using RMI in EJBs

[yashi]

I have a business method of my session EJB:

public class ManagerBean implements SessionBean {
 public GatewayReference registerGateway() throws RemoteException;
}

and this is the definition of the return type:

public interface GatewayReference extends java.rmi.Remote {
 public void start() throws RemoteException;
}

A client looks up my EJB home interface, creates the EJB and calls the registerGateway method.

Then, on the return object, start is called. I expect, because this class is java.rmi.Remote, the call to be remote but is not - it is invoked locally in the client VM.

Why is that?

[adrian.brock]

RMI is not magic. You have to export the object.
It sounds like what you really want is a stateful session bean?

Regards,
Adrian