Head First Java - Q3 & Q5 on Page 170, 171

[sopal Pal]

Hi
I have 2 questions regarding the answers given to Q3 and Q5.
1. For Q3 : Why is the 1st choice - R cannot pass his reference for A to B - True
According to me - Yes, R can surely pass the reference R has for A ( which is remote to R ) to B, but will it work for B when it tries to use it ??
2. For Q5 : The last option - To ask the EJBHome to remove a session bean, the client must provide the bean's handle - WHY Is it true
WHEN
- On Page 129 - where it discusses the methods in EJBHome - the 3rd point - clearly says that - "...passing the EJB Object's handle."
Is then the EJBObject's handle the same as the Bean's Handle.
I am confused ??

[sopal Pal]

Sorry the question should read as
1. For Q3 : Why is the 1st choice - R cannot pass his reference for A to B - FALSE

[Walker Rustin]

In my opinion, one never gets a handle to the bean. One could only get the handle to the stub and that's why the handle has only getEJBObject() to get the reference to the stub back.
- walk rustin

[Vishwa Kumba]

Ur subject says, "Head First Java"?
http://www.coderanch.com/t/158671/java-EJB-SCBCD/certification/page

[sopal Pal]

Hi Vish
Thanks for forwarding the URL. That clears my doubts.
Also what about the Handle to the bean question ??
Thanks for your time and help
Sumit

[Ramakrishna Allam]

For the question 5,
The EJBHome interface has 2 remove methods . one is remove(Handle) , and remove(Object pkey) . But Session beans do not have any primart key . So , we have to pass on a handle to remove method of the home in a session bean