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package javax.ejb;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
/**
* Designates a method of a session bean that corresponds to a
* create<METHOD> method of an adapted home or
* local home interface (an interface that adapts an EJB 2.1 or earlier
* EJBHome or EJBLocalHome client view respectively).
*
* The result type of such an Init method is required
* to be void, and its parameter types must be exactly the same as
* those of the referenced create<METHOD>
* method(s).
*
*
* An Init method is only required to be specified for
* stateful session beans that provide a RemoteHome or
* LocalHome interface.
*
*
The name of the adapted create<METHOD>
* method of the home or local home interface must be specified if the
* adapted interface has more than one
* create<METHOD> method and the method
* signatures are not the same.
*
* @see LocalHome
* @see RemoteHome
*
* @since EJB 3.0
*/
@Target({ElementType.METHOD})
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Init {
/**
* The name of the corresponding
* create<METHOD> method of the adapted
* home or local home interface. This value is used to
* disambiguate the case where there are multiple
* create<METHOD> methods on an adapted
* home and/or local home interface. If there are multiple
* create<METHOD> methods on the adapted
* interface(s) and no value is specified, the
* create<METHOD> matching is based on
* signature only.
*
* Note that this value is not required to be specified if there
* is only a single create<METHOD> method
* even if the name of the method to which the Init
* annotation is applied does not match that of the
* create<METHOD> method.
*/
String value() default "";
}