Help accessing an EJB from outside my container

[Dave Alvarado]

Hi,

I'm using Resin 3.0.19 (as my web/app containers) and I'm trying to access an EJB that is running locally. Problem is, when I'm outside my container, I don't know how to generate a context that has access to the EJB. Here is the code I'm using to access ...

	        try {
	           interlockService = ((InterlockRemoteHome) 
	               PortableRemoteObject.narrow(new InitialContext()
	                                   .lookup(REMOTE_SERVICE_JNDI),InterlockRemoteHome.class)).create();
	        }catch (Throwable t) {
	           log.error(" Error during remote lookup of Interlock ejb ", t);
	           throw new Exception("Lookup Exception:", t);
	        }

where REMOTE_SERVICE_JNDI is defined as "java:comp/env/ejb/InterlockServiceBean". However, upon running this code I'm getting a lookup exception, caused by "javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property
, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial".


Any info you can provide is most appreciated, - Dave

[Jaikiran Pai]

You will need a jndi.properties file which contains the initial context factory class and the provider url properties. The Resin documentation will have more details about the exact values for these properties.

[Dave Alvarado]

Although the EJB runs in a resin container, do the jndi.properties' factory values have to be Resin specific? I know the provider URL for the EJB, so isn't there another factory I can use to generate a context?

Thanks for your help, - Dave

[Jaikiran Pai]

Dave Alvarado wrote:Although the EJB runs in a resin container, do the jndi.properties' factory values have to be Resin specific?

Yes, the initial context property values, are application server specific.