Help needed on Standlone EJB Client with WSAD-WebSphere5.0

[Rr Kumaran]

Hi All,

I have developed and deployed an stateless session ejb using WSAD 5.1.2 and deployed it using WSAD 5.1.2's vWebSphere 5.1 Test Environment. I am able to test the ejb successfully using WSAD'S UTC(Universal Test Client).

I am using WINDOWS 2000, SUN JDK 1.4.2 and I dont have any standalone WebSphere Application Server 5.1 installed on my machine.



Now, my questions include :

1. What are steps needed to test this ejb from outside WSAD ?

2. What JDK/JRE should I use. Since I see various JDK/JRE installed at various locations like below with my WSAD installation :

D:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Studio\Application Developer\v5.1.2\runtimes\aes_v4
D:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Studio\Application Developer\v5.1.2\runtimes\base_v5
D:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Studio\Application Developer\v5.1.2\runtimes\base_v51
D:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Studio\Application Developer\v5.1.2\runtimes\express_v5
D:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere Studio\Application Developer\v5.1.2\runtimes\express_v51


Out of above what JDK/JRE should I include in my path and classpath settings on my client side to compile and run my home, remote interfaces and client program ?

3. what other path and classpath settings related to jndi classes etc. etc. should I set before running my client code ?

4. Are there any other ways of testing this ejb from inside WSAD using a standalone-ejb-java-client program may be asking WSAD to create a program for us that does all the jndi lookup stuff etc. etc.


Please suggest .....




Thanks & Regards,
Kumar.