@Service Stateless Session Bean problems

[eelgueta]

Hi All,

I need to create an EJB that works like an application-wide service, so I'm using the following bean:

public @Stateless @Service class MyAppServiceBean implements MyAppService {...}

I understand the @Stateless annotation instructs JBoss to use a single instance, so in the client app I'm creating one instance and storing the reference in a session object. However, when I retrieve the reference in another servlet, I get a new instance.

I can tell because the @PostConstruct method logs a message, and I'm seeing that message when I retrieve the reference in the second servlet.

Am I correct in my assumption the @Stateless annotation implies a single instance? If so, is this a bug? If not, what is the correct use for this annotation?

Thank you very much in advance for any answer/tip/pointer.

Ed.

[bill.burke]

Don't use the @Stateless annotation. @Statelss == Stateless session bean. @Service = JBoss Service Bean (application-wide singleton service).

[eelgueta]

Bill,

Thank you very much for your help.

It works consistently right, now.

Ed.

[eelgueta]

When I removed the @Stateless annotation, my @PostConstruct annotated method doesn't get called any longer!

Is this a feature or a bug?

Ed.

[bill.burke]

bug...if you will, please post a jira bug?