The getEJBObject() method is used to obtain a reference to the EJB object that is currently associated with the instance. An instance of a session enterprise Bean can call this method anytime between the ejbCreate() and ejbRemove() methods. An instance can use this method when it wants to pass a reference to itself in a method argument or result. The general format of this method is as follows:

public EJBObject getEJBObject() throws java.lang.IllegalStateException