12 Replies Latest reply on May 3, 2006 1:45 PM by rpiaggio

@EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

adver11 Mar 21, 2006 6:16 AM

In EJB 3.0 RC5
javabean code:

public class Examples {
 @EJB
 MyStateless mystateless;

 public void process() {
 System.out.println(mystateless.getString());
 }
}

another java bean code:

...........
 Examples es = new Examples();
 es.process();
...........

another EJB code:

@Stateless
@Local(TestEjb.class)
public class TestEjbBean implements TestEjb {
 ........

 public dosomething() {
 Examples es = new Examples();
 es.process();
 }

 ........
}

I found @EJB in the class Examples, not working. mystateless is null.
Can uesing @EJB in java bean?

1. Re: @EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

asack Mar 21, 2006 9:00 AM (in response to adver11)
"adver11" wrote:
In EJB 3.0 RC5
javabean code:
public class Examples { @EJB MyStateless mystateless; public void process() { System.out.println(mystateless.getString()); } }

another java bean code:
........... Examples es = new Examples(); es.process(); ...........

another EJB code:
@Stateless @Local(TestEjb.class) public class TestEjbBean implements TestEjb { ........ public dosomething() { Examples es = new Examples(); es.process(); } ........ }

I found @EJB in the class Examples, not working. mystateless is null.
Can uesing @EJB in java bean?

Works for me. How is @EJB returning nulll? If your module is really getting deployed by the EJB3 deployer than it will tell you (i.e. barf with an exception) if it can't find an instance of MyStateless. I suspect that your module is not really getting deployed (make sure MyStateless is in your JNDI namespce by using the JMX-Console).
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2. Re: @EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

adver11 Mar 21, 2006 10:12 AM (in response to adver11)

thank asack.I found my problem.
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3. Re: @EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

adver11 Mar 21, 2006 10:22 AM (in response to adver11)

but, I have another problem.
Stateless EJB code:

@Depends({
 "jmx.service.wsmq:service=WSMQ_QXL",
 "jmx.service.wsmq:service=WSMQQueueConnectionFactory"
})
public @Stateless class TestEJBBean implements TestEJB {
 private static EJBUtil pu = EJBUtil.getInstance();

 @Resource(mappedName = "WSMQQueueConnectionFactory")
 private QueueConnectionFactory qf;

 @Resource(mappedName = "wsmq/QXL")
 private Queue qxl;

 public void dosomthing() {
 if(qf != null)
 System.out.println("EJB qf ok");
 else
 System.out.println("EJB qf null");
 if(qxl != null)
 System.out.println("EJB qxl ok");
 else
 System.out.println("EJB qxl null");
 pu.process();
 }
}

java bean code:

public class EJBUtil {
 private static EJBUtil instance;

 @Resource(mappedName = "WSMQQueueConnectionFactory")
 private QueueConnectionFactory qf;

 @Resource(mappedName = "wsmq/QXL")
 private Queue qxl;

 public synchronized void process() {
 if(qf != null)
 System.out.println("qf ok");
 else
 System.out.println("qf null");
 if(qxl != null)
 System.out.println("qxl ok");
 else
 System.out.println("qxl null");
 }

 public static synchronized EJBUtil getInstance() {
 if(instance == null)
 instance = new EJBUtil();
 return instance;
 }
}

or like this:

public class EJBUtil {
 private static EJBUtil instance;

 @EJB(mappedName = "WSMQQueueConnectionFactory")
 private QueueConnectionFactory qf;

 @EJB(mappedName = "wsmq/QXL")
 private Queue qxl;

 public synchronized void process() {
 if(qf != null)
 System.out.println("qf ok");
 else
 System.out.println("qf null");
 if(qxl != null)
 System.out.println("qxl ok");
 else
 System.out.println("qxl null");
 }

 public static synchronized EJBUtil getInstance() {
 if(instance == null)
 instance = new EJBUtil();
 return instance;
 }
}

call EJB TestEJB's method "dosomething", the result id:

23:14:50,014 INFO [STDOUT] EJB qf ok
23:14:50,014 INFO [STDOUT] EJB qxl ok
23:14:50,014 INFO [STDOUT] qf null
23:14:50,014 INFO [STDOUT] qxl null

it means @EJB @Resource about mappedName not working in java bean.

4. Re: @EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

adver11 Mar 21, 2006 10:46 AM (in response to adver11)

I take another test:

@Depends({
 "jmx.service.wsmq:service=WSMQ_QXL",
 "jmx.service.wsmq:service=WSMQQueueConnectionFactory"
})
public @Stateless class TestEJBBean implements TestEJB {
 private static EJBUtil pu = EJBUtil.getInstance();

 @Resource(mappedName = "WSMQQueueConnectionFactory")
 private QueueConnectionFactory qf;

 @Resource(mappedName = "wsmq/QXL")
 private Queue qxl;

 @Resource
 private SessionContext ctx;

 @PersistenceContext(unitName = "fids")
 protected EntityManager em;

 public void dosomthing() {
 if(qf != null)
 System.out.println("EJB qf ok");
 else
 System.out.println("EJB qf null");
 if(qxl != null)
 System.out.println("EJB qxl ok");
 else
 System.out.println("EJB qxl null");
 if(ctx != null)
 System.out.println("EJB ctx ok");
 else
 System.out.println("EJB ctx null");
 if(em != null)
 System.out.println("EJB em ok");
 else
 System.out.println("EJB em null");
 pu.process();
 }
}

public class EJBUtil {
 private static EJBUtil instance;

 @EJB(mappedName = "WSMQQueueConnectionFactory")
 private QueueConnectionFactory qf;

 @EJB(mappedName = "wsmq/QXL")
 private Queue qxl;

 @Resource
 private SessionContext ctx;

 @PersistenceContext(unitName = "fids")
 private EntityManager em;

 public synchronized void process() {
 if(qf != null)
 System.out.println("qf ok");
 else
 System.out.println("qf null");
 if(qxl != null)
 System.out.println("qxl ok");
 else
 System.out.println("qxl null");
 if(ctx != null)
 System.out.println("ctx ok");
 else
 System.out.println("ctx null");
 if(em != null)
 System.out.println("em ok");
 else
 System.out.println("em null");
 }

 public static synchronized EJBUtil getInstance() {
 if(instance == null)
 instance = new EJBUtil();
 return instance;
 }
}

Class EJBUtil and TestEJBBean in one deploying file (TestEJB.ejb3).
result is:

23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] EJB qf ok
23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] EJB qxl ok
23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] EJB ctx ok
23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] EJB em ok
23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] qf null
23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] qxl null
23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] ctx null
23:39:16,743 INFO [STDOUT] em null

so @EJB,@Resource,@PersistenceContext can't working in java bean.

5. Re: @EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

asack Mar 21, 2006 1:39 PM (in response to adver11)

Hold on. @EJB works fromwithin another EJB not just a regular JavaBean. The @EJB annotations are picked up by the EJB3 deployer and processed accordingly (AOP based).

If you are using @EJB from a regular JavaBean, that's not going to work and from my understaning never intended to work that way. If you want access to an EJB from a non-managed object, then use a JNDI style lookup.
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6. Re: @EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

xinu Mar 29, 2006 4:41 PM (in response to adver11)

"adver11" wrote:
thank asack.I found my problem.

I'm having similar problems--I can't get the @EJB annotation to work at all, but everything is fine when I lookup() myself.

adver11, what was your problem that you found?
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7. javax.annotation.EJB vs javax.ejb.EJB (was Re: @EJB annotati

xinu Mar 29, 2006 5:42 PM (in response to adver11)

"xinu" wrote:
"adver11" wrote:
thank asack.I found my problem.

I'm having similar problems--I can't get the @EJB annotation to work at all, but everything is fine when I lookup() myself.

adver11, what was your problem that you found?

Never mind, I figured out my problem too.

My problem was that I was using javax.ejb.EJB, which presumely superceded javax.annotation.EJB in the specs and Sun's docs. Or vice versa--Sun's docs all say javax.ejb.EJB, but I'm rather surprised I can't find any references to it changing packages.

Using javax.annotation.EJB instead does work for me, just as it does in the (JBoss) examples.
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8. Re: @EJB annotation not working in Java Bean

yakamax May 2, 2006 8:00 AM (in response to adver11)

I can't import javax.ejb.EJB;
but i can import import javax.annotation.EJB;

Where can I find javax.ejb.EJB; please?
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9. Re: javax.annotation.EJB vs javax.ejb.EJB (was Re: @EJB anno

rpiaggio May 2, 2006 1:47 PM (in response to adver11)

"xinu" wrote:

My problem was that I was using javax.ejb.EJB, which presumely superceded javax.annotation.EJB in the specs and Sun's docs. Or vice versa--Sun's docs all say javax.ejb.EJB, but I'm rather surprised I can't find any references to it changing packages.

Using javax.annotation.EJB instead does work for me, just as it does in the (JBoss) examples.

I am having the same problem. Cannot get @EJB to work at all. Deployment works fine and if I do a .lookup also works. Any hints?

xinu: What examples are you referring to?

Thanks!
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10. Re: javax.annotation.EJB vs javax.ejb.EJB (was Re: @EJB anno

rpiaggio May 2, 2006 3:17 PM (in response to adver11)

"rpiaggio" wrote:

I am having the same problem. Cannot get @EJB to work at all. Deployment works fine and if I do a .lookup also works. Any hints?

Actually, after toying a bit more, I got it to work in some cases.

But there's a case where it doesn't work. I am working on an application that I deply as a EAR with a JAR and WAR inside. The WAR has a controller bean that uses session beans from the JAR. What doesn't work is an @EJB annotiation in the WAR that refers to a bean in the JAR.

Actually: should this work? Maybe it is correct that it doesn't work...
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11. Re: javax.annotation.EJB vs javax.ejb.EJB (was Re: @EJB anno

asack May 2, 2006 8:53 PM (in response to adver11)

"rpiaggio" wrote:
"rpiaggio" wrote:

I am having the same problem. Cannot get @EJB to work at all. Deployment works fine and if I do a .lookup also works. Any hints?

Actually, after toying a bit more, I got it to work in some cases.

But there's a case where it doesn't work. I am working on an application that I deply as a EAR with a JAR and WAR inside. The WAR has a controller bean that uses session beans from the JAR. What doesn't work is an @EJB annotiation in the WAR that refers to a bean in the JAR.

Actually: should this work? Maybe it is correct that it doesn't work...

As I stated before and in the FAQ/WIKI, @EJB works within EJB modules, not outside them, i.e. dependency injection from a WAR. The good news is that Servlet spec 2.5 (I think that's the version, i.e. the next one), will add depedency injection notation to WARs but the current release of JBoss doesn't support that.
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12. Re: javax.annotation.EJB vs javax.ejb.EJB (was Re: @EJB anno

rpiaggio May 3, 2006 1:45 PM (in response to adver11)

"asack" wrote:
As I stated before and in the FAQ/WIKI, @EJB works within EJB modules, not outside them, i.e. dependency injection from a WAR. The good news is that Servlet spec 2.5 (I think that's the version, i.e. the next one), will add depedency injection notation to WARs but the current release of JBoss doesn't support that.

Cool. After taking a look at Servlet 2.5, I anxiously wait for it.

So, for the moment I have to use lookup, which raises another important question. JBoss seems to bind session beans to the name "EARName/BeanName/[remote|local]". However, other application servers use different conventions (some just use "BeanName").

- Is there a way to access the "EARName" from within the application? (This is useful if I decide to reuse a bean in another application).
- Is there a way to program an application that is portable across servers with regards to JNDI naming conventions?
- Does the EJB specification specify a naming convention? (I guess not).

Thank you!
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