EjbHomeRemove vs ejbRemove

Question

I need to delete a record from the database using BMP. Would I put the call to the database in the ejbHomeRemove or ejbRemove?
If I do not place the logic in the ejbHomeRemove, how would I invoke the ejbRemove. I read a document from the tutorials that indicates the ejbRemove could be invoked by client. But I thought that the client could not call ejbRemove on the entity bean itself, but would need to do so possibly off the home object. But when I add "public void remove()" to the home, I get a compilation error indicating that since I am using local interfaces, that I must declare "ejbHomeRemove" on the entity bean. But at the same time I get a compilation error requiring "ejbRemove" be on the entity bean. So my entity bean has both ejbHomeRemove and ejbRemove.
Thanks

Answer 1

The EJBHome object already has a remove method defined. Actually, it has two remove methods:
void remove(Handle handle)
void remove(Object primaryKey)You don't need to add a remove() to the home in order to use these methods. The EJBObject also has a remove method already defined:
void remove() When any of these remove methods are invoked, the ejbRemove() method in the bean will be invoked. The client can invoke the remove method on the EJBObject in which case that entity bean will be removed. If the client invokes a remove method on the Home, he must specify a handle or primary key to determine which entity bean to remove.
The reason you got a compiler error telling you that you need a ejbHomeRemove in the bean when you tried to add a remove method to the Home is because it thought your remove method was some sort of business method. All methods in the Home except create and finder methods require corresponding ejbHome... methods in the bean. These business methods are not specific to a particular entity bean; they normally handle aggregate functions. This definitely isn't what you had in mind.
All you need to do is put your database calls in ejbRemove and don't put any remove() methods in your Home and Remote/Local interfaces.