CMP Entity Bean Lifecycle
The lifecycle for CMP Entity beans is substantially the same as BMP Entity beans, reflected in an almost identical diagram (see Figure 7.3).
Figure 7.3. The javax.ejb.EntityBean lifecycle for CMP Entity beans.
This diagram differs from the lifecycle you saw yesterday in that there are no ejbFindXxx() methods for pooled beans. This is not to say that pooled CMP Entity beans do not perform finder methods; they do. However, the EJB container generates the actual code that performs this. There will be a finder method in the bean's local-home interface, but not necessarily an equivalent ejbFindXxx() method in the bean itself ...
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