The return type of an ejbCreate(...) method must be the entity bean's primary key typ

[Clinton Morrison]

I am trying to deploy an simple entity bean to JBoss 4.2 and receive the error below. I am not sure where I am going wrong?
Thanks in advance
Clinton

The return type of an ejbCreate(...) method must be the entity bean's primary key type.

15:17:30,064 ERROR [MainDeployer] Could not create deployment: file:/C:/jboss-4.2.2.GA/server/default/deploy/SimpleBean.jar/
org.jboss.deployment.DeploymentException: Verification of Enterprise Beans failed, see above for error messages.

ejb-jar.xml sample
<entity >
<description><![CDATA[Description for Simple]]></description>
<display-name>Name for Simple</display-name>

<ejb-name>Simple</ejb-name>

<home>simplebean.interfaces.SimpleHome</home>
<remote>simplebean.interfaces.Simple</remote>
<local-home>simplebean.interfaces.SimpleLocalHome</local-home>
<local>simplebean.interfaces.SimpleLocal</local>

<ejb-class>simplebean.ejb.SimpleCMP</ejb-class>
<persistence-type>Container</persistence-type>
<prim-key-class>simplebean.interfaces.SimplePK</prim-key-class>
<reentrant>False</reentrant>
<cmp-version>2.x</cmp-version>
<abstract-schema-name>Simple</abstract-schema-name>
<cmp-field >
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<field-name>id</field-name>
</cmp-field>
<cmp-field >
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<field-name>name</field-name>
</cmp-field>

<!-- Write a file named ejb-finders-SimpleBean.xml if you want to define extra finders. -->

</entity>

SimpleBean sample

public String ejbCreate() throws CreateException {
this.setId(SimpleUtil.generateGUID(this));
return null;
}

jboss.xml sample
<entity>
<ejb-name>Simple</ejb-name>
<jndi-name>ejb/Simple</jndi-name>
<local-jndi-name>SimpleLocal</local-jndi-name>

<method-attributes></method-attributes>

</entity>

[Roger Chung-Wee]

Hint: is String the type of your PK?

[Clinton Morrison]

Thanks the jar is now deploying. I created a client below. However when I run the client I get the following error. I am using JBoss 4.2.

Thanks
Clinton



Error
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException
at com.sun.corba.se.impl.javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject.narrow(PortableRemoteObject.java:229)

Class
package simplebean.client;

import java.rmi.RemoteException;
import java.util.Properties;

import javax.ejb.CreateException;
import javax.ejb.EJBException;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject;

import simplebean.interfaces.Simple;
import simplebean.interfaces.SimpleHome;

/**
* @author owner
*
*/
public class SimpleBeanClient {
Properties properties;

public SimpleBeanClient() {
properties = new Properties();
properties.put("java.naming.factory.initial",
"org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
properties.put("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs",
"org.jboss.naming rg.jnp.interfaces");
properties.put("java.naming.provider.url", "jnp://localhost:1099");
properties.put("jnp.disableDiscovery", "true");
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
SimpleBeanClient beanClient = new SimpleBeanClient();
beanClient.createBean();
}

public void createBean() throws EJBException {
try {
InitialContext context = new InitialContext(properties);
Object object = context.lookup("ejb/SimpleBeanHome");
SimpleHome simpleHome = (SimpleHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(
object, SimpleHome.class);
Simple simple = simpleHome.create();
simple.setName("Gunter");
System.out.println(simple.getId());
System.out.println(simple.getName());
} catch (NamingException e) {
throw new EJBException(e);
} catch (RemoteException e) {
throw new EJBException(e);
} catch (CreateException e) {
throw new EJBException(e);
}
}
}