entity bean question

[Timber Lee]

In what manner is a reference to an Entity Bean obtained by a client?

A. Invoking the zero-argument public constructor of the bean.

B. Invoking the appropriate create() method of the home interface.

C. Invoking the newInstance() method of the home interface.

D. Invoking the newInstance() method
Which of the following MUST be declared for a CMP Entity Bean in its deployment descriptor?

A. Bean class.

B. Database connection factory reference.

C. Home and remote interfaces.

D. Primary key class.
E. Dataresource
[ February 26, 2003: Message edited by: Timber Lee ]

[Shankar Ranganathan]

Ans is B

[Timber Lee]

what instance will create if creat() in home is executed?
Dataresource should be described in deployment descriptor for CMP Entity Bean ?

[Eduard Manas]

Hi Timber,
The answer to your first question is B, that is, by calling the create() method from the home interface. A is false because you cannot access the bean directly from the client.
The answer to your second questions I think its A and C only. Even though you can also specify references to connection resources and primary key, this is not necessary. Option D may seem a required parameter, but the EJB spec allows you to defer the definition of a CMP primary key until deployment time (section 10.8.3 of the EJB2.0 specs). This is not possible, though, for BMPs.
Eduard

[Timber Lee]

thank Eduard Manas for your explanation to me in detail