cache/pool configuration for ejb2 entity beans

[lkral]

In JBoss 5.1 we take advantage of container-configurations declared in jboss.xml to control...

* the maximum capacity of the instance cache (max-capacity)

* the maximum period of inactivity a bean can have before passivation (max-bean-age)

* the maximum number of pooled instances (maximumSize)

Is such a fine-grained configuration for ejb2 entity beans still possible with JBoss AS 7.1?

From what I have seen, instance caching seems not to be enabled per default in the standalone cofiguration, so each finder method results in an ejbLoad() invocation.

In the documentation, I can only find how to configure a 2nd-level-cache for JPA-beans. So can someone point me to the right direction, please?

[stighenriksen]

Hi Lars, did you get any further with this? I have the exact same problem, haven't been able to figure out anything so far.

[jaikiran]

See the jboss-ejb3.xml example here https://community.jboss.org/message/639714#639714. It's available in 7.1.0.Final.

[stighenriksen]

Thanks Jaikiran, that solves the instance pooling! The thing is though that I cannot find out how to refer or setup a instance cache. Looking at jboss-as-ejb3_1_2.xsd I can see that it's possible to refer to a cache for stateful beans (stateful-beanType), but for entity beans I only see how to set up instance pooling. Would be grateful for any further insights into how entity caching is supposed to be set up for EJB 2.x beans in 7.1.