Static variables need to be read-only constants so that classes loaded by
different class loaders see consistent values.
Imre Kifor
Valto Systems
-----Original Message-----
From: Sachin Aggarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: Static variables in EJBs?
>I see this specified in 16.4.
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>Do you know why this restriction is imposed ?
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>Is it because there is a generated BeanImpl class and that raises the issue
>of duplicating all the static methods over there and gets complicated by
>the fact that in Java the instances can directly access static/class
>variables of their class and thus some methods would be accessing the copy
>on the bean class and others could be accessing the static
methods/variables
>on the generated Impl class ?
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>Is this restriction going to be removed in the next EJB spec ?
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>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Valesky
> Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 4:11 PM
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> Subject: Re: Static variables in EJBs?
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> Only if they're final. Otherwise, it's prohibited.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Damon Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, April 14, 1999 3:12 PM
> Subject: Static variables in EJBs?
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> Can you define static variables in an EJB?
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