You can use the reference if the variable you are using is a 'Non-Transient' one. >From EJB spec- " The Bean Provider must assume that the content of transient fields may be lost between the ejbPas-sivate and ejbActivate notifications. Therefore, the Bean Provider should not store in a transient field a reference to any of the following objects: SessionContext object; environ-ment JNDI naming context and any its subcontexts; home and remote interfaces; and the UserTrans-action interface. " -Anurag >From: Hed Bar-Nissan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: A mailing list for Enterprise JavaBeans development ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Does references to other beans stay valid when bean passivated ? >Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 17:28:39 +0200 > >Does references to other beans stay valid when bean passivated ? >i have a route that that information goes through. >client -> bean A -> bean B -> etc... >bean A holds bean B as a member. does this handle stays valid after >passivation and activation ? or do i have to reconstruct the route each >time i activate bean A ? > >tnx. >hed > >=========================================================================== >To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body >of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help". > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
