Exactly...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Assaf Arkin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 9:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Fine-grained data in container managed entity beans
>
> public class Order
> implements EntityBean
> {
> PurchaseOrder pOrder;
> Vector lines;
>
> . . .
> }
>
>
> public class PurchaseOrder
> {
> }
>
>
> public class OrderLine
> {
> }
>
> arkin
>
>
>
>
> Chris Raber wrote:
> >
> > What specifically is confusing about how to implement the helper
> classes?
> >
> > -Chris.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Nathan Phelps [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 2:57 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Fine-grained data in container managed entity beans
> > >
> > > Sun states several times within the EJB 1.1 specification that
> Enterprise
> > > Beans are to be course-grained. Sun recommends modeling say a
> Purchase
> > > Order as an entity bean, but suggest using "helper" classes for the
> > > Purchase
> > > Order's line items. To quote the specification:
> > >
> > > Section 9.1.2 of the EJB 1.1 Specification entitled "The Granularity
> of
> > > entity beans," says:
> > >
> > > "...a purchase order might be implemented as an entity bean, but the
> > > individual line items on the purchase order should be implemented as
> > > helper
> > > classes, not as entity beans. An employee record might be implemented
> as
> > > an
> > > entity bean, but the employee address and phone number should be
> > > implemented
> > > as helper classes, not as entity beans."
> > >
> > > So how should one implement these helper classes?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Nathan Phelps
> > > solarc.com
> > >
> > >
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