JBoss can be used inside Tomcat, or inside a plain Java Standard Edition JVM.

Overview

This new version is used in Seam 2.0, and the codebase is the JBoss AS 5.x tree (sort of... it's a little more complex than that).

• JBoss Embedded AS - The newest incarnation : http://www.jboss.org/community/wiki/JBossEmbeddedAS This uses many new modules:
  • New 'bootstrap' module which will be the launcher for both JBoss AS and JBoss Embedded. See JBoss - Reloaded
  • New 'shrink wrap' virtual archive module.
  • These modules are used in conjunction with an unmodified build of JBoss AS 6.x. (currently JBoss AS 6.0.0 M1)
• Embedded JBoss (old) - The branch of pre-JBoss 5.x with some hacks to make it work.
• Embeddable EJB3 - The oldest incarnation, used in the Seam 1.x distributions.

Embedded JBoss (old)

• Embedded JBoss (wiki)
• Embedded JBoss Forum
• Using Embedded JBoss
• Getting Embedded JBoss from SVN
  • http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/tags/EMBEDDED_JBOSS_BETA2
  • http://anonsvn.jboss.org/repos/jbossas/tags/EMBEDDED_JBOSS_BETA3_SP12
  • http://viewvc.jboss.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/jbossas/tags/EMBEDDED_JBOSS_BETA3_SP12

Embedded EJB3 (really old)

This is the old implementation that was used in Seam 1.0, it's retired now.

• Embedded EJB3 Docos
• Blog about embedded EJB
• Embedded EJB3 Performance Tips
• http://www.madplanet.com/weblog/blog/schaefa/Java/2006/10/30/Embedded-EJB3-Container-from-JBoss.html
• http://schuchert.wikispaces.com/EJB3+Tutorial+5+-+Message+Driven+Beans

Alternatives to Embedded JBoss

• OpenEJB - Embedded
• Embedded Glassfish