Problems with JNDI lookup for java:comp/env/ejb

Question

Hi all,
I'm using OC4J 9.0.3 and I have problems when looking up for the local
EJB context.
I have a SLSB which refers to another SLSB via a JNDI mapping like
shown below. Both services are deployed within one EAR file.
(snippets of ejb-jar.xml and orion-ejb-jar.xml)
<ejb-jar>
<enterprise-beans>
<session>
<ejb-name>ServiceABean</ejb-name>
<home>com.coi.ServiceAHome</home>
<remote>com.coi.ServiceA</remote>
<ejb-class>com.coi.ServiceABean</ejb-class>
<session-type>Stateless</session-type>
<transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
<ejb-ref>
<ejb-ref-name>ejb/some/sub/packages/ServiceB</ejb-ref-name>
<ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type>
<home>com.coi.ServiceBHome</home>
<remote>com.coi.ServiceB</remote>
</ejb-ref>
</session>
</enterprise-beans>
</ejb-jar>
<orion-ejb-jar>
<enterprise-beans>
<session-deployment location="global/some/sub/packages/ServiceA" name="ServiceABean">
<ejb-ref-mapping name="ejb/some/sub/packages/ServiceB" location="global/some/sub/packages/ServiceB" />
</session-deployment>
</enterprise-beans>
</orion-ejb-jar>
The ApplicationInitialContextFactory will be used (prepared by the container),
so the lookup for ServiceB within a method of ServiceA should work as follows:
public class ServiceABean implements SessionBean
public void someMethod()
InitialContext con = new InitialContext(); // will be of class ApplicationContext
Context localEjbContext = (Context)con.lookup( "java:comp/env/ejb" );
ServiceBHome serviceBHome = (ServiceBHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(
localEjbContext.lookup( "some/sub/packages/ServiceB" ),
ServiceBHome.class );
The problem is now, that the lookup for "java:comp/env/ejb" doesn't work
and throws a NameNotFoundException.
To figure out what's actually happening during lookup I debugged a little bit and
tried a few things:
1. A lookup for "java:comp" works fine. It returns an instance of class FlatMapContext
which consists of a hash map which itself contains an entry for "env".
2. So a lookup for "env" on that FlatMapContext also works and returns an instance of SubContext.
3. A lookup for "ejb" using this SubContext causes a NameNotFoundException
with message "java:comp/env/ejb not found".
4. A lookup like con.lookup( "java:comp/env" ) throws also a NameNotFoundException
with message "java:comp/env not found (not inside a J2EE module, for instance a Web-App,
EJB, or Application-Client)".
Does anyone know something about this?
Regards
--thomas

Answer 1

Hi Debu,
Great! 9.0.4 will be released in june/july this year, right? Sorry for my ironical reaction, but does that mean, that I don't have any chance to get my whole stuff running in 9.0.3? I cannot believe that. Isn't there a wordaround I could apply? A setting or whatever to substitute the daft FlatCtx by something else that is implemented according to the spec?
Regards
--thomas