How to get JNDI context on Sun AS8.1? Please help!

Question

I am using NetBean4.1 with AS8.1.
I want to write a client application to retrieve a ejb remotely on the AS8.1 server.
Does anyone know how to get the JNDI initial context?
If my Sun AS8.1 server is located at ip 218.100.100.100,
what is the url needed to create a JNDI initial context?
Also, the ejb my client app going to retreive contains the following class
CustomerBean.class
CustomerRemote.class
CustomerRemoteHome.class
CustomerRemoteBusiness.class
when compiling the client app, do I only need CustomerRemoteHome.class?
or do I need any other class file to compile(stub or whatever)?
Thank you very much!!

Answer 1

RTFM
Using a Stand-Alone Client to Access an EJB Component
To access an EJB component from a stand-alone client, perform the following steps:
1. In your client code, instantiate the InitialContext:
InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
It is not necessary to explicitly instantiate a naming context that points to the CosNaming service.
2. In the client code, look up the home object by specifying the JNDI name of the home object. For example:
Object ref = ctx.lookup("jndi-name");
BeanAHome = (BeanAHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(ref,BeanAHome.class);
For more information about naming and lookups, see �Accessing the Naming Context� on page 239.
3. Deploy the EJB component to be accessed. For more information on deployment, see �Tools for Deployment� on page 88.
4. Copy the following JAR files to the client machine and include them in the classpath on the client side:
* appserv-rt.jar - available at install_dir/lib
* j2ee.jar - available at install_dir/lib
5. To access EJB components that are residing in a remote system, set the values for the Java Virtual Machine startup options:
jvmarg value = "-Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialHost=${ORBhost}"
jvmarg value = "-Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort=${ORBport}"
Here ORBhost is the Application Server hostname and ORBport is the ORB port number (default is 3700).
This information can be obtained from the domain.xml file on the remote system. For more information on domain.xml file, see the Sun Java System Application Server Administration Reference.
6. Run the stand-alone client. As long as the client environment is set appropriately and the JVM is compatible, you merely need to run the main class.