web service component injection is null

[mdurant.mark.durant.fiserv.com]

I've created a bare-bones Seam project for web service testing using JBoss Tools in Eclipse, and I've modified its default AuthenticatorAction to this:

@Stateless(name = "AuthenticatorAction")
@Name("authenticator")
public class AuthenticatorAction implements Authenticator {
     public boolean authenticate() {
          return true;
     }

     public String getEchoBack() {
          return "echoBack!";
     }
}

I've deployed the project successfully to the server, and am able to log in through the generated home/login process.  The getEchoBack method is used by a web service SLSB which I've also added to the project:

@Stateless
@Name("echo")
@WebService(name = "EchoService", serviceName = "EchoService")
public class EchoService implements EchoServiceInterface {
     @In
     AuthenticatorAction authenticator;
     
     @WebMethod
     public String echo(String in) {          
          return authenticator.getEchoBack() + ": " + in;
     }
}

And the EchoServiceInterface is simply:

@Local
public interface EchoServiceInterface {
     public String echo(String in);
}

When I deploy this to my app server, I see the service successfully deployed inside of the main ear, and I'm able to view the server-generated WSDL.  I can also do a test request/response against the service, so long as I don't try to get anything from the authenticator.  When I add the call to authenticator.getEchoBack(), though, the authenticator object is always null, and the service call fails.

I've tried many little adjustments to make it work, including adding create=true to the @In annotation for the authenticator, as well as taking out the injection altogether and using:

AuthenticatorAction authenticator =
     (AuthenticatorAction)Component.getInstance(AuthenticatorAction.class);

When I try that, though, I get the following error:

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: No application context active
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.forName(Component.java:1945)
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:2005)
...

I read this morning where I can add LifeCycle calls to fix that problem, so I next tried:

@WebMethod
     public String echo(String in) {
          Lifecycle.beginCall();
          AuthenticatorAction authenticator = (AuthenticatorAction) Component
                    .getInstance(AuthenticatorAction.class);
          Lifecycle.endCall();
          return authenticator.getEchoBack() + ": " + in;
     }

When I do that, though, I hit the next wall:

EJB Exception: : org.jboss.seam.InstantiationException: Could not instantiate Seam component: authenticator
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.newInstance(Component.java:2144)
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:2021)
     at org.jboss.seam.Component.getInstance(Component.java:1983)
...
Caused by: javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: While trying to look up comp/env/main-ear/AuthenticatorAction/local in /app/ejb/main-ejb.jar#EchoService.; remaining name 'comp/env/main-ear/AuthenticatorAction/local'
     at weblogic.jndi.internal.BasicNamingNode.newNameNotFoundException(BasicNamingNode.java:1139)
     at weblogic.jndi.internal.ApplicationNamingNode.lookup(ApplicationNamingNode.java:144)
     at weblogic.jndi.internal.WLEventContextImpl.lookup(WLEventContextImpl.java:254)
     at weblogic.jndi.internal.WLContextImpl.lookup(WLContextImpl.java:380)...

I'm at a loss as to what to try next.  Please help!

Thanks,
Mark

[mdurant.mark.durant.fiserv.com]

I made this work by converting my web service from a SLSB to a POJO in the main webapp, and by using the Lifecycle/Component.getInstance() approach to getting the authenticator.

I am still curious about why the bean approach for my web service isn't working, if anyone has any thoughts.

Thanks!

Mark

[davidfdr.davidfdr.gmail.com]

I am having the same probleam.

http://www.seamframework.org/Community/JbossWSWebserviceInForInjectionNotWorking

Only Component.getInstance works. @In annotation not.

Any fresh idea?

[sbromberg]

You have to use the Seam class to invoke the component like this.
Please try it ...

@WebMethod
        public String echo(String in) {
                Lifecycle.beginCall();
                AuthenticatorAction authenticator = (AuthenticatorAction) Seam
                                .componentForName("authenticatorAction").newInstance();
                Lifecycle.endCall();
                return authenticator.getEchoBack() + ": " + in;
        }

regards,
Sebastian.