ClassCastException: java.naming.Reference can not be cast to Ejb

[Vish Shukla]

Hi,

I am using JBoss as EJB container and my web application is deployed in the Tomcat in same machine. I am trying to call remote stateless session bean method. But context.lookup("") returns object of type java.naming.Reference rather than business interface. I think something is going horribly wrong here. Please help what can be the possible issue?

In one of the forum I read that it may be because of unnecessary jars present in the classpath. I am having following jars in the class path.

jboss-logging-spi.jar

jnp-client.jar

jbossall-client.jar

I also tried by removing jnp-client.jar but in vain. Here is my client code.

  
                Properties properties = new Properties();
		properties.put("java.naming.factory.initial","org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
		properties.put("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs","=org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces");
		properties.put("java.naming.provider.url","localhost:1099");
		
		Context context;
		try
		{
		context = new InitialContext(properties);
		System.out.println("Going to lookup ");
		HelloUserRemote beanRemote = (HelloUserRemote)
		context.lookup("java:/HelloUserBean/remote");
		beanRemote.hello();
		} catch (NamingException e)
		{
			e.printStackTrace();
		throw new RuntimeException(e);
		}
  

Thanks in advance.

[Vish Shukla]

Hello all,

Got this issue solved. This helped me.
http://www.coderanch.com/t/454071/EJB-Certification-SCBCD/certification/javax-naming-Reference-cannot-cast#2022716