This is spec-compliant. The EJB spec does not require ejbLoads to be performed
when there are no transactions involved.
Shanti
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> From: Evan Ireland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Entity Bean Component Contract
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> John Ellwood wrote:
> >
> > I noticed this behaviour of the RI when the method called was
> > non-transactional.
> > I suggest you ensure that the transaction attributes of the method are
> > REQUIRED.
> >
> > Now whether this is the behaviour required by the spec I won't speculate...
>
> This is broken behaviour, but as you say easily worked around by
> using the REQUIRED attribute.
>
> > Cheers,
> > John
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> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Benjamin Broll
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 5:50 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Entity Bean Component Contract
> >
> > Hia,
> >
> > I've got a question related to the Container's view of the Entity Bean
> > Component Contract as specified in the EJB Spec 1.1.
> >
> > Especially I'm concerned with the calling of the ejbLoad() method as
> > specified in the spec and as it is implemented in the J2EE Reference
> > Implementation.
> >
> > Since I bought the book Enterprise JavaBeanse 2nd Edition I trusted in the
> > statements of the author but I have found one to be too general. In my case
> > I execute a findByPrimaryKey() method on the home interface of a BMP entity
> > bean. As it is said on page 214, transitioning from the pooled state to the
> > ready state via a find method is in fact like the transitioning via
> > activation. Now th author states on page 215 that when a BMP entity bean
> > transitions from the pooled state to the ready state via activation, at
> > first the method ejbActivate() and then the method ejbLoad() is called by
> > the container.
> >
> > But at least for one container this is not true - the container of the J2EE
> > RI (so that's why I'm a bit confused right now :). As debugging revealed,
> > the container does only call the ejbActivate() method without calling the
> > ejbLoad() method afterwards. Although I can simply call the ejbLoad() method
> > in the ejbActivate() method the container's behaviour does not seem to be in
> > line with the spec.
> >
> > The spec (9.1.5.2 - public void ejbLoad();) says that the container must
> > invoke the ejbLoad() method whenever it becomes necessary for the instance
> > to synchronize its state from its state in the database. And since the first
> > call of a business method seems to me as the perfect reason to synchronize
> > the state of an entity bean (and thus I think Monson-Haefel is right with
> > the assertion in his book), the container of the J2EE RI should call the
> > ejbLoad() method.
> >
> > What do you say? Am I the only person (ie. do I have the only computer :)
> > where this happens?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > .bbr
> >
> > <environment>
> > - J2EE 1.2.1
> > - Cloudscape Developer Edition 3.5
> > - a BMP entity bean
> > - a client calling a find method on the entity bean
> > </environment>
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