Java EE Standard Annotation

The Enterprise Server supports applications and modules annotated according to the following specifications:

• JSR 250 Common Annotation Specification (http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=250)

• JSR 181 Annotation for Web Services Specification (http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=181)

• EJB 3.0 Specification (http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=220)

The following annotation and deployment descriptor combinations are supported:

• Java EE applications or modules can be packaged with full Java EE 5.0 compliant standard and runtime deployment descriptors. If the standard deployment descriptors have specified the attribute metadata-complete, annotations in the application or module are ignored.

• Java EE applications or modules can be fully annotated with metadata defined by the listed specifications. Annotation eliminates the need for Java EE standard deployment descriptors. In most cases, the Enterprise Server deployment descriptors are also optional.

• Java EE applications or modules can be partially annotated with some deployment information in standard deployment descriptors. In case of conflicts, deployment descriptor values supersede the annotated metadata, but a warning message is logged.

To check the correctness of annotations or deployment descriptors prior to deployment, see The verifier Utility.