Accessing EJB from Console App.

Question

I have deployed in EJB with JNDI name "greeter" in Sun Java� System Application Server Platform Edition 8.
Then i am trying to access EJB using a console app (given below).
import javax.ejb.*;
import javax.rmi.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.naming.*;
public class Client
public static void main(String args[])
Greeter myGreeterBean;
GreeterHome myGreeterHome;
Greeter myGreeterRemote;
Context context = null;
try
context = new javax.naming.InitialContext();
catch (Exception e)
System.out.println( "Unable To Get Initial Context");
return;
System.out.println("Got Context...");
try {
String JNDIName = "greeter";
Object objref = context.lookup(JNDIName);
System.out.println("Got Access To Object");
myGreeterHome =(GreeterHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objref,
GreeterHome.class);
myGreeterRemote = myGreeterHome.create();
String theMessage = myGreeterRemote.getGreeting();
System.out.println(theMessage);
catch(Exception ex) { System.out.println( ex.getMessage()); }
} // end of main
} // end of Client
But, while i am running this program i am getting the following error:
Got Context...
Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial
I don't know where i am wrong. Any idea about it ?
Thank you,
P.Srikanth.

Answer 1

This is what you need to modify :)
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "<<your
initial context factory>>");
env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "<<JNDI provider
URL>>");
// Check documentation for exact Strings to be set.
// Pass the environment parameters to
InitialContext.
Context context = new InitialContext(env);
Angel
No this is not correct. Lookups in SUN AS works a bit differently.