The is the EJB 3.0 standalone bundle that comes already embedded with the JBoss 4.0.4.GA AS installer distribution. We have implemented most of the features of the Final Draft of the EJB 3.0 specification. Only a few minor ones remain (shareable resources for instance). This standalone distribution also comes with 3 new tutorials: ssl, entity security, and Quartz MDBs.

EntityManager Security

We've had some EntityManager security based on JACC for awhile, but have kept it secret (in other words, we finally documented it). This new feature allows you to set permissions on CRUD actions on the EntityManager.

Quartz MDBs

We've also implemented a Quartz Scheduler JCA Resource Adapter. This adapter allows you to use JCA Message Inflow to write and configure MDBs that can directly receive Quartz Jobs. These Jobs are configured via the MDB's activation config spec. I'll write a blog about this when I get a chance.

The EJB 3.0 RC7 standalone distribution is only usable with JBoss 4.0.4.GA. The EJB 3.0 implementation that comes packaged with the JBoss 4.0.4.GA installer is the same as the standalone EJB 3.0 RC7 distribution with two exceptions. The standalone distribution has been patched to fix the EJBTHREE-573 JIRA bug. Also the JBoss Remoting jar has been patched to fix the SSL problems in the 4.0.4.GA release. If you don't need these fixes, then installing with the installer is fine.