[jboss-dev-forums] [Design of EJB 3.0] - Need to deploy based on a metamodel

[bill.burke@jboss.com]

We need to change our deployment mechanisms to be focused on an object metamodel rather than a mismash of annotations and a metamodel.  The idea of using annotations as a metamodel was interesting but a failure.

Why do we need to do this?  Well, in JBoss 5, different layers will need to be able to override/modify deployment metadata.  For example, EAR metadata may introduce security role mappings or a default security domain.  Another reason is that the profile service may want to override and serialize an object model so that a management tool can change metadata at runtime.

Once we get the current deployers ported and working for the JBoss 5 model, we need to go back and refactor things.

Bill

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