Enterp App Client Packaging Error

Question

Hello,
I'm trying to make work this simple example:
https://glassfish.dev.java.net/javaee5/ejb/examples/Sless.html
Basically it's this:
1) A Stateless Session bean that has a Remote business interface with a single business method.
package ejb30;
import javax.ejb.Remote;
@Remote
public interface Sless {
public String hello();
2) a bean implementation :
package ejb30;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
@Stateless
public class SlessBean implements Sless {
public String hello() {
return "hello, world!\n";
3) An Enterprise Application Client:
package ejb30;
import javax.ejb.EJB;
public class SlessAppClient {
@EJB
private static Sless sless;
public static void main(String args[]) {
System.out.println("Sless bean says : " + sless.hello());
If you build these files in Netbeans (one projet for the EJB and another for the AppClient) it doesn't work.
The AppServer (SunJavaSystemAppServer 9.01) issues the folloing exceptions:
"Class [ Lcom/sun/tutorial/javaee/ejb/ConverterRemote; ] not found. Error while loading [ class com.sun.tutorial.javaee.ejb.ConverterClient ]"
"Error in annotation processing: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lcom/sun/tutorial/javaee/ejb/ConverterRemote;"
The Application Client "run" tab window shows the following exception:
"java.lang.NullPointerException"
Comparing the generated files, we see that the Netbeans doesn't include the business interface ".class" in the Jar file, although it's listed and checked for packaging in the project's Properties/Libraries.
Is this a bug in Netbeans 5.5? Is there some workaround? How can we force to package something in the resulting Jar?
By the way, I can't find an official forum to discuss Netbeans. Does anyone knows if there is such forum?
Thanks in advance,
Marcos

Answer 1

It really seems to be a bug in Netbeans.
The workaround is to add the Remote Interface .class file in the sources listing:
Right click the AppClient project, Properties, Sources and click on the "Add Folder..." button to add a new "Source Package Folder"