4.2. Coding the EJB and test client

4.2.1. The (remote) home interface

As this is a stateless session bean, the home interface is straightforward: It specifies exactly one no-argument create() method. The home interface is shown in Listing 4.1

Listing 4.1. Home interface for the ‘Interest’ EJB.
						package com.kevinboone.ejb_book.interest; 
    import javax.ejb.*; 
    import java.rmi.*; 

 5  /**
						(Remote) home interface for the ‘Interest’ EJB
						(c)2002 Kevin Boone
						*/
						public interface InterestHome extends EJBHome 
10  { 
    /**
						Create an instance of the EJB
						*/
						public Interest create() 
15    throws CreateException, RemoteException; 
    }

Points to note include the following.

  • The interface extends javax.ejb.EJBHome, as required by the EJB Specification [EJB2.0 7.10.5].

  • The ...

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