JSF 2.0 ejb dependency injection

Question

It seams that @EJB annotation does not work everywhere... at least in my case.
Use case:EAR app
EJB:based on JavaDB APP schema (jdbc/sample in GFv3)(entities, JPA controllers as session beans)
WAR:JSF 2.0 app using EJB
For instance in a converter:
@FacesConverter(forClass=ro.x64.entity.DiscountCode.class)
public class DiscountCodeConverter implements Converter {
    @EJB
    DiscountCodeFacade discountCodeFacade;
    public Object getAsObject(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, String value) {
        if (value == null || value.length() == 0) {
            return null;
        Character id = new Character(value.charAt(0));
        return discountCodeFacade.find(id);
    public String getAsString(FacesContext context, UIComponent component, Object value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return null;
        if (value instanceof DiscountCode) {
            DiscountCode o = (DiscountCode) value;
            return o.getDiscountCode() == null ? "" : o.getDiscountCode().toString();
        } else {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("object " + value + " is of type " + value.getClass().getName() + "; expected type: jpa.entities.DiscountCode");
} discountCodeFacade is resolved to null.
...but same @EJB works in a managed bean.
So is my code wrong,do I use @EJB improperly or is this a bug?
Florin POP
Thank you for your replies

Answer 1

I even tried to decorate as a CDI Managed Bean my @FacesConverter.
@Named
@RequestScoped
@FacesConverter(forClass=MyClass.class)
public class MyConverter implements ConverterBut didn't work either. When my application is deployed I can see that my class is managed but injection is not working.
INFO: Adapting InjectionTarget for org.test.MyConverter in the scope interface javax.enterprise.context.RequestScoped
A workaround is making a context lookup in your converter constructor:
MyEJB bean;
public MyConverter() {
            try {
                bean = (MyEJB) InitialContext.doLookup("java:global/MyApp/MyEJB");
            } catch (NamingException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger("Converter").log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }Hope it helps