Classpath and Local interfaces

[vad]

I'd like to use Local interfaces (in JBoss3.0). If I deploy a bean with local interface and then I deploy another bean (so they are not in the same "application") which calls the first bean via its local interfaces, I get these problems :

1°) classpath problem : I have to include the local interfaces also in the client bean which wants to call them

2°) Then a classloader problem : I get a ClassCastException when doing BeanHomeLocal home = (BeanHomeLocal)context.lookup("local/mybean") ;

I've checked the spec, we can use a local interface provided we are in the same JVM, but we don't have to be in the same "application".

Any idea of what I'm missing?

Thanks in advance.
Vad

[vad]

Sorry, I got this error because I had completely forgotten the ejb-ref in my deployment descriptor (it was late...). But now, I cannot deploy it:

1°) Although the dtd states ejb-link is not mandatory,
jboss3.0 (25/11 build) needs it.

2°) ejb-link does not support reference to external jars (see spec p.465)

Does someone work on this?