Storing local entity bean references in HttpSession

[Ryan LeCompte]

Hello,     I have a question. Is it advisable that if you are using local references for everything (session beans and cmp entity beans -- this project does not use remote interfaces at all), that as a result of executing a business logic method on a session it returns a Collection of, let's say, UserLocal objects. This Collection is then placed in the HttpSession object so that the JSP can display information regarding each UserLocal bean. Do I have to create value objects even though I am not using remote interfaces so that these objects can be passed off to the JSP and store in the HttpSession object, or is it okay to do it the way I'm doing it now if I am not modifying the UserLocal objects (calling set methods) from the JSP, but only inside of the business methods in the session beans (using the session facade design pattern).   Any suggestions greatly appreciated..   Thanks,   Ryan LeCompte [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.louisiana.edu/~rml7669