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Question about EB remove

 
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So far I know that, when the client invokes remove() for an entity bean (this could happen, directly on the EJB[Local]Object reference, or on the bean's home reference (if the client is remote, through EJBHome.remove(Handle h), EJBHome.remove(Object key) );

In all cases, the remove method causes the underlying entity to be deleted, and the bean instance to be put back into the pool. That's right.

But what happens to the EJB[Local]Object? With the plain remove and EJBHome.remove(Handle h) I guess the EJBObject on the server gets deleted. What happens with EJBHome.remove(Object key)? I'm reading the specs (chapter 9.5.3.) but the only thing it is said is that, if the client tries to use EJBObject after remove has been invoked, it will get a java.rmi.NoSuchObjectException
 
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Im not too sure it, but I'll give it a shot.

I think calling all versions of Remove will remove the EJB[Local]Object from the server. If we take a look back at how the EJBObjects are created, they can be created either by
1. findByPrimaryKey
2. create(....)

1. From HFEJB, it says the the Container makes or finds an EJB Object for a specific entity, in this case #27. Thus, an EJB Object to #27 can only exist IF there is a corresponding row in the database. Now, if the row was deleted, then there shouldnt be a EJB Object for #27. BUT would there still be an EJB Object, but without the primary key on the object (so we can re-use it)? I dont think the container will go through all that trouble trying to remove the primary key linked to the EJB Object, and then putting it in some secondary storage, and then achieving it later for re-use. As we see, the EJB Object isnt pooled, as the context is (what i see from diagrams).

2. For creating a new row in the database, the container will create a new EJB Object, in between EJBCreate and EJBPostCreate.

Thus, if Remove didnt remove the EJB Object, I dont see the use of keeping it in the server, since in both scenerios, the container will create a newly create EJB Object.

Hope i didnt get all of it wrong
 
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Originally posted by Ryan Wong:
Im not too sure it, but I'll give it a shot.

I think calling all versions of Remove will remove the EJB[Local]Object from the server. If we take a look back at how the EJBObjects are created, they can be created either by
1. findByPrimaryKey
2. create(....)

1. From HFEJB, it says the the Container makes or finds an EJB Object for a specific entity, in this case #27. Thus, an EJB Object to #27 can only exist IF there is a corresponding row in the database. Now, if the row was deleted, then there shouldnt be a EJB Object for #27. BUT would there still be an EJB Object, but without the primary key on the object (so we can re-use it)? I dont think the container will go through all that trouble trying to remove the primary key linked to the EJB Object, and then putting it in some secondary storage, and then achieving it later for re-use. As we see, the EJB Object isnt pooled, as the context is (what i see from diagrams).

2. For creating a new row in the database, the container will create a new EJB Object, in between EJBCreate and EJBPostCreate.

Thus, if Remove didnt remove the EJB Object, I dont see the use of keeping it in the server, since in both scenerios, the container will create a newly create EJB Object.

Hope i didnt get all of it wrong



Well, I think that the EJBObject gets removed too, but I am worrying about a possible question like:

Referring to entity beans, what happens to the EJBObject if a remote client invokes EJBHome.remove(Handle h)?
 
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