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Interface javax.ejb.EJBHome

public interface interface EJBHome
extends Remote
The EJBHome interface is an interface that is extended by all enterprise bean's home interfaces. An enterprise bean's home interface defines the methods that allow a client to create, find, and destroy EJB objects.

Each enterprise bean has a home interface. The home interface must extend the javax.ejb.EJBHome interface, and define the enterprise bean type specific create and finder methods (session beans do not have finders).

The home interface is defined by the enterprise bean provider and implemented by the enterprise bean container.


Method Index

 o destroy(Handle)
Destroy an EJB object identified by its handle.
 o destroy(Object)
Destroy an EJB object identified by its primary key.
 o getEJBMetaData()
Obtain the EJBMetaData interface for the enterprise bean.

Methods

 o destroy
 public abstract void destroy(Handle handle) throws RemoteException, DestroyException
Destroy an EJB object identified by its handle.

Throws: DestroyException
Thrown if the enterprise bean or the container does not allow the client to destroy the object.
Throws: RemoteException
Thrown when the method failed due to a system-level failure.
Throws: DestroyException
The enterprise bean or the container does not allow destruction of the object.
 o destroy
 public abstract void destroy(Object primaryKey) throws RemoteException, DestroyException
Destroy an EJB object identified by its primary key.

Throws: DestroyException
Thrown if the enterprise bean or the container does not allow the client to destroy the object.
Throws: RemoteException
Thrown when the method failed due to a system-level failure.
Throws: DestroyException
The enterprise bean or the container does not allow destruction of the object.
 o getEJBMetaData
 public abstract EJBMetaData getEJBMetaData() throws RemoteException
Obtain the EJBMetaData interface for the enterprise bean. The EJBMetaData interface allows the client to obtain information about the enterprise bean.

The information obtainable via the EJBMetaData interface is intended to be used by tools.

Returns:
The enterprise bean's EJBMetaData interface.
Throws: RemoteException
Thrown when the method failed due to a system-level failure.

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