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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damon Williams [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 2:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: ejbFind() method return types
>
> On page 71 of the Spec (1.0), in section 9.7.5:
>
> "The return type of a finder method must be the enterprise Bean's primary
> key type, or a collection of objects of the primary key type."
[Chip Wilson]
This is the ejbFind method in the bean class
>
> On page 72 in section 9.7.8:
>
> "The return type for a finder method must be the enterprise Bean's remote
> interface type, or a collection thereof."
[Chip Wilson]
This is the find method in the home interface.
>
> I don't understand the discrepancy! Is this a typo?
[Chip Wilson]
Nope. Different types.
> Also, let's say we define an ejbFindLargeAccounts(double amount) method,
> in the body of which we execute the SQL query and receive a ResultSet back
> with a selection of rows from the database. How then do we turn this data
> into a collection of Entity Bean remote interfaces, which is what section
> 9.7.8 requires us to return?
[Chip Wilson]
The bean class returns an enumeration of a collection of primary
keys. It is the container's responsibility to instantiate an entity bean
for each PK and return the remote interfaces to the client.
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