Problem with Embedded OC4J - Can find EJB class???

Question

I am getting the following error when starting my application within JDeveloper.
05/06/22 16:11:35 Error instantiating application 'current-workspace-app' at file:/C:/developc/developc-oc4j-app.xml: Error initializing ejb-module; Exception Error loading class 'com.syncra.ct.server.AggregatesManagerBean': java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError: java.lang.NullPointerException
It never reaches breakpoints in the class. So, I assume that it can't find the class in the classpath. But, when I look at the developc-oc4j-app.xml file see the following:
<ejb-module path="file:/C:/developc/Model/classes/"/>
<web-module id="developc-ViewController-webapp" path="C:\developc\ViewController\public_html"/>
and the ejb class is in the correct spot. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am on JDeveloper 10.1.2.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I put a static method in the class to print out when it is loaded. And the class exists in the classpath. It is never making it to the class.
Also, I do have both the JAVA_HOME and ORACLE_HOME environment variables set.
The ejb definitions are:
ejb-jar.xml
<session>
<ejb-name>ct.AggregatesManagerHome</ejb-name>
<home>com.syncra.ct.server.api.AggregatesManagerHome</home>
<remote>com.syncra.ct.server.api.AggregatesManager</remote>
<ejb-class>com.syncra.ct.server.AggregatesManagerBean</ejb-class>
<session-type>Stateful</session-type>
<transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
</session>
orion-ejb-jar.xml
<session-deployment name="ct.AggregatesManagerHome" location="ct.AggregatesManagerHome"/>
Because JDeveloper forces me to split the code into Model and ViewController I am wondering if there is something special that needs to be done for OC4J to see everything. Any ideas?
Nick