You
can use a wizard to create a CMP entity bean and add it to your project.
Before you can create an enterprise bean, you must:
To create a CMP entity bean:
- In the J2EE perspective, click File >
New > Other > EJB > XDoclet Enterprise JavaBean. The Create
an Enterprise JavaBean wizard appears.
- Select ContainerManagedEntityBean.
- Click Next.
- Select the Project that will
contain the new bean.
- In the Folder field, select
the folder for the new bean.
- In the Java package field, enter
the package name for the new bean.
- In the Class name field, type
a name for the enterprise bean. By convention, bean names should begin with
an uppercase letter.
Note: You
can use Unicode characters for the bean name, but Unicode characters are not
supported for enterprise bean packages and classes associated with enterprise
beans.
- Change the Superclass for the
bean if you want it to inherit from a class other than java.lang.Object .
- Click Next.
- Provide an EJB Name for the
bean. This is the name of the enterprise bean class.
- Provide a Schema name to specify
the abstract schema of the bean.
- Provide a Display Name for the
bean. This is a short name for the enterprise bean that is used by tools.
- Provide a text Description for
the bean.
- Select a CMP Version for the
new bean:
- 1.x specifies you are adding the bean to an EJB 1.0 or
later project.
- 2.x specifies you are adding the bean to an EJB 2.0 or
later project.
- Select a Usecase for the new
bean:
- Import attributes from table specifies that the CMP entity
bean attributes will be imported from a database table. Click Next.
- Perform one of the following:
- To select an available connection definition, click a connection in the Available
Connection Definitions list. Click Next.
- To create a new JDBC connection definition, click New.
In the Connection Parameters window, specify the required
JDBC connection parameters on the Connection parameters page of the New Connection
wizard. Select a database manager, a JDBC driver, and specify other connection
details. To specify JDBC connection filters, clear the Disable filter check
box and specify appropriate connection filters. Click Finish.
- Define new attributes specifies that the CMP entity bean
attributes will be user-defined. Click Next.
- To create a CMP attribute for the entity bean, click Add.
- To specify a name for the attribute, click in the Name field
and enter a name.
- To specify a type for the attribute, click in the Type field
and enter a type.
- To make the attribute a key field for the entity bean, select the Primary
Key check box.
- To specify a table name for the entity bean, enter a name in the Table field.
- To add more attributes, repeat procedures a to d.
- Click Next.
- Select the type of Modifiers to
use for the class. Choices are Public, Abstract,
and Final.
- Select the Interfaces you want
the bean to implement:
- Click the Add button to open the Type Selection dialog
box where you can select the interface that you want to implement.
- If you added an interface that you no longer want to implement, select
the interface in the list and click Remove.
- Select the method stubs that you want the wizard
to create. Choices include main, Inherited abstract
methods, and Constructors from the superclass.
- Click Finish. The new bean is
added to the specified EJB project.