18 Using EJB 2.1 MDB API

This chapter describes the various options that you must configure in order to use an EJB 2.1 message-driven bean.

Table 18-1 lists these options and indicates which are basic (applicable to most applications) and which are advanced (applicable to more specialized applications).

For more information, see:

"What is a Message-Driven Bean?"
"Implementing an EJB 2.1 MDB"

Table 18-1 Configurable Options for an EJB 2.1 Message-Driven Bean

Options	Type
"Configuring an EJB 2.1 MDB to Use a Non-J2CA Message Service Provider"	Basic
"Configuring an EJB 2.1 MDB to Use a J2CA Message Service Provider"	Basic
"Configuring an MDB for Fast Undeploy on Windows"	Advanced
"Configuring an MDB for Oracle RAC Failover"	Advanced
"Configuring Bean Instance Pool Size"	Basic
"Configuring a Transaction Timeout for a Message-Driven Bean"	Advanced
"Configuring Listener Threads"	Advanced
"Configuring Dequeue Retry Count and Interval"	Advanced