thank you, i'll look into it.
-Alexander
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: form data to ejb
> We typically use custom tags or servlets. It is generally considered a
> bad practice to use "Entity" beans from a client. It is suggested to
> use a session bean to fron the entity beans, then use regular javabeans
> to transport data back and forth. So, I would suggest you use a regular
> bean to set and get properties, then a custom tag or servlet to send or
> retrieve that to/from the server.
>
> A complete and well-formed example is available at
> http://www.javasoft.com/j2ee/download.html
> This is the java pet store example and has several design patterns and
> lots of code for J2EE applications.
>
> Alexander ten Bruggencate wrote:
>
> > Can someone tell me what the preferred way is to get form data to an
> > ENTERPRISE javabean?
> > as <jsp:get- setProperty .../> only work on a regular javabeans
> >
> > regards,
> > -Alexander.
>
