Error while using "ejbc" command....

Question

Hi,
I got the following errors when I use the ejbc Command in weblogic6.1 using ant tool to run a Bean Managed Entity Beans.I've also attached the two descriptor files(ejb-jar.xml and weblogic-ejb-jar.xml) and make file build.xml.
ejbc:
[java]
[java] ERROR: Error from ejbc: In EJB AccountBean, the primary key class must implement the method boolean equals(Object other).
[java] ERROR: Error from ejbc: In EJB AccountBean, the primary key class must implement the method public int hashCode().
[java] ERROR: ejbc found errors
[java] Java Result: 1
ejb-jar.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC
'-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN'
'http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd'>
<ejb-jar>
<enterprise-beans>
<entity>
<ejb-name>AccountBean</ejb-name>
<home>com.testejb.AccountHome</home>
<remote>com.testejb.Account</remote>
<ejb-class>com.testejb.AccountBean</ejb-class>
<persistence-type>Bean</persistence-type>
<prim-key-class>com.testejb.AccountPK</prim-key-class>
<reentrant>False</reentrant>
</entity>
</enterprise-beans>
<assembly-descriptor>
<container-transaction>
<method>
<ejb-name>AccountBean</ejb-name>
<method-name>*</method-name>
</method>
<trans-attribute>Required</trans-attribute>
</container-transaction>
</assembly-descriptor>
</ejb-jar>
weblogic-ejb-jar.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE weblogic-ejb-jar PUBLIC
'-//BEA Systems, Inc.//DTD WebLogic 6.0.0 EJB//EN'
'http://www.bea.com/servers/wls600/dtd/weblogic-ejb-jar.dtd'>
<weblogic-ejb-jar>
<weblogic-enterprise-bean>
<ejb-name>AccountBean</ejb-name>
<jndi-name>AccountHome</jndi-name>
</weblogic-enterprise-bean>
</weblogic-ejb-jar>
build.xml
project name="beanManaged" default="all" basedir=".">
<!-- set global properties for this build -->
<property environment="env"/>
<property file="../../../../examples.properties"/>
<property name="source" value="."/>
<property name="build" value="${source}/build"/>
<property name="dist" value="${source}/dist"/>
<target name="all" depends="clean, init, compile_ejb, jar_ejb, ejbc "/>
<target name="init">
<!-- Create the time stamp -->
<tstamp/>
<!-- Create the build directory structure used by compile
and copy the deployment descriptors into it-->
<mkdir dir="${build}"/>
<mkdir dir="${build}/META-INF"/>
<mkdir dir="${dist}"/>
<copy todir="${build}/META-INF">
<fileset dir="${source}">
<include name="*.xml"/>
<exclude name="build.xml"/>
</fileset>
</copy>
</target>
<!-- Compile ejb classes into the build directory (jar preparation) -->
<target name="compile_ejb">
<javac srcdir="${source}" destdir="${build}"
includes="Account.java, AccountHome.java, AccountException.java, AccountPK.java, AccountBean.java"/>
</target>
<!-- Make a standard ejb jar file, including XML deployment descriptors -->
<target name="jar_ejb" depends="compile_ejb">
<jar jarfile="${dist}/src.jar"
basedir="${build}">
</jar>
</target>
<!-- Run ejbc to create the deployable jar file -->
<target name="ejbc" depends="jar_ejb">
<java classname="weblogic.ejbc" fork="yes">
<sysproperty key="weblogic.home" value="${WL_HOME}"/>
<arg line="-compiler javac ${dist}/src.jar d:/bea/wlserver6.1/config/mydomain/applications/AbeanManaged.jar"/>
<classpath>
<pathelement path="${WL_HOME}/lib/weblogic_sp.jar;${WL_HOME}/lib/weblogic.jar"/>
</classpath>
</java>
</target>
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="${build}"/>
<delete dir="${dist}"/>
</target>
</project>
Expecting your reply
Thanks & Regards
Venkatesh

Answer 1

Gee, this is just a guess but how about defining methods equals() and hashCode() in your pk class?
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