Thank you Krish for the
prompt reply
but does this mean
ejbPostCreate() is always followed by ejbActivate() because after all a client
can call business method on a bean with identity only (I am talking about the
business methods in the remote interface.
>
> You should never invoke Container callback methods from your
> bean code. If your AppServer supports the Transaction Commit
> Option C (we do :), then beans in the transactional state
> (where business methods are executed) will return to the pool
> at the end of the transaction. For beans to move into the
> transactional state again from the pool [in Option C], the
> Container will have to invoke the ejbActivate(), followed by
> other Container callback methods.
>
> ejbActivate() only associates an instance with its primary
> key - in other words, an identity. And on a similar vein, the
> ejbPassivate() disassociates an instance with its identity
> (that is, goes back back to the pool).
>
> Note that transaction commit option C is slower than B when
> your application exhibits locality of reference.
>
> -krish
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: A mailing list for Enterprise JavaBeans development [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Amit Kumar
> Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 11:29 AM
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> Subject: corected question on ejbActivate()
>
>
> my previous mail contain some typos here is the correct mail
>
> In an Entity Bean corresponding to ejbActivate() method please correct me if my understanding is not correct:
>
> A bean after creation goes to pool. If some client calls create then a bean is picked up from the pool and then its ejbCreate()
> followed by
> ejbPostCreate() is called. Now if come business mehtod is invokded it will be executed. In this way ejbActivate() doesnot get a
> chance be executed ,so if I
> want to ensure that the ejbActivate() must have been called before any business method execution I must call ejbActivate() from the
> ejbPostCreate().
>
> Best regards
> Amit K
>
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