can an mbean and an ejb jar share code

[fstarsinic]

i have an ejb and an mbean.
my problem is that i want the mbean to startup
on app server startup but since the ejb jar file
is not deployed yet, the classes are not available
to the mbean.

is this architecture wrong?
do i need to have separate classes for the mbean?

i'm using an mbean as a "server" so it can start up when jboss starts up and listens on a particular port.

thanks,
frank

[adrian.brock]

With 3.0 you can specify an MBean dependency
on the ejb module. You can see the ejb modules
on port 8082
With the dependency, the MBean won't start until
the ejb is created.

Regards,
Adrian

[fstarsinic]

wow, that's cool. i'll have to give that a try.
i'm not sure how soon we can upgrade to that
version. i'll have to check out the jboss site
more on how stable jboss 3.0 is.

thanks,

frank

[myebook]

Could you tell me how to do it in 3.0?

[adrian.brock]

Use url http://localhost:8082 this will give you a list
of mbeans in the server.

You will see each ejb module has an MBean. You can then
place a dependency in your scheduler on that MBean so it
is started after the ejb.

e.g. If you wanted your scheduler to start after
ejb-manangement.jar, you would add
service=EjbModule,url=file%/jboss/server/default/deploy/ejb-management.jar

Regards,
Adrian