Can I deploy the entity bean in different jar files?

Question

I have an application EAR, which contains several JARs. I have an entity bean A that has relationships with 2 other different entity beans B and C in the same DB. Now, I have to deploy this entity A together with B in AB.jar, and A with C in AC.jar. Both AB.jar and AC.jar are modules of the same application EAR file. They all use the same data sources to the same database, and named by different <ejb-name>.
I have no problem with deploying the app to WebLogic 8.1. But the JSP page accessing entity A got errors. Sometime, it got error complaining that the container-generated ejbFindAccount mehtod is abstract.
My questions are,
Can an entity bean be defined twice in 2 different jars?
When container load AB.jar and AC.jar, does it generate the finder methods twice?
I guess there are some name conflicts going on here. What should I do to avoid it?
Any comments are very much appreciated.

Answer 1

Thanks for your answer, but how can I use it in connection with relationships?
<!-- ********************************************************************** -->
<!-- Relationship: View to FrameworkUser                                             -->
<!-- ********************************************************************** -->
<ejb-relation id="View-FrameworkUser">
     <description></description>
     <ejb-relation-name>View-FrameworkUser</ejb-relation-name>
     <ejb-relationship-role>
          <ejb-relationship-role-name>Views-have-FrameworkUser</ejb-relationship-role-name>
          <multiplicity>Many</multiplicity>
          <relationship-role-source>
               <ejb-name>View</ejb-name>
          </relationship-role-source>
          <cmr-field>
               <cmr-field-name>frameworkUser</cmr-field-name><!-#- getter/setter -#->
               <cmr-field-type>java.util.Collection</cmr-field-type>
          </cmr-field>
     </ejb-relationship-role>
     <!-#- *************** -#->
     <ejb-relationship-role>
          <ejb-relationship-role-name>FrameworkUser-has-Views</ejb-relationship-role-name>
          <multiplicity>One</multiplicity>
          <relationship-role-source>
               <!-#- *******REFERENCE******** -#->
               <ejb-name>ejb_foo_jar2_ejb.jar#FrameworkUser</ejb-name>
               <!-#- *******REFERENCE******** -#->
          </relationship-role-source>
     </ejb-relationship-role>
</ejb-relation>
...this obviously doesn't work...
Do I have to write a new <entity> where I define the referenced entity?