Cannot find environment parameter

[shaun]

I setup an environment property in my ejb-jar.xml file as-

<enterprise-beans>

...
<!--This element is an environment variable only available in jlidState-->
<env-entry>
This element is an environment variable representing the start ID of the JLID entry. For example if the startJLID is 50000 then only JLIDS above 50000 should be displayed.

<!--The JNDI location for the environment variable is java:comp/env/startJLID-->
<env-entry-name>startJLID</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>50000</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>

</enterprise-beans>

and try and access it in my code by

/*
* get the startJLID environment variable from ejb-jar.xml
* /
Context initCtx = new InitialContext();
String startJLID = (String) initCtx.lookup("java:/comp/env/startJLID");
System.out.println("startJLID : "+startJLID);

but I get a javax.naming.NameNotFoundException : startJLID not bound

I'm using JBoss 3.0.3 + tomcat (this is virtually copied straight out of the Mastering EJB book by Roman et al)

Any ideas what's wrong?

Thanks in advance,
Shaun

[adrian.brock]

Post the full thing,
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then

[shaun]

Here's the whole thing

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN" "http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd">
<ejb-jar>
<enterprise-beans>

<ejb-name>Lesson</ejb-name>
jlids.lesson.LessonHome
jlids.lesson.Lesson
<local-home>jlids.lesson.LessonLocalHome</local-home>
jlids.lesson.LessonLocal
<ejb-class>jlids.lesson.LessonBean</ejb-class>
<persistence-type>Bean</persistence-type>
<prim-key-class>jlids.lesson.LessonPK</prim-key-class>
False
<resource-ref>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/MySqlDS</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>



<ejb-name>jlidState</ejb-name>
jlids.jlidSession.jlidStateHome
jlids.jlidSession.jlidState
<ejb-class>jlids.jlidSession.jlidStateBean</ejb-class>
<session-type>Stateful</session-type>
<transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
<!--This element is an environment variable only available in jlidState-->
<env-entry>
This element is an environment variable representing the start ID of the JLID entry. For example if the startJLID is 50000 then only JLIDS above 50000 should be displayed.

<!--The JNDI location for the environment variable is java:comp/env/startJLID-->
<env-entry-name>startJLID</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>50000</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>

</enterprise-beans>


<assembly-descriptor>
<container-transaction>

<ejb-name>Lesson</ejb-name>
<method-intf>Local</method-intf>
<method-name>*</method-name>


<ejb-name>Lesson</ejb-name>
<method-intf>Remote</method-intf>
<method-name>*</method-name>

<trans-attribute>Required</trans-attribute>
</container-transaction>
</assembly-descriptor>
</ejb-jar>


Shaun

[radl01]

Hi,

try to look at JNDIView (jmx-console) where the env var. is registered.

Jan

[shaun]

It confirms it's not there.

[shaun]

The error was in the code!

String startJLID = (String) initCtx.lookup("java:/comp/env/startJLID");

String startJLID = (String) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env/startJLID");

Schoolboy error on my part!