Does WebLogic mangle EJB names?

Question

My web app has an EJB named like this in web.xml:
<ejb-ref-name>ejb/MTI/UserManager</ejb-ref-name>
The code tries to look up that EJB using the initialContext.lookup() method,
using the name specified above. This works under Orion 1.5.2, but under
WebLogic 6.1 sp1, it throws this exception:
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Unable to resolve
ejb.MTI/UserManager Resolved: '' Unresolved:'ejb' ; remaining name
'MTI/UserManager'
Notice that the first slash is a period in the WebLogic exception message.
Is WebLogic mangling EJB names? What should I do to get my web app to work
under WebLogic?

Answer 1

As an aside, its not a good idea to have your EJB lookups and your JNDI
names the same.
ejb/MTI/UserManager is the correct convention for the ejb-ref-name - which
is what your code is looking up.
Your JNDI name should look something like Application.Component.Version (if
you have to version... otherwise leave it off)
Not that this is the answer to your problem - but when you do this, you will
have a clearer understanding if your lookup in your code is wrong or whether
your JNDI mapping is wrong.
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Have you defined the corresponding ejb-ref-name & mapped it to
the actual jndi name in weblogic.xml
Refer the following doc
http://e-docs.bea.com/wls/docs61/webapp/web_xml.html#1020090
You mean like this?
<ejb-reference-description>
<ejb-ref-name>ejb/MTI/UserManager</ejb-ref-name>
<jndi-name>ejb/MTI/UserManager</jndi-name>
</ejb-reference-description>
If so, then yes. That's in my weblogic.xml file.