@Basic (i.e., I don't want my getter to have an entity assoc

[mduffy_lists]

The EJB 3.0 Spec in section 10.1.10 states, "The BASIC annotation... can optionally be applied to any instance variable that is not an entity association."

I have class named "User" that has getters and setters for firstName and lastName and also has a method getDisplayName() which simply returns the firstName and lastName combined (this is convenient for a JSTL tag).

Now, JSTL does not allow direct access to methods, so I need to use a getter; however, if the getter is in an EJB 3.0 entity bean, at the present time, for the JBoss preview release, it seems that every getter must have an entity association, which means I can't use a utility method with a name that begins with "get" like "getDisplayName()", which means JSTL is limited.

Does anyone know if it is a correct assuption that the "BASIC" annotation is not yet implemented in JBoss, and that once it is implemented my problem will be solved?

Thx.

Mike

[bill.burke]

mark the get method as @javax.ejb.Transient. Does that work?

[mduffy_lists]

Yes, @javax.ejb.Transient worked perfectly.

Thank you!!!

Note: Information on @Transient can be found in the EJB 3.0 spec at "6.1 Requirements on the Entity Bean Class"; however, there is no information on @Transient in chapter 10 which covers annotations in detail. :(

Mike