v class="block">A container invokes this method to instruct the
 instance to synchronize its state by storing it to the underlying 
 database.</div>
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<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/ejb/EntityBean.html#setEntityContext-javax.ejb.EntityContext-">setEntityContext</a></span>(<a href="../../javax/ejb/EntityContext.html" title="interface in javax.ejb">EntityContext</a>&nbsp;ctx)</code>