Entity EJB & env-entry problem with WebLogic7

[Franck Tranchant]

Hi there
This is my first post here
I've got some problems with the environment entries of an entity EJB.
Actually, i coudn't find the way to set them up right into the description file (ejb-jar.xml)
According to the "EJB deployment descriptor reference", <env-entry> can be used in both Entity & Session EJB but when i try to deploy with the following ejb-jar.xml :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC 
'-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN' 
'http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd'>
<ejb-jar>
  <enterprise-beans>
    <entity>
      <ejb-name>myEJB</ejb-name>
      <home>com.xxx.ejb.myEJBHome</home>
      <remote>com.xxx.ejb.myEJB</remote>
      <ejb-class>com.xxx.ejb.myEJBBean</ejb-class>
      <persistence-type>Container</persistence-type>      
      <prim-key-class>java.lang.Long</prim-key-class>
      <reentrant>False</reentrant>
      <cmp-version>2.x</cmp-version>
      <abstract-schema-name>MY_TABLE</abstract-schema-name>
      <cmp-field><field-name>sequenceId</field-name></cmp-field>
      <cmp-field><field-name>xxx</field-name></cmp-field>      
      <primkey-field>sequenceId</primkey-field>
      <security-identity><use-caller-identity/></security-identity>
      <env-entry>
        <env-entry-name>dataSource</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String </env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>Dev</env-entry-value>
      </env-entry>      
    </entity>
  </enterprise-beans>
  <assembly-descriptor>
    <container-transaction>
      <method>
        <ejb-name>myEJB</ejb-name>
<method-name>*</method-name>
      </method>
      <trans-attribute>Required</trans-attribute>
    </container-transaction>
  </assembly-descriptor>  
  
</ejb-jar>

WebLogic7.0 throw a parsing error and says that

<env-entry>

is not a valid tag according to the DTD....
As a consequence, i'm forced to edit by hand the descriptor using the WebLogic Console

(EJB Descriptor>>EJB Jar>>Entities>>myEJB>>Env Entries)

This is working fine but this is pretty time consuming since my EJB is currently under development and i have to deploy/re-deploy quite often....
Any idea ?
Many thanx in advance

[Lasse Koskela]

security-identity should come after env-entry according to the ejb-jar.xml's DTD document...

[Karthik Guru]

Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
security-identity should come after env-entry according to the ejb-jar.xml's DTD document...

are you sure? it kind of sounds strange that an env-entry *must* be accompanied/followed by a security-identity element. I mean am kind of wondering as to how c'd they be linked. Is'nt it optional?

[Pradeep bhatt]

Lasse is right.
<!ELEMENT entity (description?, display-name?, small-icon?,
large-icon?, ejb-name, home?, remote?, local-home?,
local?, ejb-class, persistence-type, prim-key-class,
reentrant, cmp-version?, abstract-schema-name?,
cmp-field*, primkey-field?, env-entry*, ejb-ref*,
ejb-local-ref*, security-role-ref*, security-identity?,
resource-ref*, resource-env-ref*, query*)>

Env entry is optional.

[Franck Tranchant]

Right !
Putting the <env-entry> between <primkey-field> and <security-identity> works perfectly.
Thank you guys

[Karthik Guru]

Originally posted by Franck Tranchant:
Right !
Putting the <env-entry> between <primkey-field> and <security-identity> works perfectly.
Thank you guys

oops! am sorry. I did'nt notice that you are using a security-indentity element as well. Otherwise, I guess, even the security-indentity element is optional.