javax.ejb
Interface Handle

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

public interface Handle
extends Serializable

The Handle interface is implemented by all EJB object handles. A handle is an abstraction of a network reference to an EJB object. A handle is intended to be used as a "robust" persistent reference to an EJB object.

Author:

Florent Benoit

See Also:

EJB 3.0 specification

Method Summary

EJBObject

getEJBObject() Obtain the EJB object reference represented by this handle.

Method Detail

getEJBObject

EJBObject getEJBObject()
                       throws RemoteException

Obtain the EJB object reference represented by this handle.

Returns:

the EJB object reference represented by this handle.

Throws:

RemoteException - The EJB object could not be obtained because of a system-level failure.