A virtual field of an entity bean having container-managed persistence; it identifies a related entity bean.

A virtual field of an entity bean that has container-managed persistence; it is stored in a database.

The protocol for transferring the state of an entity bean between its instance variables and an underlying database.

An enterprise bean that represents persistent data maintained in a database. An entity bean can manage its own persistence or

can delegate this function to its container. An entity bean is identified by a primary key. If the container in which an

entity bean is hosted crashes, the entity bean, its primary key, and any remote references survive the crash.

Defines the queries for the finder and select methods of an entity bean having container-managed persistence. A subset of

SQL92, EJB QL has extensions that allow navigation over the relationships defined in an entity bean's abstract schema.

The principal that identifies the invoker of the enterprise bean method. What is cascade delete

A deletion that triggers another deletion. A cascade delete can be specified for an entity bean that has container-managed

persistence.