christophedelory.ejb
Class BaseBean

java.lang.Object
  christophedelory.ejb.AbstractEntityBean
      christophedelory.ejb.BaseBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, EnterpriseBean, EntityBean

public abstract class BaseBean
extends AbstractEntityBean
implements EntityBean

The entity bean definition of a base object, acting as a super class for other entity beans.

Version:

$Revision: 85 $

Author:

Christophe Delory

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class christophedelory.ejb.AbstractEntityBean

context

Constructor Summary

BaseBean()

Method Summary

Object	ejbCreate() Creates an instance of this entity bean.
void	ejbPostCreate() Allows this entity bean instance to fully initialize itself.
abstract Date	getCreationDate() Returns the creation date.
abstract String	getCreationUserId() Returns the identifier of the user having created this EJB object.
abstract void	setCreationDate(Date date) Initializes the creation date.
abstract void	setCreationUserId(String userId) Initializes the identifier of the user having created this EJB object.

Methods inherited from class christophedelory.ejb.AbstractEntityBean

ejbActivate, ejbLoad, ejbPassivate, ejbRemove, ejbStore, setEntityContext, unsetEntityContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface javax.ejb.EntityBean

ejbActivate, ejbLoad, ejbPassivate, ejbRemove, ejbStore, setEntityContext, unsetEntityContext

Constructor Detail

BaseBean

public BaseBean()

Method Detail

getCreationDate

public abstract Date getCreationDate()

Returns the creation date.

Returns:

a date. Shall not be null.

Throws:

EJBException - if any exception occured during the execution of this method.

See Also:

setCreationDate(java.util.Date)

setCreationDate

public abstract void setCreationDate(Date date)

Initializes the creation date.

Parameters:

date - a date. Shall not be null.

Throws:

EJBException - if any exception occured during the execution of this method.

See Also:

getCreationDate()

getCreationUserId

public abstract String getCreationUserId()

Returns the identifier of the user having created this EJB object.

Returns:

a user identifier. Shall not be null.

Throws:

EJBException - if any exception occured during the execution of this method.

See Also:

setCreationUserId(String)

setCreationUserId

public abstract void setCreationUserId(String userId)

Initializes the identifier of the user having created this EJB object.

Parameters:

userId - a user identifier. Shall not be null.

Throws:

EJBException - if any exception occured during the execution of this method.

See Also:

getCreationUserId()

ejbCreate

public Object ejbCreate()
                 throws CreateException

Creates an instance of this entity bean.

Returns:

null (as EJB 2.0 spec says for CMP ejbCreate() methods).

Throws:

CreateException - the EJB object creation failed.

ejbPostCreate

public void ejbPostCreate()
                   throws CreateException

Allows this entity bean instance to fully initialize itself.

Throws:

CreateException - the EJB object creation failed.