EJB2.0 stateful session bean ejbCreate()

[Srini Krishnan]

can another bean's methods and resource manager (like database) be accessed from ejbCreate() for a stateful session bean.Headfirst book (Chapter 4. Page:196)

1) can you please explain the bean things that can be done during ejbCreate(). For example, will ejbCreate() method have a transaction in CMT. If it doesnt have a transaction, then how is able to access another bean's reference and resource manager.

[Celinio Fernandes]

Operations allowed in a stateful session bean, in the ejbCreate method :

CMT :
SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal,
isCallerInRole, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject
JNDI access to java:comp/env
Resource manager access
Enterprise bean access

BMT :
SessionContext methods: getEJBHome,getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal,
isCallerInRole, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject, getUserTransaction
UserTransaction methods
JNDI access to java:comp/env
Resource manager access
Enterprise bean access

Check the specs for more information.

[Napu Sun]

At this point, we cannot use CMT. CMT starts when we call methods which have a transaction context. But BMT can be used.