Ive written a j2se app, (invoked via commandline) and communicates w/ network systems via a standard tcp/ip -based protocol (this app is the tcp client). it runs as daemon and waits for external communication, so it has to run all the the time.
this approach is good enough for few instances but as the need to run multiple instances (30+) invoking different configurations (ip, port, protocol requirement, etc), approach is obviously not ideal anymore. (invoking 30+ instances of jvm, not to mention, monitoring, and maintenance). So im looking at moving the application inside a jee app server. i have no prior experience w/ jee and having difficulty redesigning the application to comply w/ jee apis.
ejb can be a candidate but based from my readings, it will need a client to be invoked. i can have a servlet/jsp do the initialization, what type of ejb will i need. session beans i think is obvious but an instance of session bean doesn't survive past the servlet/jsp session (am i correct?). i need to have the ejb run like a daemon. so w/in the jee app, at any given time, 30+ instances of the same ejb should be running and i can check the status/control of each ejb through its interfaces. is this possible? i cant have sets of ejb clients running outside the jee server as this violates my purpose of running everything inside jee.
i would appreciate any help or suggestions
elaine