Hi,
    Transient variables are one of the concepts in Serialization .When you
serilize a object and still you dont want to seralize some parts of the object
( becoz of the security related issues like passwd etc ) , you declare that
parts as transient  and those wont get serialized.

Regards
Yesudason

"" wrote:

> Hi,  I am starting writing EJB for a project.  I noticed that in some EJB
> examples, they define some variables as transient.  For example: transient
> private SessionContext ctx.
>
> Could someone explain what transient means?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lixin
>
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