No, it's not ok to have finalaize method in the bean class.
-marina
emiddio-frontier wrote:
> So does this mean its okay to have finalaize method but dont call
> super.finalize(); ???
>
> I will try to find the spec section you mention.
>
> thanks
>
> gary
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marina Vatkina"
> <marina.vatkina_at_oracle.com>
> To: <users_at_glassfish.java.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: why does stateful ejb throw exception for calling
> super.finalize();
>
>
>> The EJB spec prohibits this method on a session bean - see section
>> 4.9.2 Session Bean Class
>>
>> -marina
>>
>> emiddio-frontier wrote:
>>> why does stateful ejb throw exception for calling super.finalize();
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> excerpt from log -- gfv301 and code snippet.
>>>
>>> gary
>>>
>>>
>>> INFO: UserBean finalize:fCount:1
>>> SEVERE: NRU-com.corejsf.UserBean: Cannot load from BACKUPSTORE FOR
>>> Key: <190c02f00a81f-5a2427dc-0>
>>> WARNING: A system exception occurred during an invocation on EJB
>>> UserBean method public void com.corejsf.UserBean.finalize() throws
>>> java.lang.Throwable
>>> javax.ejb.NoSuchObjectLocalException: The EJB does not exist.
>>> session-key: 190c02f00a81f-5a2427dc-0
>>> at
>>> com.sun.ejb.containers.StatefulSessionContainer._getContext(StatefulSessionContainer.java:1428)
>>>
>>> at
>>> com.sun.ejb.containers.BaseContainer.getContext(BaseContainer.java:2467)
>>>
>>> at
>>> com.sun.ejb.containers.BaseContainer.preInvoke(BaseContainer.java:1860)
>>> at
>>> com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.java:188)
>>>
>>> at
>>> com.sun.ejb.containers.EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.invoke(EJBLocalObjectInvocationHandler.java:126)
>>>
>>> at $Proxy157.finalize(Unknown Source)
>>> at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.invokeFinalizeMethod(Native Method)
>>> at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.runFinalizer(Finalizer.java:83)
>>> at java.lang.ref.Finalizer.access$100(Finalizer.java:14)
>>> at java.lang.ref.Finalizer$FinalizerThread.run(Finalizer.java:160)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> @javax.inject.Named("user")
>>> @javax.enterprise.context.RequestScoped
>>> @javax.ejb.Stateful
>>> public class UserBean {...
>>>
>>> @Override
>>> public void finalize() throws Throwable {
>>> fCount++;
>>> System.out.println("UserBean finalize:fCount:" + fCount);
>>> super.finalize();
>>> }
>>> ...
>>>
>