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36 package javax.ejb;
37
38 /**
39 * The MessageDrivenBean interface is implemented by every message-driven
40 * enterprise Bean class. The container uses the MessageDrivenBean methods
41 * to notify the enterprise Bean instances of the instance's life cycle
42 * events.
43 */
44 public interface MessageDrivenBean extends EnterpriseBean {
45 /**
46 * Set the associated message-driven context. The container calls
47 * this method after the instance creation.
48 *
49 * <p> The enterprise Bean instance should store the reference to the
50 * context object in an instance variable.
51 *
52 * <p> This method is called with no transaction context.
53 *
54 * @param ctx A MessageDrivenContext interface for the instance.
55 *
56 * @exception EJBException Thrown by the method to indicate a failure
57 * caused by a system-level error.
58 *
59 */
60 void setMessageDrivenContext(MessageDrivenContext ctx) throws EJBException;
61
62 /**
63 * A container invokes this method before it ends the life of the
64 * message-driven object. This happens when a container decides to
65 * terminate the message-driven object.
66 *
67 * <p> This method is called with no transaction context.
68 *
69 * @exception EJBException Thrown by the method to indicate a failure
70 * caused by a system-level error.
71 *
72 */
73 void ejbRemove() throws EJBException;
74
75 }