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package javax.ejb;
import java.util.*;
import java.security.Identity;
import java.security.Principal;
import javax.transaction.UserTransaction;
/**
* The EJBContext interface provides an instance with access to the
* container-provided runtime context of an enterprise bean instance.
*
* This interface is extended by the SessionContext,
* EntityContext, and MessageDrivenContext interfaces
* to provide additional methods specific to the enterprise interface bean type.
*
* @see SessionContext
* @see MessageDrivenContext
* @see EntityContext
*
* @since EJB 1.0
*/
public interface EJBContext
{
/**
* Obtain the enterprise bean's remote home interface.
*
* @return The enterprise bean's remote home interface.
*
* @exception java.lang.IllegalStateException if the enterprise bean
* does not have a remote home interface.
*/
EJBHome getEJBHome() throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Obtain the enterprise bean's local home interface.
*
* @return The enterprise bean's local home interface.
*
* @exception java.lang.IllegalStateException if the enterprise bean
* does not have a local home interface.
*
* @since EJB 2.0
*/
EJBLocalHome getEJBLocalHome() throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Obtain the enterprise bean's environment properties.
*
*
Note: If the enterprise bean has no environment properties
* this method returns an empty java.util.Properties object.
* This method never returns null.
*
* @return The environment properties for the enterprise bean.
*
* @deprecated Use the JNDI naming context java:comp/env to access
* enterprise bean's environment.
*/
Properties getEnvironment();
/**
* Obtain the java.security.Identity of the caller.
*
* This method is deprecated in EJB 1.1. The Container
* is allowed to return always null from this method. The enterprise
* bean should use the getCallerPrincipal method instead.
*
* @return The Identity object that identifies the caller.
*
* @deprecated Use Principal getCallerPrincipal() instead.
*/
Identity getCallerIdentity();
/**
* Obtain the java.security.Principal that identifies the caller.
*
* @return The Principal object that identifies the caller. This
* method never returns null.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException The Container throws the exception
* if the instance is not allowed to call this method.
*
* @since EJB 1.1
*/
Principal getCallerPrincipal() throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Test if the caller has a given role.
*
*
This method is deprecated in EJB 1.1. The enterprise bean
* should use the isCallerInRole(String roleName) method instead.
*
* @param role The java.security.Identity of the role to be tested.
*
* @return True if the caller has the specified role.
*
* @deprecated Use boolean isCallerInRole(String roleName) instead.
*/
boolean isCallerInRole(Identity role);
/**
* Test if the caller has a given security role.
*
* @param roleName The name of the security role. The role must be one of
* the security roles that is defined in the deployment descriptor.
*
* @return True if the caller has the specified role.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException The Container throws the exception
* if the instance is not allowed to call this method.
*
* @since EJB 1.1
*/
boolean isCallerInRole(String roleName) throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Obtain the transaction demarcation interface.
*
* Only enterprise beans with bean-managed transactions are allowed to
* to use the UserTransaction interface. As entity beans must always use
* container-managed transactions, only session beans or message-driven
* beans with bean-managed transactions are allowed to invoke this method.
*
* @return The UserTransaction interface that the enterprise bean
* instance can use for transaction demarcation.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException The Container throws the exception
* if the instance is not allowed to use the UserTransaction interface
* (i.e. the instance is of a bean with container-managed transactions).
*/
UserTransaction getUserTransaction() throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Mark the current transaction for rollback. The transaction will become
* permanently marked for rollback. A transaction marked for rollback
* can never commit.
*
* Only enterprise beans with container-managed transactions are allowed
* to use this method.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException The Container throws the exception
* if the instance is not allowed to use this method (i.e. the
* instance is of a bean with bean-managed transactions).
*/
void setRollbackOnly() throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Test if the transaction has been marked for rollback only. An enterprise
* bean instance can use this operation, for example, to test after an
* exception has been caught, whether it is fruitless to continue
* computation on behalf of the current transaction.
*
* Only enterprise beans with container-managed transactions are allowed
* to use this method.
*
* @return True if the current transaction is marked for rollback, false
* otherwise.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException The Container throws the exception
* if the instance is not allowed to use this method (i.e. the
* instance is of a bean with bean-managed transactions).
*/
boolean getRollbackOnly() throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Get access to the EJB Timer Service.
*
* @exception IllegalStateException The Container throws the exception
* if the instance is not allowed to use this method (e.g. if the bean
* is a stateful session bean)
*
* @since EJB 2.1
*/
TimerService getTimerService() throws IllegalStateException;
/**
* Lookup a resource within the java: namespace. Names referring to
* entries within the private component namespace can be passed as
* unqualified strings. In that case the lookup will be relative to
* "java:comp/env/".
*
* For example, assuming an enterprise bean defines an ejb-local-ref
* with ejb-ref-name "ejb/BarRef" the following two
* calls to EJBContext.lookup are equivalent :
*
* ejbContext.lookup("ejb/BarRef");
* ejbContext.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/BarRef");
*
* @param name Name of the entry
*
* @exception IllegalArgumentException The Container throws the exception
* if the given name does not match an entry within the component's
* environment.
*
* @since EJB 3.0
*/
Object lookup(String name) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* The getContextData method enables a business method, lifecycle
* callback method, or timeout method to retrieve any interceptor/webservices context
* associated with its invocation.
*
* @return the context data that interceptor context associated with this invocation.
* If there is no context data, an empty Map<String,Object>
* object will be returned.
*
* @since EJB 3.1
*/
Map getContextData();
}