Entity Bean Questions from HFE

[Prakash Dwivedi]

Hi following are four questions from HFE. Can anyone kindly verify whether my answers (in Italics) are correct?

The Client calls this method to tell the Container that the client is done using the bean's EJB object reference
remove

this method is called when the bean goes back to the pool, after an entity is deleted from the database:
unsetEntityContext

This method is called immediately after the baen's constructor runs
setEntityContext

This method is called on the bean when the bean is in the pool, and the client invokes a business method on the component interface
ejbActivate

[cheenu Dev]

1. there is no such method.
you cant remove the entity bean.
its the container wish not the clients.
also the question here is about EJBOject reference.
2. wrong. only entity is deleted not entity bean instance.
i suppose ejbPassivate() is called.
3. absolutely right.
4. right.

[cheenu Dev]

hey my first reason is wrong..
if you have remove the entity is removed..
i confused entity with stateless..sorry.

[Prakash Dwivedi]

Cheenu Thanks for the reply

if you have remove the entity is removed..

SO is my answer correct? Because the question is talking about bean's EJB object referencewhere as calling remove method will also delete the row from the database.

These questions are from Head First EJB page 323. So i presume that there is nothing wrong with the questions.


2. wrong. only entity is deleted not entity bean instance.
i suppose ejbPassivate() is called.

HFE page 321:
A Bean doing on ejbRemove() will not be passivated before going back to the pool.
Since it is mentioned in the question that the entity is deleted from the database so i guess ejbRemove() should be invoked?
[ August 15, 2006: Message edited by: Prakash Dwivedi ]

[Arun Natarajan]

Both 1 and 2 are trick questions (see the answers to the sharpen your pencil; pdf's are available online, search this forum for links to it).
1. There is no method to tell the container you are done using an entuty bean.
2. ejbRemove is called before the entity is deleted from the database. and there is no method that is called after this happens.

[Prakash Dwivedi]

Thanks arun got the answers.

Your are right Question 1 & 2 are really tricky