1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2007 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.ejb.support; 18 19 import javax.ejb.SessionBean; 20 import javax.ejb.SessionContext; 21 22 /** 23 * Interface to be implemented by Session Beans that want 24 * to expose important state to cooperating classes. 25 * 26 * <p>Implemented by Spring's AbstractSessionBean class and hence by 27 * all of Spring's specific Session Bean support classes, such as 28 * {@link AbstractStatelessSessionBean} and {@link AbstractStatefulSessionBean}. 29 * 30 * @author Juergen Hoeller 31 * @since 1.2 32 * @see AbstractStatelessSessionBean 33 * @see AbstractStatefulSessionBean 34 */ 35 public interface SmartSessionBean extends SessionBean { 36 37 /** 38 * Return the SessionContext that was passed to the Session Bean 39 * by the EJB container. Can be used by cooperating infrastructure 40 * code to get access to the user credentials, for example. 41 */ 42 SessionContext getSessionContext(); 43 44 } 45