Configuration

XML Configuration

Seam 2 provides an XML configuration layer that allows:

• selected types of meta-data to be overridden for an existing bean (scope, precedence, …)
• registration of new beans
• initial values of a bean to be specified

This is done either in the global components.xml file or in fine-grained configuration files.

Java EE 6 does not have anything similar.

Other ways of configuration

Seam 2 configuration can be overridden using property settings. These settings can be read from system properties, servlet context parameters and the seam.properties file.

Java EE 6 does not have anything similar.