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

[Gavin King]

Look, JOTM has always been a p.o.s, frankly. Atomikos is supposedly better.

But why did you not try JBoss transactions?! Arjuna was always a
*much* more sold product!

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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