Hi Naren,
Naren Chivukula wrote:1) How a TimerService provided by the Container be referenced using JNDI lookup? Or What is the JNDI name for TimerService?
In the global JNDI: "java:comp/TimerService"
Naren Chivukula wrote:2) Why stateful session beans can't have Timer Services?
Because the specifications say stateful session beans do not support timers (however they might be introduced in a later version of the
EJB specs)
Naren Chivukula wrote:3) Since timers are local objects, a TimerHandle must not be passed through a bean’s remote business interface, or web service interface. As TimerHandle is Serializable, can't I freely pass it over? What stops me to do this?
Cheers,
Naren
Nothing, but on the other side you can't do anything with the timer.
Regards,
Frits