Title: Xbean usage in OpenEJB # How XBean is used in OpenEJB Below is an explanation by David Blevins on the usage of xbean in OpenEJB. This text was taken from an email conversation. To view the full conversation, click [here](http://www.nabble.com/How-is-XBean-used-in-OpenEJB-3--tf2148639.html#a5959172) ## xbean-reflect xbean-reflect is a beefed up reflection library. Earlier all pluggable components had an "init(Properties props)" method?  Same concept except now we throw the component class and the properties into an "ObjectRecipe" and call create().  The recipe will take the props out, convert them to the right data types, and construct the object using the right constructor and setters. So our Containers and stuff now use constructors and setters.  Same with anything in a  [service-jar.xml](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/container/openejb-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/org.apache.openejb/service-jar.xml?view=markup) file. #### Some code refs: 1. [Assembler.java](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/assembler/classic/Assembler.java?revision=546308&view=markup) We also use it to construct Stateful and Stateless session bean instances. 1. [StatefulInstanceManager.java](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/core/stateful/StatefulInstanceManager.java?revision=546308&view=markup) 1. [StatelessInstanceManager.java](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/core/stateless/StatelessInstanceManager.java?revision=546308&view=markup) ## xbean-finder xbean-finder is the second coolest library ever.  It's a beefed up  service finder for grabbing stuff in your classpath.  We use it at a couple of places. ### COMMAND LINE TOOL: The available commands are in properties files in "META-INF/org.openejb.cli/\{name\}", where \{name\} is the name of the command.  See: 1. [openejb cli](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/container/openejb-core/src/main/resources/META-INF/org.apache.openejb.cli/) 1. [openejb cli for itests](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/itests/openejb-itests-client/src/main/resources/META-INF/org.openejb.cli/) Earlier we had the "test"  command hardcoded in a script, but the person may have uninstalled  the itests?  Well now, if you have the itests jar, the "test" command  will be available.  If you don't have the itests jar, the "test"   command won't be available.  The "test" command itself is in the  itests jar.  You can put any command in any jar and it will  automatically become available on the command line.  Remove the jar  and the command is gone. When someone types "java \-jar openejb.jar start" this guy will look  for "META-INF/org.openejb.cli/start".  If he finds it, he'll create  it and execute it.  If he doesn't find it, he'll list the available  commands by enumerating over all the files he see's in the classpath  under the "META-INF/org.openejb.cli/" directory. See [MainImpl.java](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/container/openejb-core/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/cli/MainImpl.java?revision=546308&view=markup) An extra cool thing is that each command has in it's properties a  "description" property.  This is localized, so if the VM locale is  "pl" it will look for a "description.pl" property and use its value  when printing command line help. I'd like to give Jeremy Whitlock a big shout-out for doing such a  bang up job on this.  He and I worked out the idea and white-boarded  it in the wiki, then Jeremy went off and coded up the whole thing\!  It was fantastic. ### SERVER SERVICES: We also use the xbean-finder to create our Server Services (aka.  protocols).  Our ServerService implementations are in properties  files under "META-INF/org.openejb.server.ServerService/\{protocolName\}. See: 1. [OpenEJB Server - ServerService](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/server/openejb-server/src/main/resources/META-INF/org.apache.openejb.server.ServerService/) 1. [OpenEJB ejbd - ServerService](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/server/openejb-ejbd/src/main/resources/META-INF/org.apache.openejb.server.ServerService/) 1. [OpenEJB Telnet - ServerService](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/server/openejb-telnet/src/main/resources/META-INF/org.apache.openejb.server.ServerService/) 1. [OpenEJB HTTP - ServerService](http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomee/tomee/trunk/server/openejb-http/src/main/resources/META-INF/org.apache.openejb.server.ServerService/) The very first time a ServerService is constructed, we squirt the  properties file into the openejb/conf/ directory so the user can edit  it.  The properties files for ServerServices are very xinet.d like.  For example, here is the definition of the "admin" server service:      server      = org.openejb.server.admin.AdminDaemon      bind        = 127.0.0.1      port        = 4200      disabled    = false      threads     = 1      only_from   = localhost You can reconfigure the "admin" server service, for example, via the  properties file in openejb/conf/admin.properties.  Or you can do it  on the command line as such: $ ./bin/openejb start \-Dadmin.bind=192.168.42.13 OPENEJB_HOME=/Users/dblevins/work/openejb1/target/openejb-1.1-SNAPSHOT OpenEJB 1.1-SNAPSHOT    build: 20060420-2356 [http://www.openejb.org](http://www.openejb.org) resources 1 OpenEJB ready. \[init\](init\.html) OpenEJB Remote Server    *\* Starting Services \*\*    NAME                 IP              PORT    webadmin             127.0.0.1       4203    httpejbd             127.0.0.1       4204    telnet               127.0.0.1       4202    ejbd                 127.0.0.1       4201    admin                192.168.42.13   4200 \------\- Ready\! You can override any server service property in the same way.  Here  are a bunch more examples:   Option: \-D.bind=
    openejb start \-Dejbd.bind=10.45.67.8     openejb start \-Dejbd.bind=myhost.foo.com     openejb start \-Dtelnet.bind=myhost.foo.com   Option: \-D.port=     openejb start \-Dejbd.port=8765      openejb start \-Dhttpejbd.port=8888   Option: \-D.only_from=      openejb start \-Dadmin.only_from=192.168.1.12      openejb start \-Dadmin.only_from=192.168.1.12,joe.foo.com,robert   Option: \-D.threads=      openejb start \-Dejbd.threads=200   Option: \-D.disabled=      openejb start \-Dtelnet.disabled=true