doubt about ejbCreate()

[Anand Wadhwani]

Hey guys,

Got a doubt about a line in HF-EJB book, pg #196

It says: You can't make a JDBC call on connection reference. You can use your connection in ejbCreate()

I checked both confirmed / unconfirmed errata as well, didn't get anything.

Or may be I am confused and not interpretting things correctly. If I can get connection objectinside ejbCreate(), why can't I use it for a JDBC call? It all makes sense. Why can't I initialize some instance variable from database inside ejbCreate() and use it repeatly in different business methods of a stateful bean?

TIA for all the help!

[Micheal Jacob]

Hi,

EJB Spec. 91

"Accessing resource managers and enterprise beans are not allowed in the session bean methods for which the container does not have a meaningful transaction context or client security context."

In stateless session beans, Bean provider doesn't have any control on ejbCreate method. (i.e) Independent of client.

Micheal.

[Micheal Jacob]

Above para from Spec applicable for stateful bean also....

Micheal.