Chris,
I have been using a simple naming strategy to deal with this.
Let's say your remote (or local) interface will have a method:
void setName(String name)
{
// apply validation rules
setNameField(name);
}
Then your cmp-field can be "nameField".
Chris Harris wrote:
> I'm trying to sort out an issue with using CMP 2.0 entity
> beans. It's a hypothetical question right now since I'm not
> using CMP 2.0, but I am using a similar approach with
> EJBDoclet and CMP 1.1
>
> I'm starting from the assumption that in EJB 2.0, CMP
> entity beans are implemented by specifing an abstract base
> class containing abstract get/set methods for the beans
> properties. The container generates a concrete class (or
> some other approach) to do the handling of persistence.
>
> My question is this: since these methods are abstract, how
> can I validate input coming in via a setXXX() method? Does
> this approach mean I can no longer put logic in my entity
> beans? Does this mean I am reduced to putting a session
> bean in front of the entities and putting my validation
> there (ugly)?
>
> (or am I being stupid and missing something in the spec?
> I'm looking at $10.3.1 in PFD2)
>
> As a side note, this presumably implies that value object
> creation cannot now be done by tools such as EJBDoclet
> since there is no code allowed in CMP accessor methods?
>
> I've looked for answers on forums/lists etc but couldn't
> find anything.
>
> Chris Harris
>
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