Create local and remote interfaces
Local and remote interfaces are used to provide access to the bean from the calling clients, and are defined for the following types of beans:
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Entity Beans, both CMP and BMP versions 1.x and 2.x
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Session Beans versions prior to 3.0
IntelliJ IDEA provides the following ways to create local and remote interfaces:
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Manually, by means of direct editing the ejb-jar.xml file, using the extensive coding assistance provided by IntelliJ IDEA.
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Using the context menu commands.
To define local and remote interfaces of an enterprise bean using the editor
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Open the deployment descriptor file ejb-jar.xml for editing.
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In the
<entity>section, create tag<local>, or<remote>and type the name of the desired interface. Note that you can specify the target package in this tag, for example,samples.ejb.ManuallyCreatedEntityLocalInterface, using code completion after each dot. -
If the declared class does not yet exist, IntelliJ IDEA suggests a quick fix. Choose from the suggestion list. If the target package was not defined in the
<ejb-class>tag, select the desired package in the Choose Destination Directory dialog box. The stub class is created in the specified location.
To configure local and remote interfaces
- If you need to configure remote client view of a bean, select the Remote Interface checkbox.
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In the Home field specify the name for the bean remote home interface.
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In the Remote field specify the name for the bean remote interface.
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- If you need to configure local client view of a bean, select the Local Interface checkbox.
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In the Home field specify the name for the bean local home interface.
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In the Remote field specify the name for the bean local interface.
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