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Collection collection = LocalFinderUtils.findAll("DeptBean");

return collectionToDeptValueArray(collection);

}

private DeptValue[] collectionToDeptValueArray(Collection collection){

ArrayList deptList = new ArrayList(50);

Iterator iterator = collection.iterator();

System.out.println("GOT THIS FAR");

while(iterator.hasNext()){

try {

Dept dept = (Dept)iterator.next();

DeptValue deptValue = new DeptValue();

deptValue.setId(dept.getId());

deptValue.setName(dept.getName());

deptList.add(deptValue);

}catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace(System.out);}

}

return (DeptValue[])

deptList.toArray(new DeptValue[deptList.size()]);

}

public void ejbActivate() {}

public void ejbPassivate() {}

public void ejbRemove() {}

public void ejbCreate() {}

public void setSessionContext(SessionContext sc) {}

}

Notice that the

getDepartments()

returns an array of

DeptValues

. The

DeptValue

is just a POJO. In fact,

DeptValue

is a JavaBean, which is defined as

follows:

package bean;

public class DeptValue implements java.io.Serializable {

private String name;

private Integer id;

public DeptValue() {

}

public String getName() {

return this.name;

}

public void setName(String name) {

this.name = name;

}

public Integer getId() {

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