If you are writing a resource adapter, you can use that even from
EJB timer, since resource adapters are bi-directional.
- Binod.
On 23-Feb-08, at 3:02 PM, glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> The EJB specification says the following:
>
> * An enterprise bean must not attempt to listen on a socket, accept
> connections on a socket, or use a socket for multicast.
> [i]The EJB architecture allows an enterprise bean instance to be a
> network socket client, but it does not allow it to be a network
> server.[/i]
>
> For this you should use an inbound J2EE CA connector.
>
> So if you use an EJB Timer to connect to an FTP server at some
> interval to check for (and download) new files and close the
> connection immediately when you're done, you're not breaking any
> restrictions.
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