I think you're confusing the content in the EJB Bean class, and the
code in the Home interface. It's create in the home, it's ejb... in the
Bean class.

Here's a few tutorials about BMP and EJB development:

http://www.technicalfacilitation.com/examscam/tf/get.php?link=12bmpentityebeans

Cheers!

-Cameron McKenzie

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package com.examscam.ejb;
/**
* Local Home interface for Enterprise Bean: PersonBMP
*/
public interface PersonBMPLocalHome extends javax.ejb.EJBLocalHome {
/**
* Creates an instance from a key for Entity Bean: PersonBMP
*/
public com.examscam.ejb.PersonBMPLocal create()
throws javax.ejb.CreateException;
/**
* Finds an instance using a key for Entity Bean: PersonBMP
*/
public com.examscam.ejb.PersonBMPLocal findByPrimaryKey(
com.examscam.ejb.PersonBMPKey primaryKey)
throws javax.ejb.FinderException;
}

package com.examscam.ejb;
/**
* Bean implementation class for Enterprise Bean: PersonBMP
*/
public class PersonBMPBean implements javax.ejb.EntityBean {

String name;
int age;

/**
* @return Returns the age.
*/
public int getAge() {
System.out.println("In getAge");
return age;
}
/**
* @param age The age to set.
*/
public void setAge(int age) {
System.out.println("In setAge");
this.age = age;
}
/**
* @return Returns the name.
*/
public String getName() {
System.out.println("In getName");
return name;
}
/**
* @param name The name to set.
*/
public void setName(String name) {
System.out.println("In setName");
this.name = name;
}
private javax.ejb.EntityContext myEntityCtx;
/**
* ejbActivate
*/
public void ejbActivate() {
System.out.println("In ejbActivate");
}
/**
* ejbLoad
*/
public void ejbLoad() {
System.out.println("In ejbLoad");
}
/**
* ejbPassivate
*/
public void ejbPassivate() {
System.out.println("In ejbPassivate");
}
/**
* ejbRemove
*/
public void ejbRemove() throws javax.ejb.RemoveException {
System.out.println("In ejbRemove");
}
/**
* ejbStore
*/
public void ejbStore() {
System.out.println("In ejbStore");
}
/**
* getEntityContext
*/
public javax.ejb.EntityContext getEntityContext() {
System.out.println("In getEntityContext");
return myEntityCtx;
}
/**
* setEntityContext
*/
public void setEntityContext(javax.ejb.EntityContext ctx) {
System.out.println("In setEntityContext");
myEntityCtx = ctx;
}
/**
* unsetEntityContext
*/
public void unsetEntityContext() {
System.out.println("In unsetEntityContext");
myEntityCtx = null;
}
/**
* ejbCreate
*/
public com.examscam.ejb.PersonBMPKey ejbCreate()

throws javax.ejb.CreateException {
System.out.println("In ejbCreate");
return null;
}
/**
* ejbPostCreate
*/
public void ejbPostCreate() throws javax.ejb.CreateException {
System.out.println("In ejbPostCreate");
}
/**
* ejbFindByPrimaryKey
*/
public com.examscam.ejb.PersonBMPKey ejbFindByPrimaryKey(
com.examscam.ejb.PersonBMPKey primaryKey)
throws javax.ejb.FinderException {
System.out.println("In findBy");
return null;
}

ok...so

is this *home methods*  ONLY for entity beans ?

what kind of code is written in these *home methods* ?

you told , its a  particular to a class .....does it  set any
environment properties etc for the whole class in this method ?

please explain , this part is not clear ....why and how we use it ?