local entity bean lookup from session bean goes wrong

[y0ur1]

I have an EJB21 session bean that uses an entity bean.

This is located in the ejb-jar:

<entity>
 <ejb-name>Book</ejb-name>
 <local-home>BookHome</local-home>
 <local>Book</local>
 <ejb-class>BookEntity</ejb-class>
 <persistence-type>Container</persistence-type>
 <prim-key-class>java.lang.String</prim-key-class>
 <reentrant>false</reentrant>
 <cmp-version>2.x</cmp-version>
 <abstract-schema-name>Book</abstract-schema-name>
 <cmp-field>
 <field-name>title</field-name>
 </cmp-field>

 <primkey-field>title</primkey-field>


 <ejb-local-ref>
 <ejb-ref-name>ejb/Book</ejb-ref-name>
 <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
 <local-home>BookHome</local-home>
 <local>Book</local>
 <ejb-link>Book</ejb-link>
 </ejb-local-ref>
 </entity>

JNDI:

java:comp namespace of the Book bean:

 +- env (class: org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext)
 | +- ejb (class: org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext)
 | | +- Book[link -> local/Book@16126503] (class: javax.naming.LinkRef)

But my lookup says:

javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: ejb not bound

This code is inside the session bean is as follow:

 try {
 InitialContext ic = new InitialContext();

 book = (BookHome) ic.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/Book");

 } catch (NamingException e) {
 // TODO Auto-generated catch block
 e.printStackTrace();
 }

Any suggestions? I can't get the local entity bean to work with the session bean.

[jaikiran]

If you are trying to create a local ref for a entity bean inside a session bean, then this piece of code

 <ejb-local-ref>
 <ejb-ref-name>ejb/Book</ejb-ref-name>
 <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
 <local-home>BookHome</local-home>
 <local>Book</local>
 <ejb-link>Book</ejb-link>
 </ejb-local-ref>

should be declared as part of the session bean configuration:

<session>
 <!-- All the session bean related configuration, goes here-->
.....
 <!-- Local reference to the entity bean goes here -->
 <ejb-local-ref>
 <ejb-ref-name>ejb/Book</ejb-ref-name>
 <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
 <local-home>BookHome</local-home>
 <local>Book</local>
 <ejb-link>Book</ejb-link>
 </ejb-local-ref>
</session>

[y0ur1]

"jaikiran" wrote:
If you are trying to create a local ref for a entity bean inside a session bean, then this piece of code

 <ejb-local-ref>
 <ejb-ref-name>ejb/Book</ejb-ref-name>
 <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
 <local-home>BookHome</local-home>
 <local>Book</local>
 <ejb-link>Book</ejb-link>
 </ejb-local-ref>

should be declared as part of the session bean configuration:

<session>
 <!-- All the session bean related configuration, goes here-->
.....
 <!-- Local reference to the entity bean goes here -->
 <ejb-local-ref>
 <ejb-ref-name>ejb/Book</ejb-ref-name>
 <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
 <local-home>BookHome</local-home>
 <local>Book</local>
 <ejb-link>Book</ejb-link>
 </ejb-local-ref>
</session>

You made my day! thank you