Hi all ,

Is a recursive method call allowed in an EJB (either 1.x or 2.0) given that the method is a remote method ?

Example :
EJB has a remote method called doMethod(int i).Does the EJB specs allows for the following ?:

public void doMethod(int i) {
    if (i < 10) {
      doMethod(i++);
    }
}

I know that re-entrant beans are dangerous and not recommended, but would a simple recursive method call like above be categorized as re-entrant ?

Thanks.
Kean

It does. But you can't make reentrant calls without making the bean explicitly reentrant in the DD.

This call is not reentrant. This is reentrant:

public void doMethod(int i) {
   MyInterface remoteThis = (MyInterface)ejbContext.getEJBObject();
   remoteThis.doMethod(i-1);
}

Calls that do not go through the remote interface are not mediated by the container, and they are not re-entrancies. The spec is a little vague about this, but there is no way containers will not allow this, because many EJBs assume that's what the spec ment. Anyway, I think they won't :)

Gal