Given a list of methods for a stateful or stateless session bean class, define which of the following operations can be performed from each of those methods: SessionContext interface methods, UserTransaction methods, Java Naming and Directory Interface API (JNDI API) access to java:comp/env environment naming context, resource manager access, and other enterprise bean access.

Given a list of methods for a stateful or stateless session bean class, define which of the following operations can be performed from each of those methods: SessionContext interface methods, UserTransaction methods, Java Naming and Directory Interface API (JNDI API) access to java:comp/env environment naming context, resource manager access, and other enterprise bean access.
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Given a list of methods for a stateful or stateless session bean class, define which of the following operations can be performed from each of those methods: `SessionContext` interface methods, `UserTransaction` methods, Java Naming and Directory Interface API (JNDI API) access to `java:comp/env` environment naming context, resource manager access, and other enterprise bean access.

Stateful Session Bean

Table 4.1. Operations allowed in the methods of a stateful session bean

Bean method Bean method can perform the following operations

Container-managed transaction demarcation Bean-managed transaction demarcation

constructor - -

Bean method	Bean method can perform the following operations
constructor	-	-
`setSessionContext`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env`
`ejbCreate` `ejbRemove` `ejbActivate` `ejbPassivate`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `isCallerInRole,` `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env` Resource manager access Enterprise bean access	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `isCallerInRole,` `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`, `getUserTransaction`. `UserTransaction` methods JNDI access to `java:comp/env` Resource manager access Enterprise bean access
Business method from component interface	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `getRollbackOnly`, `isCallerInRole,` `setRollbackOnly`, `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env` Resource manager access Enterprise bean access	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `isCallerInRole,` `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`, `getUserTransaction`. `UserTransaction` methods JNDI access to `java:comp/env` Resource manager access Enterprise bean access
`afterBegin` `beforeCompletion`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `getRollbackOnly`, `isCallerInRole,` `setRollbackOnly`, `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env` Resource manager access Enterprise bean access	N/A (a bean with bean-managed transaction (BMT) demarcation cannot implement the `SessionSynchronization` interface)
`afterCompletion`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `isCallerInRole,` `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env`

setSessionContext

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome.

JNDI access to java:comp/env

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome.

JNDI access to java:comp/env

ejbCreate

ejbRemove

ejbActivate

ejbPassivate

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal, isCallerInRole, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject.

JNDI access to java:comp/env

Resource manager access

Enterprise bean access

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal, isCallerInRole, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject, getUserTransaction.

UserTransaction methods

JNDI access to java:comp/env

Resource manager access

Enterprise bean access

Business method from component interface

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal, getRollbackOnly, isCallerInRole, setRollbackOnly, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject.

JNDI access to java:comp/env

Resource manager access

Enterprise bean access

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal, isCallerInRole, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject, getUserTransaction.

UserTransaction methods

JNDI access to java:comp/env

Resource manager access

Enterprise bean access

afterBegin

beforeCompletion

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal, getRollbackOnly, isCallerInRole, setRollbackOnly, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject.

JNDI access to java:comp/env

Resource manager access

Enterprise bean access

N/A

(a bean with bean-managed transaction (BMT) demarcation cannot implement the SessionSynchronization interface)

afterCompletion

SessionContext methods: getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getCallerPrincipal, isCallerInRole, getEJBObject, getEJBLocalObject.

JNDI access to java:comp/env

Stateless Session Bean

Table 4.2. Operations allowed in the methods of a stateless session bean

Bean method	Bean method can perform the following operations
Bean method	Container-managed transaction demarcation	Bean-managed transaction demarcation
constructor	-	-
`setSessionContext`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env`
`ejbCreate` `ejbRemove`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env`	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`, `getUserTransaction`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env`
Business method from component interface	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `getRollbackOnly`, `isCallerInRole,` `setRollbackOnly`, `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`. JNDI access to `java:comp/env` Resource manager access Enterprise bean access	`SessionContext` methods: `getEJBHome`, `getEJBLocalHome`, `getCallerPrincipal`, `isCallerInRole,` `getEJBObject`, `getEJBLocalObject`, `getUserTransaction`. `UserTransaction` methods JNDI access to `java:comp/env` Resource manager access Enterprise bean access