>> Also, you removed EXTERNAL keyword from original implementation. What is the
>> reasons for it ?
>>
> I changed EXTERNAL NAME to ENTRY_POINT. It makes things more likely UDFs
> are. Also EXTERNAL NAME seems not good inside an EXTERNAL FUNCTION
> declaration.

AFAIK, EXTERNAL NAME is defined in the SQL standard, and for me it looks
unnatural to say that "com.mycompany.SomeBusinessClass.someMethod" is an
entry point in Java...

Roman