Hi Dave,
> 1) Lifecycle methods: ejbCreate, ejbPostCreate, ejbRemove
> 2) Finder methods: findByPrimaryKey, etc.
> 3) State management methods: ejbActivate, ejbPassivate, ejbLoad, ejbStore
> (maybe state "synchronization" callbacks is a better term...)
> 4) Business methods: getters, setters, other interesting behavior
>
> First, with the exception of #4, an entity bean's behavior is largely
> oriented toward managing the persistent state of the "entity" and toward
> locating the entity in persistent storage. In an ODBMS, we have alternate
> ways of accomplishing these tasks that are often simpler.
I don't know much about ODBMS, but are transactions managed like in EJB?
Because transactions are a important part of EJB..
St�phane
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