com.beasys.commerce.foundation
Interface SmartEntityReference

All Known Implementing Classes:

PersistenceHelper.DefaultSmartEntityReference

public interface SmartEntityReference

A smart handle optimizes the the use of handles for entity beans by storing a local copy of the primary key (SmartKey) for the BSC Entity. This optimizes one of the most commonly performed operations of retrieving the key without accessing the remote object. This also makes it possible to compare the entities referenced by the smart handles.

See Also:

Entity

Method Summary

int	compareTo(javax.ejb.EJBObject ejbObject)
int	compareTo(SmartEntityReference smartEntityReference)
javax.ejb.EJBObject	getEJBObject() Returns the EJBObject.
java.lang.String	getJNDIName()
void	setEJBObject(javax.ejb.EJBObject ejbObject)

Method Detail

getEJBObject

public javax.ejb.EJBObject getEJBObject()

Returns the EJBObject. If the SmartHandle is empty, it returns null.

setEJBObject

public void setEJBObject(javax.ejb.EJBObject ejbObject)

getJNDIName

public java.lang.String getJNDIName()

compareTo

public int compareTo(javax.ejb.EJBObject ejbObject)

compareTo

public int compareTo(SmartEntityReference smartEntityReference)