In the case of an CMP entity bean, you don't want to (or need to) store in the
database the
references to the entity context object and the environment naming context. Saving
these
object references is desirable only for the session passivation case.
Vlada
----- Original Message -----
From: Ed Roman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 5:30 AM
Subject: container responsibilities during passivation and storage
> Hey guys,
>
> I noticed in the EJB 1.1 spec that the container is responsible for
> preserving the following types across ejbStore/ejbLoad calls:
>
> serializable objects
> primitives
> references to EJB objects
> references to home objects
>
> I also noticed that the container is responsible for preserving the
> following types across ejbPassivate/ejbActivate:
>
> serializable objects
> nulls
> references to EJB objects
> session contexts
> environment naming contexts
>
> Why are the rules different for these two cases? IMHO the container should
> be able to passivate, activate, store, and load the following types:
>
> primitives
> serializable objects
> nulls
> references to EJB objects
> references to home objects
> session contexts
> entity contexts
> environment naming contexts
>
> If not, then the bean provider needs to do leg work to aid the container,
> which seems anti-RAD.
>
> -Ed
>
>
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