Title: StatefulContainer Configuration


A StatefulContainer can be declared via xml in the `<tomee-home>/conf/tomee.xml` file or in a `WEB-INF/resources.xml` file using a declaration like the following.  All properties in the element body are optional.

    <Container id="myStatefulContainer" type="STATEFUL">
        accessTimeout = 30 seconds
        bulkPassivate = 100
        cache = org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.SimpleCache
        capacity = 1000
        frequency = 60
        passivator = org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.SimplePassivater
        timeOut = 20
    </Container>

Alternatively, a StatefulContainer can be declared via properties in the `<tomee-home>/conf/system.properties` file or via Java VirtualMachine `-D` properties.  The properties can also be used when embedding TomEE via the `javax.ejb.embeddable.EJBContainer` API or `InitialContext`

    myStatefulContainer = new://Container?type=STATEFUL
    myStatefulContainer.accessTimeout = 30 seconds
    myStatefulContainer.bulkPassivate = 100
    myStatefulContainer.cache = org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.SimpleCache
    myStatefulContainer.capacity = 1000
    myStatefulContainer.frequency = 60
    myStatefulContainer.passivator = org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.SimplePassivater
    myStatefulContainer.timeOut = 20

Properties and xml can be mixed.  Properties will override the xml allowing for easy configuration change without the need for ${} style variable substitution.  Properties are not case sensitive.  If a property is specified that is not supported by the declared StatefulContainer a warning will be logged.  If a StatefulContainer is needed by the application and one is not declared, TomEE will create one dynamically using default settings.  Multiple StatefulContainer declarations are allowed.
# Supported Properties
<table>
<tr>
<th>Property</th>
<th>Type</th>
<th>Default</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a href="#accessTimeout">accessTimeout</a></td>
  <td><a href="configuring-durations.html">time</a></td>
  <td>30&nbsp;seconds</td>
  <td>
Specifies the maximum time an invocation could wait for the
`@Stateful` bean instance to become available before giving up.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>bulkPassivate</td>
  <td>int</td>
  <td>100</td>
  <td>
Property name that specifies the number of instances
to passivate at one time when doing bulk passivation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>cache</td>
  <td>String</td>
  <td>org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.SimpleCache</td>
  <td>
The cache is responsible for managing stateful bean
instances.  The cache can page instances to disk as memory
is filled and can destroy abandoned instances.  A different
cache implementation can be used by setting this property
to the fully qualified class name of the Cache implementation.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>capacity</td>
  <td>int</td>
  <td>1000</td>
  <td>
Specifies the size of the bean pools for this
stateful SessionBean container.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td>frequency</td>
  <td>int</td>
  <td>60</td>
  <td>
Specifies the frequency (in seconds) at which the bean cache is checked for 
idle beans.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a href="#passivator">passivator</a></td>
  <td>String</td>
  <td>org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.SimplePassivater</td>
  <td>
The passivator is responsible for writing beans to disk
at passivation time. Different passivators can be used
by setting this property to the fully qualified class name
of the `PassivationStrategy` implementation. The passivator
is not responsible for invoking any callbacks or other
processing, its only responsibly is to write the bean state
to disk.
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td><a href="#timeOut">timeOut</a></td>
  <td><a href="configuring-durations.html">time</a></td>
  <td>20</td>
  <td>
Specifies the time a bean can be idle before it is removed by the container.
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<a name="accessTimeout"></a>
## accessTimeout

Specifies the maximum time an invocation could wait for the
`@Stateful` bean instance to become available before giving up.

After the timeout is reached a `javax.ejb.ConcurrentAccessTimeoutException`
will be thrown.

Usable time units: nanoseconds, microsecons, milliseconds,
seconds, minutes, hours, days.  Or any combination such as
"1 hour and 27 minutes and 10 seconds"

Any usage of the `javax.ejb.AccessTimeout` annotation will
override this setting for the bean or method where the
annotation is used.


<a name="passivator"></a>
## passivator

The passivator is responsible for writing beans to disk
at passivation time. Different passivators can be used
by setting this property to the fully qualified class name
of the `PassivationStrategy` implementation. The passivator
is not responsible for invoking any callbacks or other
processing, its only responsibly is to write the bean state
to disk.

Known implementations:

- org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.RAFPassivater
- org.apache.openejb.core.stateful.SimplePassivater


<a name="timeOut"></a>
## timeOut

Specifies the time a bean can be idle before it is removed by the container.

This value is measured in minutes. A value of 5 would
result in a time-out of 5 minutes between invocations.
A value of -1 would mean no timeout.
A value of 0 would mean a bean can be immediately removed by the container.

Any usage of the `javax.ejb.StatefulTimeout` annotation will
override this setting for the bean where the annotation is used.