5 Configuring an EJB 2.0 Entity Bean With Container-Managed Persistence

This chapter describes the various options that you must configure in order to use an EJB 2.0 entity bean with container-managed persistence.

Table 5-1 lists these options and indicates which are basic (applicable to most applications) and which are advanced (applicable to more specialized applications).

Table 5-1 Configurable Options for an EJB 2.0 Entity Bean With Container-Managed Persistence

Options	Type
"Configuring Primary Key"	Basic
"Configuring Container-Managed Persistent Fields"	Basic
Configuring Container-Managed Relationship Fields	Basic
Configuring Database Isolation Levels	Advanced
"Configuring Concurrency Modes"	Advanced
"Configuring Exclusive Write Access to the Database"	Advanced
"Configuring Callback Methods for EJB 2.0 Entity Beans With Container-Managed Persistence"	Advanced

Note:

Oracle suggests that you use JDeveloper IDE for configuring your entity beans with container-managed persistence. The reason is that JDeveloper is capable of managing complex mappings between the entity beans and the database tables. See "Configuring Container-Managed Relationship Fields" and "Using JDeveloper" for more information.

For more information, see the following: