ejbCreate() method for EntityBean

[s khosa]

Hi,

Does Entity bean need to define atleast one ejbCreate() method? I am confused because as per EdRoman's book we need not define any ejbCreate() method if we do not want client's to create data in the database.

Thanks

[B.Sathish]

Only findByPrimaryKey() is mandatory for entity beans. create() is optional. For session beans, create() is mandatory and for every create () in the home interface, you need to have a matching ejbCreate() in the bean class

[arvindh seshadri]

The best practice is to have create() method in the bean .

[Required Field]

And why is it a 'best practice'?

If I don't have an create/ejbCreate method in an entity bean, that only means that no new records can be created thru my bean. Which IMHO, is a reasonable requirement.

Calling it a 'best practice' just sounds odd to me. Is it because there is always a remove() method - on all EJBs (due to EJBHome/EJBObject). There is no way to not have a remove/ejbRemove method on my EJB!

Originally posted by arvindh seshadri:
The best practice is to have create() method in the bean .

[Raghubir Bose]

As per EJB1.1 Specification ejbCreate for entity beans is optional.This is possibly due to the reason that several vendors like BEA supports automatic primary key generation feature for CMP entity beans.Since in EJB1.1 the ejbCreate returns the primary key class, this might hamper their internal implementation of ejbCreate which is essentially a container callback.

[Sreenivasa Majji]

Best practice is like 'brushing your teeth'. You don't have to do it, but it improves your breath and life time of the teeth.