"Kenneth D. Litwak"
wrote:
>
> Although it is possible to have instance variables
in a stateless session
> bean, myimpression is that you should assume their value will be
wiped out when
> the current method running exits. That is, once a bean goes
back into the pool
> (provided the server pools stateless session beans, which I don't
think is a
> requriement), any instance data is history. Is that correct?
Thanks.
>
- The EJB spec provides for the retention of state in the instance
variables. EJB 1.1 states:
- "The term 'stateless' signifies that an instance has no state
for a specific client. However the instance variables of the instance can
contain the state across client-invoked method calls. Examples of such
states include open open database connection and an object reference to
an EJB object" (Section 6.8, Stateless Session Beans)."
- HTH,
- Eddie
