Problems Accessing EJB from Client

Question

Hello All,
I have deployed my first EJB in my JBoss App server and thats fine. However when I try and run the simple client that I have written to access this I get the following error:
javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial
I have tried Debugging the app and cant understand where/why this error is occurring? Any ideas and suggestions would be appreciated...The code I am using in the client is below:
Context c = new InitialContext();
      Object o = c.lookup("HelloWorldEJB");
      HelloWorldHome hw = (HelloWorldHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow (o, HelloWorldHome.class);
      HelloWorld hello = hw.create();
      System.out.println ("Result is: " + hello.hello());
      hello.remove();

Answer 1

Hi!
I do not know if you have got the solution for your problem....
I am also struggling around with similar issue
Here is how i tried
Properties prop = System.getProperties();
prop.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
prop.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "localhost");
prop.put(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, "org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces" );
Context ctx = new InitialContext(prop);
System.out.println("looking up ejb");
Object obj = ctx.lookup("ejb/test");
DO NOT forget to put jbossall-client.jar and jnpserver.jar in your classpath .
This way at least you get the solution of the problem you are facing now.....
Good Luck
Alok