The following differences were detected in the JBoss EJB3 API signatures in Branch_4_2 and trunk (5.0.0) according to the EJB3 API Javadoc located at: http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/

javax.ejb.ActivationConfigProperty:
No Target or Retention Policy defined
Defined as: class abstract public interface !annotation javax.ejb.ActivationConfigProperty

Should be defined:
javax.ejb.ActivationConfigProperty: class abstract public interface !annotation javax.ejb.ActivationConfigProperty
anno 0 java.lang.annotation.Retention(java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy value=RUNTIME)
anno 0 java.lang.annotation.Target(java.lang.annotation.ElementType[] value=[])

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javax.ejb.EJB:
Target value includes PARAMETER
anno 0 java.lang.annotation.Target(java.lang.annotation.ElementType[] value=[METHOD, TYPE, FIELD, PARAMETER])

should only be:
anno 0 java.lang.annotation.Target(java.lang.annotation.ElementType[] value=[TYPE, METHOD, FIELD])

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javax.ejb.Init:

Defined as:
method abstract public !hasdefault java.lang.String[] value()

Should be:
method abstract public !hasdefault java.lang.String value()

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javax.ejb.AccessMode
This is obsolete and should be removed.

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javax.ejb.SessionContext:

Defined as:

public Object getBusinessObject(Class businessInterface) throws IllegalStateException;

Should be defined:

<T> T getBusinessObject(Class<T> businessInterface) throws IllegalStateException;

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javax.ejb.EJBAccessException:

Constructors for EJBAccessException should be:

public EJBAccessException()
public EJBAccessException(String message)

JBoss implementation has an additional constructor:
public javax.ejb.EJBAccessException(String message, Exception ex)

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javax.ejb.EJBTransactionRolledbackException:

Constructors for EJBTransactionRolledbackException should be:

public EJBTransactionRolledbackException()
public EJBTransactionRolledbackException(String message)
public EJBTransactionRolledbackException(String message, Exception ex)

The JBoss implementation has an additional constructor:
public EJBTransactionRolledbackException(Exception ex)

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