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Re: When will v3 start to get picky about Java EE 6 features?

From: Bill Shannon <bill.shannon_at_sun.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:20:29 -0700

vince kraemer wrote:
> there is one particular case that I am worried about...
>
> Currently, if the user adds an ejb into a java ee 5 web app... it works
> like it is a java ee 6 web app... despite what the web.xml says....

In general, the version of the deployment descriptor doesn't/shouldn't
effect the capabilities of the runtime - you get access to all the EE 6
features no matter what version deployment descriptor you use. That's
on purpose.