This is a very simple question,but I don't know.Please me.Thank you!

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I am a Chinese student in a university.I have a very simple question to ask.
I have writed a EJB module,and I have deployed to Weblogic8.1 successfully.
1.Now I want to write a client program.Is it necessary that the client program is packaged in the EJB package.For example ,the EJB package is Beans,is "package Beans " or "import Beans.*" necessary in my client program.
2.If I only know the EJB interfaces,that means the EJB module is writed by other programer.I want to know how I can write the client program.How can I call EJB module's method writed by other programer.Could you give me a simple example?
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

I have writed a EJB module,and I have deployed to
Weblogic8.1 successfully.:-)
1.Now I want to write a client program.Is it
necessary that the client program is packaged in the
EJB package.For example ,the EJB package is Beans,is
"package Beans " or "import Beans.*" necessary in my
client program.You need not package your client with the EJB. It can be a JSP/servlet or a stand-alone application.
2.If I only know the EJB interfaces,that means the
EJB module is writed by other programer.I want to
know how I can write the client program.How can I
call EJB module's method writed by other
programer.Could you give me a simple example?
import java.util.*;
import javax.naming.*;
import javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject;
import examples.*;
class TestEJBHello {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Context context   = null;
        Object object     = null;
        // Hashtable for environment properties.
        Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
        env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
        env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "t3://localhost:7001");
        HelloHome home            = null;
        HelloWorld hello          = null;
        try {
            context     = new InitialContext(env);
            object      = context.lookup("HelloWorldTest");
            System.out.println(" JNDI Looked up >>> " +object);
            home        = (HelloHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(object, HelloHome.class);
            hello       = home.create();
            System.out.println(hello.hello());
        } catch(Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } finally {
            close(context);        // Closes the initial context.
    private static void close(Context context) {
        try {
            context.close();
            System.out.println("*** Context closed. ***");
        } catch (NamingException namingException) {
            namingException.printStackTrace();
        } catch(Exception exception) {
            exception.printStackTrace();
}Here's a sample client app code I use for a HelloWorld EJB. You need to have a EJB client JAR containing the home and remote interfaces in the classpath during compile time and runtime.
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