QUESTION:Packaging and deploying the Beans

[gonso]

In the tutorial section:
Packaging and deploying the Beans
in the deployment descriptor ejb-jar.xml we find:
...

<ejb-name>CDBean</ejb-name>
...

...

<ejb-ref-name>ejb/CD</ejb-ref-name> <-REFERENCE TO JNDI?
...


I thought it is a reference to CDBean using jndi BUT
In the JBoss run-time configuration file "jboss.xml" :

<ejb-name>CDBean</ejb-name>
<jndi-name>cd/CD</jndi-name> <-- LOOK cd/CD
<configuration-name></configuration-name>


So how does the <ejb-ref-name>ejb/CD find such class?


Please help me. :)
Sincerely
Ramón Talavera

[seven]

In ejb-jar.xml u have

...
<ejb-name>CDBean</ejb-name>
...

and

....
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>ejb/CD</ejb-ref-name>
<ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
org.jboss.docs.cmp.cd.interfaces.CDHome
org.jboss.docs.cmp.cd.interfaces.CD
<ejb-link>CDBean</ejb-link>
</ejb-ref>
....

the <ejb-ref-name>ejb/CD</ejb-ref-name> from the session description is the name used by the session bean code to locate the home of the entity:

Context initial = new InitialContext();
initial.lookup("ejb/CD");

<ejb-link> label is taken into account by the deployer to find the real entity bean. ejb/CD is private to the session bean. u can write anything instead of ejb/CD as long as u use the same path in the session bean code when u locate the home interface of the enrity bean:

<ejb-ref-name>bla/bla/bla/bla</ejb-ref-name>
and in code
Context initial = new InitialContext();
initial.lookup("bla/bla/bla/bla");

Furter, suppose u have another session bean that uses the entity bean, u can have:

<ejb-ref-name>xxx/xxx/xxx</ejb-ref-name>
and in code
Context initial = new InitialContext();
initial.lookup("xxx/xxx/xxx");

but <ejb-link>CDBean</ejb-link> has to remain the same.


In jboss.xml u have

<ejb-name>CDBean</ejb-name>
<jndi-name>cd/CD</jndi-name>
<configuration-name></configuration-name>

here is the real jndi name of the entity bean.if u want to access the entity bean directly (from a client and not from another session bean) u'll have to use this name to locate the home interface.

[gonso]

Thanks, seven!