If you are not following us on the users alias, here is a quick update.

Just before JavaOne, I uploaded the latest version of the EJB 3.2 Core document to the ejb-spec.java.net downloads. If you want to see the detailed changes, download it

If you are interested in the high-level list, or would like to know what to look for, this is the list of changes since the previous version (found on the same download page):

• Specified that the SessionContext object in a the singleton session bean is thread-safe


• Clarified that the EJB timers distribution and failover rules apply only to persistent timers


• Clarified that non-persistent timers returned by getTimers and getAllTimers methods are from the same JVM as the caller


• Fixed section numbering (left over after moving it to its own chapter) in Ch 17


• Noted that only 3.0 and 3.1 deployment descriptors are required to be supported in EJB 3.2 Lite for prior versions of the applications


• Fixes for EJB_SPEC-61 (Ambiguity in EJB lite local view support) and EJB_SPEC-59 (Improve references to the component-defining annotations)


• JMS/MDB changes: added new standard activation properties and the unique identifier, and rearranged sections for easier navigation


• Fixed unresolved cross-refs


• Updated the rule: only local asynchronous session bean invocations are supported in EJB 3.2 Lite


• Synchronized permissions in the Table with the permissions listed for the EJB Components in the Java EE Platform Specification Table EE.6-2


• Specified that during processing of the close() method, the embeddable container cancels all pending asynchronous invocations and non-persistent timers


• Updated most of the referenced documents to their latest versions

Happy reading!