[weld-dev] rationale for JTA/JPA questions - trying to add JPA support to archetypes

[Gavin King]

That's more or less an easy problem to solve. But why do you want to
inject it using @PersistenceContext instead of @Inject??

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's also the issue of injecting an EntityManager (@PersistenceContext)
> in Tomcat/Jetty, which, to my knowledge, there is no solution (apart from
> EJB lite). Yes, the servlet containers are deficient, so what we are
> essentially doing is migrating users to the Web Profile from Tomcat/Jetty.
>
> -Dan
>
> On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Dan Allen <dan.j.allen at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> As to what Dan is referring to, it is likely JOTM:
>>> http://jotm.objectweb.org, which you won't have to deal with whether you
>>> are using an embedded EJB Lite container or a CDI specific transaction
>>> manager with JPA on Tomcat.
>>
>> Correct. I've also tried Atomikos Essentials, which I actually did get to
>> work, but should everyone have to fill out a form to use transactions?
>> http://www.atomikos.com/Main/TransactionsEssentialsDownloadForm That
>> strengthens Gavin's point about how screwed up this situation with
>> transactions has become.
>>
>> What we we need a simple, reliable, documented way for developers to
>> educate Tomcat how to do transactions correctly. I'm praying that EJB lite
>> is that solution. I've heard some promising statements and we want to
>> confirm them through our archetypes. The whole idea of creating these
>> archetypes, as Steven said, is to get the developer using CDI, JSF 2, JPA
>> and JTA without even a moment of time wasted, with their choice of Tomcat,
>> Jetty or a Java EE container. When we have that, we will have accomplished
>> our first, and most critical, goal.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
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