How do I import a deployed EJB into a JSP

[burnsanthony]

How do I import a deployed EJB into a JSP?

[wchao]

You don't import an EJB into a JSP page. You need to import the remote (or local) interface, then perform a JNDI lookup to get the home (or local home) interface and use that to get the bean references with create or findBy{XXX}. Here's some sample code:

<%@ page import=" javax.naming.InitialContext, javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject, javax.ejb.*, com.mycompany.myproject.User, com.mycompany.myproject.UserHome" %>

... HTML code ...

<%
// Set up properties for JNDI
Properties sysProps = System.getProperties();
sysProps.setProperty("java.naming.factory.initial", "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
sysProps.setProperty("java.naming.provider.url", "localhost:1099");
sysProps.setProperty("java.naming.factory.url.pkgs", "org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces");
System.setProperties(sysProps);

// Get a naming context
InitialContext jndiContext = new InitialContext();

// Get a reference to UserHome
Object ref = jndiContext.lookup("myproject/UserHome");

// Narrow reference and cast it to the Bean's Home interface
UserHome userHome = (UserHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow (ref, UserHome.class);

String username = "burnsanthony";

// Use home interface to find a User object by username
User user = userHome.findByUsername(username);
%>

[burnsanthony]

thats what I've been trying to do but I cant seem to import the interface

i get this error:
Package org.jboss.docs.interest not found in import.
import org.jboss.docs.interest.*;

[wchao]

Make sure it's in your CLASSPATH.

[timd]

How do you get a reference to a beans local home interface from a JSP? My JNDI-lookup fails from a JSP-page but succeeds from another EJB. Listing the available objects in the context shows, that the (local) bean is not available.