Hi:
   I have been puzzle by this.
   In my function of "findByPrimaryKey" is to select some data with the given primarykey and return it.
   Suppose I have create a BMP entity bean with primarykey equal with "AAA". Does the Container just retrieve the exist object with primary key equal with "AAA" or create a new one if I call findByPrimaryKey("AAA").

Thanks!
John Lee

In BMP, your job in the bean class is to implement:

  YourPK ejbFindByPrimaryKey(YourPK pk);

This normally means, that you take the pk, do a select on the database where yourpk=?. If the db finds a row, you can simply return pk;, else throw new ObjectNotFoundException(...).

The container then takes that primary key, wraps it up in a remote stub which gets sent back to the "client" (whoever called home.findByPrimaryKey(YourPK);