Lookup of entity bean from remote client not working

[okism]

I have an entity bean:

package com.test.ejb3;

import java.io.Serializable;

import javax.ejb.Local;
import javax.ejb.Remote;
import javax.persistence.Basic;
import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;

@Entity
@Table(name = "person")
@Remote(Person.class)
@Local(Person.class)
public class Person implements Serializable {

 private long id;

 private String name;

 public Person() {
 };

 public void setId(long id) {
 this.id = id;
 }

 @Id
 public long getId() {
 return id;
 }

 @Basic
 @Column(name = "name")
 public String getName() {
 return name;
 }

 public void setName(String name) {
 this.name = name;
 }
}

The client I wrote is simple:

package com.test;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.naming.NameClassPair;
import javax.naming.NamingException;

import com.test.ejb3.Person;

public class TestClient {

 /**
 * @param args
 */
 public static void main(String[] args) {
 InitialContext ctx;
 try {
 ctx = new InitialContext();
 Person p = (Person)ctx.lookup(Person.class.getName());
 } catch (NamingException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
 }
 }

}

It throws:

javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: com.test.ejb3.Person not bound

Why doesn't this work?
I used JMX console and used list method in JNDIView MBean. I compared the result with the result of list method in InitialContext. Initial context showed me only Global JNDI namespace, and I saw in JMX console that there is also Java namespace in which my EntityManager is.

[tzwoenn]

EJB3 entities (which are not enterprise beans any more) are not meant for being "looked up by a remote client" as it was possible using EJB2.1

[okism]

Thank you for your reply, but I have one more question:

How can I access this entity EJB? Are session beans the only way (since every example shows that they can be "looked up")?

[yxw84]

You can access them without a session bean if you can get an entity manager, usually via JNDI lookup or injection.

[cyril.joui]

Hello !

Can we get a Remote EntityManager ?
I have never try it ... but if we can I don't advice it ...
Because we often have a Service or Domain Layer after the Data Access Layer (EntityManager for example).

So I advice to have a EJB Session as a Facade.

Good luck !