Casting/narrowing local/remote interfaces of same bean insta

[hjones]

Hi,

does anybody know, how I can get both the local and the remote interface
for one single SFSB instance? The SFSB of which I am talking is created by another SLSB. This SLSB initializes the SFSB via the local interface. Thereafter I would like to return the remote interface of the SFSB to the remote client.

I am using EJB3 and create the bean via

IXyzBeanLocal localRef = (IXyzBeanLocal)ctx.lookup(LOCAL_JNDI_NAME);

(ctx is the InitialContext) How can I get the remote interface of the instance referenced by localRef?
If I use

IXyzBeanRemote remoteRef = (IXyzBeanRemote)ctx.lookup(REMOTE_JNDI_NAME);

a second instance is created, which is not what I intend.

Does anybody know how to cast or narrow?

Regards,
Matthias

[ejb3workshop]

It is a good idea to implement a common services interface. I then have both the remote and local inteface extend the services interface. The bean implementation still implements both remote and local interfaces. This allows you to cast to the services interface and invoke your business function on.

I have found this very useful in the past.

Alex
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