Passing local EB references
Lasse Koskela
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posted 14 years ago
In chapter 9.7.2 the EJB 2.0 spec lists where a local client may obtain a reference to an EntityBean's local interface.
- Receive the reference as a result of a method call.
- Find the entity object using a finder...
This differs from the previous chapter listing the same abilities regarding remote EntityBeans in the way that for remote, the first bullet explicitly includes both an input parameter and a return value. Then again, 9.7.2 continues by saying that the local client can pass the local EB reference as a method parameter for a local method call.
Now my question is, can local references be used as both method parameters and return values?
I guess they can but would sure like someone to confirm...
- Receive the reference as a result of a method call.
- Find the entity object using a finder...
This differs from the previous chapter listing the same abilities regarding remote EntityBeans in the way that for remote, the first bullet explicitly includes both an input parameter and a return value. Then again, 9.7.2 continues by saying that the local client can pass the local EB reference as a method parameter for a local method call.
Now my question is, can local references be used as both method parameters and return values?
I guess they can but would sure like someone to confirm...
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Sai Prasad
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posted 14 years ago
Yes. Local references of an EJB is just like any java objects residing in the same VM.
