Deploy JSF App to Sun App Server

Question

Hi,
I am trying to deploy a simple JSF/EJB app I wrote in JDeveloper 10.1.3.3.0 to the Sun Java System Application Server 9.1_01 (build b09d-fcs).
When I deploy I receive the following error.
Deploying application in domain failed; Error loading deployment descriptors for module [SunTest] Line 19
Column 16 -- Deployment descriptor file WEB-INF/web.xml in archive [SunTest.war]. cvc-complex-type.2.4.a:
Invalid content was found starting with element 'local'. One of '{"http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee":local-home}'
is expected. Error loading deployment descriptors for module [SunTest] Line 19 Column 16 --
Deployment descriptor file WEB-INF/web.xml in archive [SunTest.war]. cvc-compl... Below is my web.xml file.
<?xml version = '1.0' encoding = 'windows-1252'?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee">
    <description>Empty web.xml file for Web Application</description>
    <servlet>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class>
        <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/faces/*</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>
    <session-config>
        <session-timeout>35</session-timeout>
    </session-config>
    <ejb-local-ref>
        <ejb-ref-name>ejb/SessionEJB</ejb-ref-name>
        <ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type>
        <local>model.SessionEJBLocal</local>
        <ejb-link>SessionEJB</ejb-link>
    </ejb-local-ref>
    <mime-mapping>
        <extension>html</extension>
        <mime-type>text/html</mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>
    <mime-mapping>
        <extension>txt</extension>
        <mime-type>text/plain</mime-type>
    </mime-mapping>
    <jsp-config/>
</web-app>Any help on why I can not deploy this would be greatly appreciated! Pulling my hair out here!!!!!

Answer 1

You're missing the local-home element.
See this snippet from the J2EE 1.4 schema:
<xsd:documentation>
        The ejb-local-refType is used by ejb-local-ref elements for
        the declaration of a reference to an enterprise bean's local
        home. The declaration consists of:
            - an optional description
            - the EJB reference name used in the code of the Deployment
              Component that's referencing the enterprise bean
            - the expected type of the referenced enterprise bean
            - the expected local home and local interfaces of the
              referenced enterprise bean
            - optional ejb-link information, used to specify the
              referenced enterprise bean
      </xsd:documentation>
    </xsd:annotation>
    <xsd:sequence>
      <xsd:element name="description"
                   type="j2ee:descriptionType"
                   minOccurs="0"
                   maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
      <xsd:element name="ejb-ref-name"
                   type="j2ee:ejb-ref-nameType"/>
      <xsd:element name="ejb-ref-type"
                   type="j2ee:ejb-ref-typeType"/>
      <xsd:element name="local-home"
                   type="j2ee:local-homeType"/>
      <xsd:element name="local"
                   type="j2ee:localType"/>
      <xsd:element name="ejb-link"
                   type="j2ee:ejb-linkType"
                   minOccurs="0"/>
    </xsd:sequence>