Pre-packaged Query

Query name="Semmle/StyleChecks/J2EE/Entity-Bean/Check ejbCreate%(..) methods' definition"

Reports all Entity-Bean types that contain ejbCreate%(..) methods that are not public, or that are final or static or that have a return type void.

from EntityBean ebean, Method m
where m.getName().matches("ejbCreate%") and
      ebean.inherits(m) and
      (not(m.hasModifier("public")) or 
       m.hasModifier("final") or 
       m.hasModifier("static") or
       m.getType().hasName("void"))
select m, m.toString() + " must be public, not final, not static"
                       + " and not have return type void"

References

Enterprise JavaBeans 2.1 - Specification, section 10.6.4 and 12.2.3