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 Usage
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 Stephane Nicoll
 <snicoll@apache.org>
 Pete Marvin King
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 15 July 2006
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Usage

 The EJB plugin is used to package an EJB module. There are two ways to use the ejb plugin:
  
 * if the packaging type defined in the <<<pom.xml>>> is <<<ejb>>>, the <<<package>>> lifecycle phase can be used
  
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  mvn package
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 * or using the <<<ejb:ejb>>> goal
   
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  mvn ejb:ejb
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 The plugin doesn't do any ejb specific processing during the generation of the jar except for validating the existence 
 of an ejb deployment descriptor if the ejb version is 2.0+, but it provides the following customization:

  * The ejb version to use
  
  * {{{examples/generating-ejb-client.html}Generating and customizing an ejb-client}}

 <<The dependencies will not be package with the ejb jar.>>

* Specifying the ejb version to use

  In EJB3, the ejb-jar.xml deployment descriptor is not mandatory anymore. By default
  the plugin assumes version 2.1. To use another version, configure the plugin as follows:

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  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
        <artifactId>maven-ejb-plugin</artifactId>
        <configuration>
          <ejbVersion>3.0</ejbVersion>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
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