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It is an empty generic element to be extended by GBean and other module types.
<ee:persistence>
The <ee:persistence> XML element uses the Java EE Persistence namespace described here:
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Apache Geronimo uses OpenJPA for providing Java Persistence API to Java EE applications deployed in the server.
<sys:gbean>
The <sys:gbean> XML element uses the Geronimo System namespace described here:
It is used to define GBean(s) that are configured and deployed with the web application.
Samples
For example, the following web.xml and geronimo-web.xml are the deployment descriptor and Geronimo deployment plan respectively, of a web application that connects to a datasource deployed on DB2 and retrieves data from a table.
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