Pre-packaged Query

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

Reports all Entity-Bean types that contain ejbHome%(..) methods that are not public, or that are static or that throw an exception of type java.rmi.RemoteException.

from EntityBean ebean, Method m
where m.getName().matches("ejbHome%") and
  ebean.inherits(m) and
  (not(m.hasModifier("public")) or 
   m.hasModifier("static") or
   m.getAnException().getType().hasQualifiedName("java.rmi","RemoteException"))
select m, m.toString() + " must be public, not static"
                       + " and not throw an exception of type"
                       + " java.rmi.RemoteException"

References

Enterprise JavaBeans 2.1 - Specification, section 10.6.6 and 12.6.6