Timer 'timeout' method cannot be marked final?

[kennardconsulting]

Hi guys,

I am trying to transition from Quartz to the new EJB 3.1 timers (with cron-like syntax).

It appears I am unable to point my EJB Timer <timeout-method> (in ejb-jar.xml) to a method that is marked 'final'? If I remove the 'final' modifer everything works fine. Is this intentional?

Regards,

Richard.

[jaikiran]

As per the spec:

A timeout callback method can have public, private, protected, or package level access. A timeout callback method must not be declared as final or static.

[kennardconsulting]

Jaikiran,

Thanks for your fast reply!

Do you know the reason it cannot be declared 'final'? Does it need to be proxied or something?

Richard.