps JSP files to their corresponding servlets.

javaEncoding

UTF8

Specifies the encoding for the generated Java servlet. This encoding is passed to the Java compiler that is used to compile the servlet as well. By default, the web container tries to use UTF8. If that fails, it tries to use the javaEncoding value.

For encodings, see: 

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html

keepgenerated

true with JDK 5 and before and for jspc, otherwise false

If set to true, keeps the generated Java files. If false, deletes the Java files.

mappedfile

true

If set to true, generates static content with one print statement per input line, to ease debugging.

modificationTestInterval

0

Specifies the frequency in seconds at which JSPs are checked for modification. A value of 0 causes the JSP to be checked on every access. Used only if development is set to true.

reload-interval

0

Specifies the frequency in seconds at which JSP files are checked for modifications. Setting this value to 0 checks JSP files for modifications on every request. Setting this value to -1 disables checks for JSP modifications and JSP recompilation.

saveBytecode

true for jspc, otherwise false

If true, generated byte code is saved to .class files? This option is meaningful only when the Java compiler API, JSR 199 (available with and used as the default on Java 6) is used for javac compilations.

scratchdir

The default work directory for the web application 

Specifies the working directory created for storing all the generated code. 

suppressSmap

false

If set to true, generation of SMAP information for JSR 45 debugging is suppressed.

trimSpaces

false

If set to true, trims white spaces in template text between actions or directives.

usePrecompiled

false

If set to true, an accessed JSP file is not compiled. Its precompiled servlet class is used instead.

It is assumed that JSP files have been precompiled, and their corresponding servlet classes have been bundled in the web application’s WEB-INF/lib or WEB-INF/classes directory.

xpoweredBy

true

If set to true, the X-Powered-By response header is added by the generated servlet.

K

key-field

Specifies a component of the key used to look up and extract cache entries. The web container looks for the named parameter, or field, in the specified scope.

If this element is not present, the web container uses the Servlet Path (the path section that corresponds to the servlet mapping that activated the current request). See the Servlet 2.4 specification, section SRV 4.4, for details on the Servlet Path.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the key-field element.

Table A–41 key-field Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

name

none 

Specifies the input parameter name. 

scope

request.parameter

(optional) Specifies the scope from which the input parameter is retrieved. Allowed values are context.attribute, request.header, request.parameter, request.cookie, session.id, and session.attribute.

L

local-home-impl

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBLocalHome impl class.


Note –

This value is automatically generated by the server at deployment or redeployment time. Do not specify it or change it after deployment.



Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

gen-classes (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

local-impl

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBLocalObject impl class.


Note –

This value is automatically generated by the server at deployment or redeployment time. Do not specify it or change it after deployment.



Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

gen-classes (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

locale-charset-info

Deprecated. For backward compatibility only. Use the parameter-encoding subelement of sun-web-app instead. Specifies information about the application’s internationalization settings.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the locale-charset-info element.

Table A–42 locale-charset-info Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

locale-charset-map

one or more 

Maps a locale and an agent to a character encoding. Provided for backward compatibility. Used only for request processing, and only if no parameter-encoding is defined.

parameter-encoding

zero or one 

Determines the default request character encoding and how the web container decodes parameters from forms according to a hidden field value. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the locale-charset-info element.

Table A–43 locale-charset-info Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

default-locale

none 

Although a value is required, the value is ignored. Use the default-charset attribute of the parameter-encoding element.

locale-charset-map

Maps locales and agents to character encodings. Provided for backward compatibility. Used only for request processing. Used only if the character encoding is not specified in the request and cannot be derived from the optional parameter-encoding element. For encodings, see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html.

Superelements

locale-charset-info (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the locale-charset-map element.

Table A–44 locale-charset-map Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

description

zero or one 

Specifies an optional text description of a mapping. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the locale-charset-map element.

Table A–45 locale-charset-map Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

locale

none 

Specifies the locale name. 

agent

none 

(optional) Specifies the type of client that interacts with the application server. For a given locale, different agents can have different preferred character encodings. The value of this attribute must exactly match the value of the user-agent HTTP request header sent by the client. See Table A–46 for more information.

charset

none 

Specifies the character encoding to which the locale maps. 

Example Agents

The following table specifies example agent attribute values.

Table A–46 Example agent Attribute Values

Agent 

user-agent Header and agent Attribute Value

Internet Explorer 5.00 for Windows 2000 

Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.01; Windows NT 5.0)

Netscape 4.7.7 for Windows 2000 

Mozilla/4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U)

Netscape 4.7 for Solaris 

Mozilla/4.7 [en] (X11; u; Sun OS 5.6 sun4u)

localpart

Specifies the local part of a QNAME.

Superelements

service-qname, wsdl-port (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

login-config

Specifies the authentication configuration for an EJB web service endpoint. Not needed for servlet web service endpoints. A servlet’s security configuration is contained in the web.xml file.

Superelements

webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the login-config element.

Table A–47 login-config subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

auth-method

only one 

Specifies the authentication method. 

realm

zero or one 

Specifies the name of the realm used to process all authentication requests. 

M

manager-properties

Specifies session manager properties.

Superelements

session-manager (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the manager-properties element.

Table A–48 manager-properties Subelements

Element  

Required  

Description  

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the manager-properties element.

Table A–49 manager-properties Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

reapIntervalSeconds

60

Specifies the number of seconds between checks for expired sessions. This is also the interval at which sessions are passivated if maxSessions is exceeded.

If persistenceFrequency is set to time-based, active sessions are stored at this interval.

To prevent data inconsistency, set this value lower than the frequency at which session data changes. For example, this value should be as low as possible (1 second) for a hit counter servlet on a frequently accessed web site, or the last few hits might be lost each time the server is restarted.

Applicable only if the persistence-type attribute of the parent session-manager element is file or replicated.


Note –

The replicated persistence type is not supported in GlassFish v3 Prelude.


maxSessions

-1

Specifies the maximum number of sessions that are permitted in the cache, or -1 for no limit. After this, an attempt to create a new session causes an IllegalStateException to be thrown.

sessionFilename

One of the following: 

domain-dir/generated/jsp/module-name/context-path_SESSIONS.ser

domain-dir/generated/jsp/app-name/module-name/context-path_SESSIONS.ser

Specifies the absolute or relative path to the directory in which the session state is preserved between application restarts, if preserving the state is possible. A relative path is relative to the temporary directory for this web module. To disable preservation of the session state, set this property's value to an empty string. 

Applicable only if the persistence-type attribute of the parent session-manager element is memory.

To disable this behavior and not preserve the session state, specify an empty string as the value of this property. 

persistenceFrequency

web-method

Specifies how often the session state is stored. Allowed values are as follows: 

  • web-method - The session state is stored at the end of each web request prior to sending a response back to the client. This mode provides the best guarantee that the session state is fully updated in case of failure.

  • time-based - The session state is stored in the background at the frequency set by reapIntervalSeconds. This mode provides less of a guarantee that the session state is fully updated. However, it can provide a significant performance improvement because the state is not stored after each request.

Applicable only if the persistence-type attribute of the parent session-manager element is replicated.


Note –

The replicated persistence type is not supported in GlassFish v3 Prelude.


mapping-properties

This element is not implemented.

Superelements

cmp (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

max-cache-size

Specifies the maximum number of beans allowable in cache. A value of zero indicates an unbounded cache. In reality, there is no hard limit. The max-cache-size limit is just a hint to the cache implementation. Default is 512.

Applies to stateful session beans and entity beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

bean-cache (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

max-pool-size

Specifies the maximum number of bean instances in the pool. Values are from 0 (1 for message-driven bean) to MAX_INTEGER. A value of 0 means the pool is unbounded. Default is 64.

Applies to all beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

bean-pool (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

max-wait-time-in-millis

This element is deprecated. Do not use.

Superelements

bean-pool (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

mdb-connection-factory

Specifies the connection factory associated with a message-driven bean. Queue or Topic type must be consistent with the Java Message Service Destination type associated with the message-driven bean class.

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the mdb-connection-factory element.

Table A–50 mdb-connection-factory Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

jndi-name

only one 

Specifies the absolute jndi-name.

default-resource-principal

zero or one 

Specifies the default sign-on (name/password) to the resource manager. 

mdb-resource-adapter

Specifies runtime configuration information for a message-driven bean.

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the mdb-resource-adapter element.

Table A–51 mdb-resource-adapter subelements

Element  

Required  

Description  

resource-adapter-mid

zero or one 

Specifies a resource adapter module ID. 

activation-config

one or more 

Specifies an activation configuration. 

message

Specifies the methods or operations to which message security requirements apply.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

message-security (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the message element.

Table A–52 message Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

java-method

zero or one 

Specifies the methods or operations to which message security requirements apply. 

operation-name

zero or one 

Specifies the WSDL name of an operation of a web service. 

message-destination

Specifies the name of a logical message-destination defined within an application. The message-destination-name matches the corresponding message-destination-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file. Use when the message destination reference in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file specifies a message-destination-link to a logical message-destination.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), enterprise-beans (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the message-destination element.

Table A–53 message-destination subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

message-destination-name

only one 

Specifies the name of a logical message destination defined within the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file. 

jndi-name

only one 

Specifies the jndi-name of the associated entity.

message-destination-name

Specifies the name of a logical message destination defined within the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file.

Superelements

message-destination (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

message-destination-ref

Directly binds a message destination reference to the JNDI name of a Queue, Topic, or other physical destination. Use only when the message destination reference in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file does not specify a message-destination-link to a logical message-destination.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the message-destination-ref element.

Table A–54 message-destination-ref subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

message-destination-ref-name

only one 

Specifies the name of a physical message destination defined within the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file. 

jndi-name

only one 

Specifies the jndi-name of the associated entity.

message-destination-ref-name

Specifies the name of a physical message destination defined within the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file.

Superelements

message-destination-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

message-security

Specifies message security requirements.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

message-security-binding (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the message-security element.

Table A–55 message-security Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

message

one or more 

Specifies the methods or operations to which message security requirements apply. 

request-protection

zero or one 

Defines the authentication policy requirements of the application’s request processing. 

response-protection

zero or one 

Defines the authentication policy requirements of the application’s response processing. 

message-security-binding

Specifies a custom authentication provider binding for a parent webservice-endpoint or port-info element in one or both of these ways:


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

webservice-endpoint, port-info (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the message-security-binding element.

Table A–56 message-security-binding Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

message-security

zero or more 

Specifies message security requirements. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the message-security-binding element.

Table A–57 message-security-binding Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

auth-layer

none 

Specifies the message layer at which authentication is performed. The value must be SOAP.

provider-id

none 

(optional) Specifies the authentication provider used to satisfy application-specific message security requirements. 

If this attribute is not specified, a default provider is used, if it is defined for the message layer. 

if no default provider is defined, authentication requirements defined in the message-security-binding are not enforced.

method

Specifies a bean method.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

checkpoint-at-end-of-method, flush-at-end-of-method (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the method element.

Table A–58 method Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

description

zero or one 

Specifies an optional text description. 

ejb-name

zero or one 

Matches the ejb-name in the corresponding ejb-jar.xml file.

method-name

only one 

Specifies a method name. 

method-intf

zero or one 

Specifies the method interface to distinguish between methods with the same name in different interfaces. 

method-params

zero or one 

Specifies fully qualified Java type names of method parameters. 

method-intf

Specifies the method interface to distinguish between methods with the same name in different interfaces. Allowed values are Home, Remote, LocalHome, and Local.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

method (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

method-name

Specifies a method name or * (an asterisk) for all methods. If a method is overloaded, specifies all methods with the same name.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

java-method (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml); finder, query-method , method (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Examples

<method-name>findTeammates</method-name>

<method-name>*</method-name>

method-param

Specifies the fully qualified Java type name of a method parameter.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

method-params (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

method-params

Specifies fully qualified Java type names of method parameters.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

java-method (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml); query-method, method (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the method-params element.

Table A–59 method-params Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

method-param

zero or more 

Specifies the fully qualified Java type name of a method parameter. 

N

name

Specifies the name of the entity.

Superelements

call-property, default-resource-principal, stub-property (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml); enterprise-beans, principal, property (with subelements) (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

namespaceURI

Specifies the namespace URI.

Superelements

service-qname, wsdl-port (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

O

one-one-finders

Describes the finders for CMP 1.1 beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

cmp (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the one-one-finders element.

Table A–60 one-one-finders Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

finder

one or more 

Describes the finders for CMP 1.1 with a method name and query. 

operation-name

Specifies the WSDL name of an operation of a web service.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

message (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

P

parameter-encoding

Specifies the default request character encoding and how the web container decodes parameters from forms according to a hidden field value.

If both the sun-web-app and locale-charset-info elements have parameter-encoding subelements, the subelement of sun-web-app takes precedence. For encodings, see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html.

Superelements

locale-charset-info, sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the parameter-encoding element.

Table A–61 parameter-encoding Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

form-hint-field

none 

(optional) The name of the hidden field in the form. This field specifies the character encoding the web container uses for request.getParameter and request.getReader calls when the charset is not set in the request’s content-type header.

default-charset

ISO-8859-1

(optional) The default request character encoding. 

pass-by-reference

Specifies the passing method used by a servlet or enterprise bean calling a remote interface method in another bean that is colocated within the same process.


Note –

The pass-by-reference element only applies to remote calls. As defined in the EJB 2.1 specification, section 5.4, calls to local interfaces use pass-by-reference semantics.

If the pass-by-reference element is set to its default value of false, the passing semantics for calls to remote interfaces comply with the EJB 2.1 specification, section 5.4. If set to true, remote calls involve pass-by-reference semantics instead of pass-by-value semantics, contrary to this specification.

Portable programs cannot assume that a copy of the object is made during such a call, and thus that it’s safe to modify the original. Nor can they assume that a copy is not made, and thus that changes to the object are visible to both caller and callee. When this element is set to true, parameters and return values should be considered read-only. The behavior of a program that modifies such parameters or return values is undefined.


When a servlet or enterprise bean calls a remote interface method in another bean that is colocated within the same process, by default the Enterprise Server makes copies of all the call parameters in order to preserve the pass-by-value semantics. This increases the call overhead and decreases performance.

However, if the calling method does not change the object being passed as a parameter, it is safe to pass the object itself without making a copy of it. To do this, set the pass-by-reference value to true.

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

password

Specifies the password for the principal.

Superelements

default-resource-principal (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

pm-descriptors

This element and its subelements are deprecated. Do not use.

Superelements

enterprise-beans (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

pool-idle-timeout-in-seconds

Specifies the maximum time, in seconds, that a bean instance is allowed to remain idle in the pool. When this timeout expires, the bean instance in a pool becomes a candidate for passivation or deletion. This is a hint to the server. A value of 0 specifies that idle beans remain in the pool indefinitely. Default value is 600.

Applies to stateless session beans, entity beans, and message-driven beans.


Note –

For a stateless session bean or a message-driven bean, the bean is removed (garbage collected) when the timeout expires.



Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

bean-pool (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

port-component-name

Specifies a unique name for a port component within a web or EJB module.

Superelements

webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

port-info

Specifies information for a port within a web service reference.

Either a service-endpoint-interface or a wsdl-port or both must be specified. If both are specified, wsdl-port specifies the port that the container chooses for container-managed port selection.

The same wsdl-port value must not appear in more than one port-info element within the same service-ref.

If a service-endpoint-interface is using container-managed port selection, its value must not appear in more than one port-info element within the same service-ref.

Superelements

service-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the port-info element.

Table A–62 port-info subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

service-endpoint-interface

zero or one 

Specifies the web service reference name relative to java:comp/env.

wsdl-port

zero or one 

Specifies the WSDL port. 

stub-property

zero or more 

Specifies JAX-RPC property values that are set on a javax.xml.rpc.Stub object before it is returned to the web service client.

call-property

zero or more 

Specifies JAX-RPC property values that are set on a javax.xml.rpc.Call object before it is returned to the web service client.

message-security-binding

zero or one 

Specifies a custom authentication provider binding. 

prefetch-disabled

Disables prefetching of entity bean states for the specified query methods.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

cmp (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the prefetch-disabled element.

Table A–63 prefetch-disabled Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

query-method

one or more 

Specifies a query method. 

principal

Defines a node that specifies a user name on the platform.

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the principal element.

Table A–64 principal Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

name

only one 

Specifies the name of the user. 

principal-name

Contains the principal (user) name.

In an enterprise bean, specifies the principal (user) name that has the run-as role specified.

Superelements

security-role-mapping (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml), servlet (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the principal-name element.

Table A–65 principal-name Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

class-name

com.sun.enterprise.deployment.PrincipalImpl

(optional) Specifies the custom principal implementation class corresponding to the named principal. 

property (with attributes)

Specifies the name and value of a property. A property adds configuration information to its parent element that is one or both of the following:

Superelements

cache, cache-helper, class-loader, cookie-properties, default-helper, manager-properties, session-properties, store-properties, sun-web-app, webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the property element.

Table A–66 property Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

description

zero or one 

Specifies an optional text description of a property. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the property element.

Table A–67 property Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

name

none 

Specifies the name of the property. 

value

none 

Specifies the value of the property. 

Example

<property name="reapIntervalSeconds" value="20" />

property (with subelements)

Specifies the name and value of a property. A property adds configuration information to its parent element that is one or both of the following:

Superelements

cmp-resource, schema-generator-properties, webservice-endpoint (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the property element.

Table A–68 property subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

name

only one 

Specifies the name of the property. 

value

only one 

Specifies the value of the property. 

Example

<property>
   <name>use-unique-table-names</name>
   <value>true</value>
</property>

Q

query-filter

Specifies the query filter for the CMP 1.1 finder.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

finder (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

query-method

Specifies a query method.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

prefetch-disabled (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the query-method element.

Table A–69 query-method Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

method-name

only one 

Specifies a method name. 

method-params

only one 

Specifies the fully qualified Java type names of method parameters. 

query-ordering

Specifies the query ordering for the CMP 1.1 finder.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

finder (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

query-params

Specifies the query parameters for the CMP 1.1 finder.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

finder (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

query-variables

Specifies variables in the query expression for the CMP 1.1 finder.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

finder (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

R

realm

Specifies the name of the realm used to process all authentication requests associated with this application. If this element is not specified or does not match the name of a configured realm, the default realm is used. For more information about realms, see Realm Configuration in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Developer’s Guide.

Superelements

as-context, login-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

refresh-field

Specifies a field that gives the application component a programmatic way to refresh a cached entry.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the refresh-field element.

Table A–70 refresh-field Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

name

none 

Specifies the input parameter name. 

scope

request.parameter

(optional) Specifies the scope from which the input parameter is retrieved. Allowed values are context.attribute, request.header, request.parameter, request.cookie, session.id, and session.attribute.

refresh-period-in-seconds

Specifies the rate at which a read-only-bean must be refreshed from the data source. If the value is less than or equal to zero, the bean is never refreshed; if the value is greater than zero, the bean instances are refreshed at the specified interval. This rate is just a hint to the container. Default is 0 (no refresh).

Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

removal-timeout-in-seconds

Specifies the amount of time a bean instance can remain idle in the container before it is removed (timeout). A value of 0 specifies that the container does not remove inactive beans automatically. The default value is 5400.

If removal-timeout-in-seconds is less than or equal to cache-idle-timeout-in-seconds, beans are removed immediately without being passivated.

Applies to stateful session beans.

For related information, see cache-idle-timeout-in-seconds.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

bean-cache (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

remote-home-impl

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBHome impl class.


Note –

This value is automatically generated by the server at deployment or redeployment time. Do not specify it or change it after deployment.



Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

gen-classes (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

remote-impl

Specifies the fully-qualified class name of the generated EJBObject impl class.


Note –

This value is automatically generated by the server at deployment or redeployment time. Do not specify it or change it after deployment.



Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

gen-classes (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

request-protection

Defines the authentication policy requirements of the application’s request processing.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

message-security (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the request-protection element.

Table A–71 request-protection Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

auth-source

none 

Specifies the type of required authentication, either sender (user name and password) or content (digital signature).

auth-recipient

none 

Specifies whether recipient authentication occurs before or after content authentication. Allowed values are before-content and after-content.

required

Specifies whether the authentication method specified in the auth-method element must be used for client authentication. The value is true or false (the default).

Superelements

as-context (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

res-ref-name

Specifies the res-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file resource-ref entry. The res-ref-name element specifies the name of a resource manager connection factory reference. The name must be unique within an enterprise bean.

Superelements

resource-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

resize-quantity


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Specifies the number of bean instances to be:

Values are from 0 to MAX_INTEGER. The pool is not resized below the steady-pool-size. Default is 16.

Applies to stateless session beans, entity beans, and message-driven beans.

For EJB pools, the value can be defined in the EJB container. Default is 16.

For EJB caches, the value can be defined in the EJB container. Default is 32.

For message-driven beans, the value can be defined in the EJB container. Default is 2.

Superelements

bean-cache, bean-pool (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

resource-adapter-mid

Specifies the module ID of the resource adapter that is responsible for delivering messages to the message-driven bean.

Superelements

mdb-resource-adapter (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

resource-env-ref

Maps the res-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file resource-env-ref entry to the absolute jndi-name of a resource.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml))

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the resource-env-ref element.

Table A–72 resource-env-ref Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

resource-env-ref-name

only one 

Specifies the res-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file resource-env-ref entry.

jndi-name

only one 

Specifies the absolute jndi-name of a resource.

Example

<resource-env-ref>
   <resource-env-ref-name>jms/StockQueueName</resource-env-ref-name>
   <jndi-name>jms/StockQueue</jndi-name>
</resource-env-ref>

resource-env-ref-name

Specifies the res-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file resource-env-ref entry.

Superelements

resource-env-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

resource-ref

Maps the res-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file resource-ref entry to the absolute jndi-name of a resource.


Note –

Connections acquired from JMS connection factories are not shareable in the current release of the Enterprise Server. The res-sharing-scope element in the ejb-jar.xml file resource-ref element is ignored for JMS connection factories.

When resource-ref specifies a JMS connection factory for the Sun GlassFish Message Queue, the default-resource-principal (name/password) must exist in the Message Queue user repository.


Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the resource-ref element.

Table A–73 resource-ref Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

res-ref-name

only one 

Specifies the res-ref-name in the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file resource-ref entry.

jndi-name

only one 

Specifies the absolute jndi-name of a resource.

default-resource-principal

zero or one 

Specifies the default principal (user) for the resource. 

Example

<resource-ref>
   <res-ref-name>jdbc/EmployeeDBName</res-ref-name>
   <jndi-name>jdbc/EmployeeDB</jndi-name>
</resource-ref>

response-protection

Defines the authentication policy requirements of the application’s response processing.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

message-security (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the response-protection element.

Table A–74 response-protection Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

auth-source

none 

Specifies the type of required authentication, either sender (user name and password) or content (digital signature).

auth-recipient

none 

Specifies whether recipient authentication occurs before or after content authentication. Allowed values are before-content and after-content.

role-name

Contains the role-name in the security-role element of the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file.

Superelements

security-role-mapping (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

S

sas-context

Describes the sas-context fields.

Superelements

ior-security-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the sas-context element.

Table A–75 sas-context Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

caller-propagation

only one 

Specifies whether the target accepts propagated caller identities. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED. 

schema-generator-properties

Specifies field-specific column attributes in property subelements.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

cmp-resource (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the schema-generator-properties element.

Table A–76 schema-generator-properties Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with subelements)

zero or more 

Specifies a property name and value. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the schema-generator-properties element.

Table A–77 schema-generator-properties Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

use-unique-table-names

false

Specifies that generated table names are unique within each application server domain. 

bean-name.field-name.attribute

none 

Defines a column attribute. For attribute descriptions, see Table A–78.

The following table lists the column attributes for properties defined in the schema-generator-properties element.

Table A–78 schema-generator-properties Column Attributes

Attribute 

Description 

jdbc-type

Specifies the JDBC type of the column created for the CMP field. The actual SQL type generated is based on this JDBC type but is database vendor specific. 

jdbc-maximum-length

Specifies the maximum number of characters stored in the column corresponding to the CMP field. Applies only when the actual SQL that is generated for the column requires a length. 

For example, a jdbc-maximum-length of 32 on a CMP String field such as firstName normally results in a column definition such as VARCHAR(32). But if the jdbc-type is CLOB and you are deploying on Oracle, the resulting column definition is CLOB. No length is given, because in an Oracle database, a CLOB has no length.

jdbc-precision

Specifies the maximum number of digits stored in a column which represents a numeric type. 

jdbc-scale

Specifies the number of digits stored to the right of the decimal point in a column that represents a floating point number. 

jdbc-nullable

Specifies whether the column generated for the CMP field allows null values. 

Example

<schema-generator-properties>
   <property>
	     <name>Employee.firstName.jdbc-type</name>
	     <value>char</value>
   </property>
   <property>
	     <name>Employee.firstName.jdbc-maximum-length</name>
	     <value>25</value>
   </property>
   <property>
	     <name>use-unique-table-names</name>
	     <value>true</value>
   </property>
</schema-generator-properties>

security-role-mapping

Maps roles to users or groups in the currently active realm. See Realm Configuration in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Developer’s Guide.

The role mapping element maps a role, as specified in the EJB JAR role-name entries, to a environment-specific user or group. If it maps to a user, it must be a concrete user which exists in the current realm, who can log into the server using the current authentication method. If it maps to a group, the realm must support groups and the group must be a concrete group which exists in the current realm. To be useful, there must be at least one user in that realm who belongs to that group.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), sun-ejb-jar (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the security-role-mapping element.

Table A–79 security-role-mapping Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

role-name

only one 

Contains the role-name in the security-role element of the corresponding Java EE deployment descriptor file.

principal-name

one or more if no group-name, otherwise zero or more

Contains a principal (user) name in the current realm. In an enterprise bean, the principal must have the run-as role specified. 

group-name

one or more if no principal-name, otherwise zero or more

Contains a group name in the current realm. 

service-endpoint-interface

Specifies the web service reference name relative to java:comp/env.

Superelements

port-info (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

service-impl-class

Specifies the name of the generated service implementation class.

Superelements

service-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

service-qname

Specifies the WSDL service element that is being referred to.

Superelements

service-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml); webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the service-qname element.

Table A–80 service-qname subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

namespaceURI

only one 

Specifies the namespace URI. 

localpart

only one 

Specifies the local part of a QNAME. 

service-ref

Specifies runtime settings for a web service reference. Runtime information is only needed in the following cases:

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the service-ref element.

Table A–81 service-ref subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

service-ref-name

only one 

Specifies the web service reference name relative to java:comp/env.

port-info

zero or more 

Specifies information for a port within a web service reference. 

call-property

zero or more 

Specifies JAX-RPC property values that can be set on a javax.xml.rpc.Call object before it is returned to the web service client.

wsdl-override

zero or one 

Specifies a valid URL pointing to a final WSDL document. 

service-impl-class

zero or one 

Specifies the name of the generated service implementation class. 

service-qname

zero or one 

Specifies the WSDL service element that is being referenced. 

service-ref-name

Specifies the web service reference name relative to java:comp/env.

Superelements

service-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

servlet

Specifies a principal name for a servlet. Used for the run-as role defined in web-xml.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the servlet element.

Table A–82 servlet Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

servlet-name

only one 

Contains the name of a servlet, which is matched to a servlet-name in web.xml.

principal-name

zero or one 

Contains a principal (user) name in the current realm. 

webservice-endpoint

zero or more 

Specifies information about a web service endpoint. 

servlet-impl-class

Specifies the automatically generated name of the servlet implementation class.

Superelements

webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

servlet-name

Specifies the name of a servlet, which is matched to a servlet-name in web.xml. This name must be present in web.xml.

Superelements

cache-mapping, servlet (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

session-config

Specifies session configuration information. Overrides the web container settings for an individual web module.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the session-config element.

Table A–83 session-config Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

session-manager

zero or one 

Specifies session manager configuration information. 

session-properties

zero or one 

Specifies session properties. 

cookie-properties

zero or one 

Specifies session cookie properties. 

session-manager

Specifies session manager information.

Superelements

session-config (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the session-manager element.

Table A–84 session-manager Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

manager-properties

zero or one 

Specifies session manager properties. 

store-properties

zero or one 

Specifies session persistence (storage) properties. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the session-manager element.

Table A–85 session-manager Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

persistence-type

memory

(optional) Specifies the session persistence mechanism. Allowed values are memory, file, and replicated.


Note –

The replicated persistence type is not supported in GlassFish v3 Prelude.


session-properties

Specifies session properties.

Superelements

session-config (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the session-properties element.

Table A–86 session-properties Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the session-properties element.

Table A–87 session-properties Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

timeoutSeconds

1800

Specifies the default maximum inactive interval (in seconds) for all sessions created in this web module. If set to 0 or less, sessions in this web module never expire.

If a session-timeout element is specified in the web.xml file, the session-timeout value overrides any timeoutSeconds value. If neither session-timeout nor timeoutSeconds is specified, the timeoutSeconds default is used.

Note that the session-timeout element in web.xml is specified in minutes, not seconds.

enableCookies

true

Uses cookies for session tracking if set to true.

enableURLRewriting

true

Enables URL rewriting. This provides session tracking via URL rewriting when the browser does not accept cookies. You must also use an encodeURL or encodeRedirectURL call in the servlet or JSP.

steady-pool-size

Specifies the initial and minimum number of bean instances that are maintained in the pool. Default is 32. Applies to stateless session beans and message-driven beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

bean-pool (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

store-properties

Specifies session persistence (storage) properties.

Superelements

session-manager (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the store-properties element.

Table A–88 store-properties Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the store-properties element.

Table A–89 store-properties Properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

directory

domain-dir/generated/jsp/app-name/module-name_war

Specifies the absolute or relative pathname of the directory into which individual session files are written. A relative path is relative to the temporary work directory for this web module. 

Applicable only if the persistence-type attribute of the parent session-manager element is file.

persistenceScope

session

Specifies how much of the session state is stored. Allowed values are as follows: 

  • session - The entire session state is stored every time. This mode provides the best guarantee that your session data is correctly stored for any distributable web module.

  • modified-session - The entire session state is stored if it has been modified. A session is considered to have been modified if HttpSession.setAttribute() or HttpSession.removeAttribute() was called. You must guarantee that setAttribute() is called every time an attribute is changed. This is not a Java EE specification requirement, but it is required for this mode to work properly.

  • modified-attribute - Only modified session attributes are stored. For this mode to work properly, you must follow some guidelines, which are explained immediately following this table.

Applicable only if the persistence-type attribute of the parent session-manager element is replicated.


Note –

The replicated persistence type is not supported in GlassFish v3 Prelude.


If the persistenceScope store property is set to modified-attribute, a web module must follow these guidelines:

stub-property

Specifies JAX-RPC property values that are set on a javax.xml.rpc.Stub object before it is returned to the web service client. The property names can be any properties supported by the JAX-RPC Stub implementation.

Superelements

port-info (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the stub-property element.

Table A–90 stub-property subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

name

only one 

Specifies the name of the entity. 

value

only one 

Specifies the value of the entity. 

Properties

The following table describes properties for the stub-property element.

Table A–91 stub-property properties

Property 

Default 

Description 

jbi-enabled

true

Determines whether the visibility of this endpoint as a Java Business Integration service is enabled or disabled. 

Example

<service-ref>
<service-ref-name>service/FooProxy</service-ref-name>
  <port-info>
	   <service-endpoint-interface>a.FooPort</service-endpoint-interface>
	   <wsdl-port>
		  <namespaceURI>urn:Foo</namespaceURI>
		  <localpart>FooPort</localpart>
	   </wsdl-port>
	   <stub-property>
		  <name>javax.xml.rpc.service.endpoint.address</name>
		  <value>http://localhost:8080/a/Foo</value>
	   </stub-property>
  </port-info>
</service-ref>

sun-ejb-jar

Defines the Enterprise Server specific configuration for an EJB JAR file. This is the root element; there can only be one sun-ejb-jar element in a sun-ejb-jar.xml file. See The sun-ejb-jar.xml File.

Superelements

none

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the sun-ejb-jar element.

Table A–92 sun-ejb-jar Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

security-role-mapping

zero or more 

Maps a role in the corresponding Java EE XML file to a user or group. 

enterprise-beans

only one 

Describes all the runtime properties for an EJB JAR file in the application. 

sun-web-app

Defines Enterprise Server specific configuration for a web module. This is the root element; there can only be one sun-web-app element in a sun-web.xml file. See The sun-web.xml File.

Superelements

none

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the sun-web-app element.

Table A–93 sun-web-app Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

context-root

zero or one 

Contains the web context root for the web application. 

security-role-mapping

zero or more 

Maps roles to users or groups in the currently active realm. 

servlet

zero or more 

Specifies a principal name for a servlet, which is used for the run-as role defined in web.xml.

idempotent-url-pattern

zero or more 

Specifies a URL pattern for idempotent requests. 

session-config

zero or one 

Specifies session manager, session cookie, and other session-related information. 

ejb-ref

zero or more 

Maps the absolute JNDI name to the ejb-ref in the corresponding Java EE XML file.

resource-ref

zero or more 

Maps the absolute JNDI name to the resource-ref in the corresponding Java EE XML file.

resource-env-ref

zero or more 

Maps the absolute JNDI name to the resource-env-ref in the corresponding Java EE XML file.

service-ref

zero or more 

Specifies runtime settings for a web service reference. 

message-destination-ref

zero or more 

Specifies the name of a physical message destination. 

cache

zero or one 

Configures caching for web application components. 

class-loader

zero or one 

Specifies class loader configuration information. 

jsp-config

zero or one 

Specifies JSP configuration information. 

locale-charset-info

zero or one 

Deprecated. Use the parameter-encoding subelement of sun-web-app instead.

parameter-encoding

zero or one 

Determines the default request character encoding and how the web container decodes parameters from forms according to a hidden field value. 

property (with attributes)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

message-destination

zero or more 

Specifies the name of a logical message destination. 

webservice-description

zero or more 

Specifies a name and optional publish location for a web service. 

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the sun-web-app element.

Table A–94 sun-web-app Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

error-url

(blank) 

(optional) Not implemented. Do not use. 

httpservlet-security-provider

none 

(optional) Specifies the HttpServlet message layer provider that the web container's servlet auth-constraint processing calls.

Properties

The following table describes properties for the sun-web-app element.

Table A–95 sun-web-app Properties

Property  

Default  

Description  

allowLinking

false

If true, resources in this web application that are symbolic links are served. You can also define this property for a virtual server. Web applications on the virtual server that do not define this property use the virtual server's value. For details, see virtual-server in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Administration Reference.


Caution – Caution –

Setting this property to true on Windows systems exposes JSP source code.


alternatedocroot_n

none 

Specifies an alternate document root (docroot), where n is a positive integer that allows specification of more than one. Alternate docroots allow web applications to serve requests for certain resources from outside their own docroot, based on whether those requests match one (or more) of the URI patterns of the web application's alternate docroots.

If a request matches an alternate docroot's URI pattern, it is mapped to the alternate docroot by appending the request URI (minus the web application's context root) to the alternate docroot's physical location (directory). If a request matches multiple URI patterns, the alternate docroot is determined according to the following precedence order: 

  • Exact match

  • Longest path match

  • Extension match

For example, the following properties specify three alternate docroots. The URI pattern of the first alternate docroot uses an exact match, whereas the URI patterns of the second and third alternate docroots use extension and longest path prefix matches, respectively. 

<property name="alternatedocroot_1" 
   value="from=/my.jpg dir=/srv/images/jpg"/>
<property name="alternatedocroot_2" 
   value="from=*.jpg dir=/srv/images/jpg"/>
<property name="alternatedocroot_3" 
   value="from=/jpg/* dir=/src/images"/>

The value of each alternate docroot has two components: The first component, from, specifies the alternate docroot's URI pattern, and the second component, dir, specifies the alternate docroot's physical location (directory). Spaces are allowed in the dir component.

You can set this property for all the web applications on a specific virtual server. For details, see virtual-server in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Administration Reference.

valve_n

none 

Specifies a fully qualified class name of a custom valve, where n is a positive integer that allows specification of more than one. The valve class must implement the org.apache.catalina.Valve interface from Tomcat or previous Enterprise Server releases, or the org.glassfish.web.valve.GlassFishValve interface from the current Enterprise Server release. For example:

<property name="valve_1" 
   value="org.glassfish.extension.Valve"/>

You can set this property for all the web applications on a specific virtual server. For details, see virtual-server in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Administration Reference.

listener_n

none 

Specifies a fully qualified class name of a custom Catalina listener, where n is a positive integer that allows specification of more than one. The listener class must implement the org.apache.catalina.ContainerListener, org.apache.catalina.LifecycleListener, or org.apache.catalina.InstanceListener interface. For example:

<property name="listener_1" 
   value="org.glassfish.extension.MyLifecycleListener"/>

You can set this property for all the web applications on a specific virtual server. For details, see virtual-server in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Administration Reference.

crossContextAllowed

true

If true, allows this web application to access the contexts of other web applications using the ServletContext.getContext()method.

relativeRedirectAllowed

false

If true, allows this web application to send a relative URL to the client using HttpServletResponse.sendRedirect(), and instructs the web container not to translate any relative URLs to fully qualified ones.

reuseSessionID

false

If true, sessions generated for this web application use the session ID specified in the request.

securePagesWithPragma

true

Set this property to false to ensure that for this web application file downloads using SSL work properly in Internet Explorer.

You can set this property for all the web applications on a specific virtual server. For details, see virtual-server in Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude Administration Reference.

singleThreadedServletPoolSize

5

Specifies the maximum number of servlet instances allocated for each SingleThreadModel servlet in the web application.

tempdir

domain-dir/generated/app-name

or 

domain-dir/generated/module-name

Specifies a temporary directory for use by this web module. This value is used to construct the value of the javax.servlet.context.tempdir context attribute. Compiled JSP files are also placed in this directory.

useResponseCTForHeaders

false

If true, response headers are encoded using the response’s charset instead of the default (UTF-8).

T

tie-class

Specifies the automatically generated name of a tie implementation class for a port component.

Superelements

webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

timeout

Specifies the cache-mapping specific maximum amount of time in seconds that an entry can remain in the cache after it is created or refreshed. If not specified, the default is the value of the timeout attribute of the cache element.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Attributes

The following table describes attributes for the timeout element.

Table A–96 timeout Attributes

Attribute 

Default 

Description 

name

none 

Specifies the timeout input parameter, whose value is interpreted in seconds. The field’s type must be java.lang.Long or java.lang.Integer.

scope

request.attribute

(optional) Specifies the scope from which the input parameter is retrieved. Allowed values are context.attribute, request.header, request.parameter, request.cookie, request.attribute, and session.attribute.

transport-config

Specifies the security transport information.

Superelements

ior-security-config (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the transport-config element.

Table A–97 transport-config Subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

integrity

only one 

Specifies if the target supports integrity-protected messages. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED. 

confidentiality

only one 

Specifies if the target supports privacy-protected messages. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED. 

establish-trust-in-target

only one 

Specifies if the target is capable of authenticating to a client. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED.

establish-trust-in-client

only one 

Specifies if the target is capable of authenticating a client. The values are NONE, SUPPORTED, or REQUIRED. 

transport-guarantee

Specifies that the communication between client and server is NONE, INTEGRAL, or CONFIDENTIAL.

In most cases, a value of INTEGRAL or CONFIDENTIAL indicates that the use of SSL is required.

Superelements

webservice-endpoint (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

U

unique-id

Contains the unique ID for the application. This value is automatically updated each time the application is deployed or redeployed. Do not edit this value.

Superelements

enterprise-beans (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

url-pattern

Specifies a servlet URL pattern for which caching is enabled. See the Servlet 2.4 specification section SRV. 11.2 for applicable patterns.

Superelements

cache-mapping (sun-web.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

use-thread-pool-id

Specifies the thread pool from which threads are selected for remote invocations of this bean.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

V

value

Specifies the value of the entity.

Superelements

call-property, stub-property (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml); property (with subelements) (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

victim-selection-policy

Specifies how stateful session beans are selected for passivation. Possible values are First In, First Out (FIFO), Least Recently Used (LRU), Not Recently Used (NRU). The default value is NRU, which is actually pseudo-LRU.


Note –

You cannot plug in your own victim selection algorithm.


The victims are generally passivated into a backup store (typically a file system or database). This store is cleaned during startup, and also by a periodic background process that removes idle entries as specified by removal-timeout-in-seconds. The backup store is monitored by a background thread (or sweeper thread) to remove unwanted entries.

Applies to stateful session beans.


Note –

This element is not implemented for GlassFish v3 Prelude.


Superelements

bean-cache (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Example

<victim-selection-policy>LRU</victim-selection-policy>

If both SSL2 and SSL3 are enabled, the server tries SSL3 encryption first. If that fails, the server tries SSL2 encryption. If both SSL2 and SSL3 are enabled for a virtual server, the server tries SSL3 encryption first. If that fails, the server tries SSL2 encryption.

W

webservice-description

Specifies a name and optional publish location for a web service.

Superelements

sun-web-app (sun-web.xml), enterprise-beans (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the webservice-description element.

Table A–98 webservice-description subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

webservice-description-name

only one 

Specifies a unique name for the web service within a web or EJB module. 

wsdl-publish-location

zero or one 

Specifies the URL of a directory to which a web service’s WSDL is published during deployment. 

webservice-description-name

Specifies a unique name for the web service within a web or EJB module.

Superelements

webservice-description (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

webservice-endpoint

Specifies information about a web service endpoint.

Superelements

servlet (sun-web.xml), ejb (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the webservice-endpoint element.

Table A–99 webservice-endpoint subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

port-component-name

only one 

Specifies a unique name for a port component within a web or EJB module. 

endpoint-address-uri

zero or one 

Specifies the automatically generated endpoint address. 

login-config

zero or one 

Specifies the authentication configuration for an EJB web service endpoint. 

message-security-binding

zero or one 

Specifies a custom authentication provider binding. 

transport-guarantee

zero or one 

Specifies that the communication between client and server is NONE, INTEGRAL, or CONFIDENTIAL.

service-qname

zero or one 

Specifies the WSDL service element that is being referenced. 

tie-class

zero or one 

Specifies the automatically generated name of a tie implementation class for a port component. 

servlet-impl-class

zero or one 

Specifies the automatically generated name of the generated servlet implementation class. 

debugging-enabled

zero or one 

Specifies whether the debugging servlet is enabled for this web service endpoint. Allowed values are true and false (the default).

property (with attributes) (sun-web.xml)

property (with subelements) (sun-ejb-jar.xml)

zero or more 

Specifies a property, which has a name and a value. 

wsdl-override

Specifies a valid URL pointing to a final WSDL document. If not specified, the WSDL document associated with the service-ref in the standard Java EE deployment descriptor is used.

Superelements

service-ref (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Example

// available via HTTP
<wsdl-override>http://localhost:8000/myservice/myport?WSDL</wsdl-override>
// in a file
<wsdl-override>file:/home/user1/myfinalwsdl.wsdl</wsdl-override>

wsdl-port

Specifies the WSDL port.

Superelements

port-info (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

The following table describes subelements for the wsdl-port element.

Table A–100 wsdl-port subelements

Element 

Required 

Description 

namespaceURI

only one 

Specifies the namespace URI. 

localpart

only one 

Specifies the local part of a QNAME. 

wsdl-publish-location

Specifies the URL of a directory to which a web service’s WSDL is published during deployment. Any required files are published to this directory, preserving their location relative to the module-specific WSDL directory (META-INF/wsdl or WEB-INF/wsdl).

Superelements

webservice-description (sun-web.xml, sun-ejb-jar.xml)

Subelements

none - contains data

Example

Suppose you have an ejb.jar file whose webservices.xml file’s wsdl-file element contains the following reference:

META-INF/wsdl/a/Foo.wsdl

Suppose your sun-ejb-jar file contains the following element:

<wsdl-publish-location>file:/home/user1/publish</wsdl-publish-location>

The final WSDL is stored in /home/user1/publish/a/Foo.wsdl.