Error in locating entity bean

Question

Hi
when i tested my first session bean by IBM websphere Universal Test Client , i got the following error when execute getBookForPlatform(String workPlatform) saying error in locating entity bean Book_catalog and i tried to test Book_catalog entity bean and it's working successfuly but i do not know why seesion bean could not locate it ? :
========== the Error ===========
java.rmi.ServerException: RemoteException occurred in server thread; nested exception is:
java.rmi.RemoteException: ; nested exception is:
javax.ejb.EJBException: Error getting TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome from findByPlatform method:Error locating TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome: Context: localhost/nodes/localhost/servers/server1, name: ejb/Book_catalog: First component in name Book_catalog not found.
at com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.UtilDelegateImpl.mapSystemException(UtilDelegateImpl.java:156)
at com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.UtilDelegateImpl.wrapException(UtilDelegateImpl.java:684)
at javax.rmi.CORBA.Util.wrapException(Util.java:295)
at apress.wsad.techlib._TechLibFacade_Stub.getBookForPlatform(_TechLibFacade_Stub.java:267)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java(Compiled Code))
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.etools.utc.model.ReflectionMethodModel.invoke(ReflectionMethodModel.java:68)
at com.ibm.etools.utc.servlet.InvokeServlet.invoke(InvokeServlet.java:110)
at com.ibm.etools.utc.servlet.InvokeServlet.doPost(InvokeServlet.java:366)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictServletInstance.doService(StrictServletInstance.java:110)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet._service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:174)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.IdleServletState.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:313)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.StrictLifecycleServlet.service(StrictLifecycleServlet.java:116)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstance.service(ServletInstance.java:283)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ValidServletReferenceState.dispatch(ValidServletReferenceState.java:42)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletInstanceReference.dispatch(ServletInstanceReference.java:40)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.handleWebAppDispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:974)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.dispatch(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:555)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppRequestDispatcher.forward(WebAppRequestDispatcher.java:200)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.doForward(WebAppInvoker.java:119)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srt.WebAppInvoker.handleInvocationHook(WebAppInvoker.java:276)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CachedInvocation.handleInvocation(CachedInvocation.java:71)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.cache.invocation.CacheableInvocationContext.invoke(CacheableInvocationContext.java:114)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.srp.ServletRequestProcessor.dispatchByURI(ServletRequestProcessor.java:186)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.oselistener.OSEListenerDispatcher.service(OSEListener.java:334)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.http.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:56)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.readAndHandleRequest(HttpConnection.java:618)
at com.ibm.ws.http.HttpConnection.run(HttpConnection.java:439)
at com.ibm.ws.util.ThreadPool$Worker.run(ThreadPool.java:593)
Caused by: java.rmi.RemoteException: ; nested exception is:
javax.ejb.EJBException: Error getting TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome from findByPlatform method:Error locating TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome: Context: localhost/nodes/localhost/servers/server1, name: ejb/Book_catalog: First component in name Book_catalog not found.
at com.ibm.ejs.container.RemoteExceptionMappingStrategy.mapEJBException(RemoteExceptionMappingStrategy.java:379)
at com.ibm.ejs.container.RemoteExceptionMappingStrategy.mapException(RemoteExceptionMappingStrategy.java:112)
at com.ibm.ejs.container.RemoteExceptionMappingStrategy.setUncheckedException(RemoteExceptionMappingStrategy.java:202)
at com.ibm.ejs.container.EJSDeployedSupport.setUncheckedException(EJSDeployedSupport.java:296)
at apress.wsad.techlib.EJSRemoteStatelessTechLibFacade_3526fe64.getBookForPlatform(EJSRemoteStatelessTechLibFacade_3526fe64.java:32)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:79)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java(Compiled Code))
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java(Compiled Code))
at com.ibm.rmi.util.ProxyUtil$4.run(ProxyUtil.java:703)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.ibm.rmi.util.ProxyUtil.invokeWithClassLoaders(ProxyUtil.java:701)
at com.ibm.CORBA.iiop.ClientDelegate.invoke(ClientDelegate.java:1084)
at $Proxy1.getBookForPlatform(Unknown Source)
at apress.wsad.techlib._TechLibFacade_Stub.getBookForPlatform(_TechLibFacade_Stub.java:260)
... 29 more
Caused by: javax.ejb.EJBException: Error getting TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome from findByPlatform method:Error locating TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome: Context: localhost/nodes/localhost/servers/server1, name: ejb/Book_catalog: First component in name Book_catalog not found.
at apress.wsad.techlib.TechLibFacadeBean.getBookForPlatform(TechLibFacadeBean.java:92)
at apress.wsad.techlib.EJSRemoteStatelessTechLibFacade_3526fe64.getBookForPlatform(EJSRemoteStatelessTechLibFacade_3526fe64.java:22)
... 39 more
===== End of Error ======
====== the source code of session bean=======
package apress.wsad.techlib;
import javax.ejb.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import javax.rmi.*;
import java.rmi.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
public class TechLibFacadeBean implements javax.ejb.SessionBean
private javax.ejb.SessionContext mySessionCtx;
// Variable to keep the Home Local refernce to TechLibBook_catalog object
private TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome catalogLocalHome = null ;
// Method to get the Home Interface of the Book_catalog entity bean.
private TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome getCatalogLocalHome()
throws RemoteException
try
if (catalogLocalHome == null)
InitialContext initContext = new InitialContext();
Object objRef =initContext.lookup("ejb/Book_catalog");
catalogLocalHome = (TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome) objRef;
return (TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome) objRef;
else
return catalogLocalHome;
catch (NamingException ne)
System.out.println("Error locating TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome: " +
ne.getMessage());
throw
new RemoteException("Error locating TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome: " +
ne.getMessage());
// This business method must be promoted to the remote interface
public Vector getBookForPlatform(String workPlatform)
throws FinderException
Vector bookVector = new Vector();
TransportBean transObject;
TechLibBook_catalogLocal bookCatalogLocal = null;
Collection collBookRecords;
try
collBookRecords =
getCatalogLocalHome().findByPlatform(workPlatform);
Iterator iterator = collBookRecords.iterator();
while (iterator.hasNext())
bookCatalogLocal =
(TechLibBook_catalogLocal) iterator.next();
transObject = new TransportBean();
transObject.catalogNumber = bookCatalogLocal.getCatalog_number();
transObject.author = bookCatalogLocal.getAuthor();
transObject.bookTitle = bookCatalogLocal.getBook_title();
transObject.location = bookCatalogLocal.getLocation();
transObject.platform = bookCatalogLocal.getPlatform();
transObject.txnDate = bookCatalogLocal.getLanguage();
bookVector.addElement(transObject);
} // End of while
} // End of try
catch(FinderException fe)
System.out.println("Error executing findByPlatform method: " +
fe.getMessage());
throw
new EJBException("Error executing findByPlatform method: " +
fe.getMessage());
catch(Exception e)
System.out.println("Error getting TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome from findByPlatform method:" + e.getMessage());
throw
new EJBException("Error getting TechLibBook_catalogLocalHome from findByPlatform method:" + e.getMessage());
return bookVector;
public javax.ejb.SessionContext getSessionContext()
return mySessionCtx;
public void setSessionContext(javax.ejb.SessionContext ctx)
mySessionCtx = ctx;
* ejbCreate
public void ejbCreate() throws javax.ejb.CreateException
public void ejbActivate()
public void ejbPassivate()
public void ejbRemove()
==== End if source code =========
Please tell me what's the problem ?
with regards

Answer 1

i found what's the problem i made the url for lookup as the following:
lookup("java:comp/env/Book_catalog")
instead of
lookup("ejb/Book_catalog")
could anyone tell me what's the difference between 'java:comp/env/' and without it
by the way i used for lookup Datasource the following and it's working
DataSource dataSource = (DataSource)jndiContext.lookup("jdbc/TECHBOOK");
thanks