Re: [JBoss-user] narrowing results in finders

[Alex L. <lou...@ua...>]

Thursday, March 06, 2003, 12:20:54 PM, Ionel Gardais wrote:

IG> Hi,

IG> Is it possible to automatically narrow the results of a finder ?

IG> i.e : finder findByName(String name) on PersonBean is likely to return a single result each time so the signature can be com.test.interface.PersonneLocal findByName(java.lang.String name)

IG> But in the case it returns more than one result, this signature will not be valid.

IG> Will JBoss throw an exception ?

Yes.

alex

IG> Will it return only the first result ?

IG> Do I need to use a Collection "in case where it eventually may" return more than one result ?

IG> thanks,
IG> ionel