ClassCastException at narrow (Servlet/EJB)

Question

Hi
I am new to this EJB concept.
I try to use an EJB in a servlet but I have a ClassCastException thrown by the narrow method.
I've already looked through the forums , but I haven't seen a solution for me.
I use JBOSS-3.0.8 and TOMCAT-4.0.1.
I include the client jar file generated by the deploytool in my client classpath.
Here is the part of the servlet calling the EJB:
Properties props= new Properties();
props.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "jnp://localhost:1099");
props.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
try {
Context jndiContext = new InitialContext(props);
System.out.println("Lookup");
Object object = jndiContext.lookup("ejb/eltUtil");
System.out.println("Object =>" + object.getClass()+"<=");
System.out.println("Object =>" + object.toString()+"<=");
System.out.println("PortableRemoteObject");
UtilHome lUtilHome = (UtilHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(object,UtilHome.class);
Here is the result in the jsp page:
java.lang.ClassCastException
     at com.sun.corba.se.internal.javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject.narrow(PortableRemoteObject.java:296)
     at javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject.narrow(PortableRemoteObject.java:137)
     at fr.gouv.defense.cimd.authentification.servlet.ServletListeUtil.doGet(ServletListeUtil.java:87)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:740)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:201)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
     at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke(CertificatesValve.java:246)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2344)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:164)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:462)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:564)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:163)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:566)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:472)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:943)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process(HttpProcessor.java:1011)
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1106)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:484)
And the log message in Tomcat:
Lookup
Object =>class org.jnp.interfaces.MarshalledValuePair<=
Object =>org.jnp.interfaces.MarshalledValuePair@53cdaa<=
PortableRemoteObject
When I run the code in a Client interface in Eclipse, that works and the log is :
Lookup
Objet =>class $Proxy0
Objet =>ejb/eltUtilHome
PortableRemoteObject
I don't know what to do.
Does anybody got the answer?
Thanks.

Answer 1

even if isAssignableFrom returns false, still it can work.....
here is how
Object notificationServiceObject = initialContext.lookup(NotificationServiceHome.JNDI_NAME);          
//Key Step
Object notificationServiceRawObject = ((org.jnp.interfaces.MarshalledValuePair)
notificationServiceObject).get();
NotificationServiceHome notificationServiceHome =
          (NotificationServiceHome)javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject.narrow
(notificationServiceRawObject,NotificationServiceHome.class);
NotificationService notificationService = notificationServiceHome.create();