return type for CMP/CMR fields

[srinivas hari]

Hi,

I have doubt regarding the return type of CMP/CMR fields.

CMP field:

1)no <field-type> tag in deployment descriptor.
2)Container will find from the abstract set and get methods

CMR fields

1)<CMR-FIELD-TYPE> tag availble in dd.
2)we need to declare the get and set abstract methods.

Why SUN handled CMR and CMP in different ways.
in case of CMR fileds why to have a seperate tag for return type
why cannot container finds from the abstract method return types.

[Ajay Natarajan]

The only reason there is a CMR-FIELD-TYPE is for java.util.Collection or java.util.Set. If your CMR is return not a single value but collection then the DD lets you specify what is the return type. You dont need the CMR-FIELD-TYPE for a single value return (Say you are returning a String) This it will get from the abstract method return type.

-Hope this helps.