Confusion over the JNDI name and Context lookup

[djeverson]

I am having some confusion about the jndi-names defined in the deployment xml file and then later used to retrieve an EJB.

I have the following EJB defined in the jboss.xml file:


<ejb-name>UserBean</ejb-name>
<jndi-name>ejb/mygolftrac/UserBeanHome</jndi-name>
<local-jndi-name>ejb/mygolftrac/local/UserBeanLocalHome</local-jndi-name>


In the class which accesses this bean contains the code, the following code fails:

initialContext = new InitialContext();
Object object = initialContext.lookup("ejb/mygolftrac/UserBeanHome");
userHome = (UserBeanHome) javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject.narrow(object, UserBeanHome.class);


When I change the second line above as follows:
Object object = initialContext.lookup("UserBean");

I am access the EJB.

I was under the assumption that I should be using the JNDI-name when doing the lookup.

What am I missing, why doesn't the jndi-name defined in the jboss.xml file work?

[fbiaggi]

Try to remove overall the ejb/.

[djeverson]

Thanks for the feedback.

I have just tried dropping the "ejb/" from the jndi-names. However, this does not work.

[fbiaggi]

Removed from the lookup also ?
Ciao.

[fbiaggi]

You can also see the deployed JNDI name on the jboss web console, or in the log of jboss

[djeverson]

Yes, I have removed ejb from the lookup.

It is in the console where I am seeing how these are actually being named when deployed. Here's a list of what I see in the console:

+- UserBean (proxy: $Proxy47 implements interface com.eis.interfaces.UserBeanHome,interface javax.ejb.Handle)
+- local (class: org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext)
| +- UserBean (proxy: $Proxy42 implements interface com.eis.interfaces.UserBeanLocalHome)

[jonlee]

The following guide explains the references versus the JNDI names - http://amitysolutions.com.au/documents/JBossJNDI-technote.pdf. That might get you a start on how the JNDI links to the EJB references in the initial context.