Unable to compile EJB client program

Question

Hi, I developed a simple client program to an entity bean and I am not able to compile. Following are the few lines picked up from the code: (all my ejb,home and remote classes are under "test" package)
import test.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject;
public class TestClient {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
Context initial = new InitialContext();
Object objRef = initial.lookup("MyTestBean");
TestHome home = (TestHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objRef, TestHome.class);
... etc.
I am getting the following compilation error
TestClient.java:13: inconvertible types found : java.lang.Object required: TestHome
TestHome home = (TestHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objRef, TestHome.cl
ass);
The classpath is set to j2ee.jar and the local working directory in which the package "test" resides.
Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Greetings,
Hi there,
Did pengjuc's answer help you to solve this problem?
I'd be really interested to know if it did.Unlikely, since the error reported is not with the object reference but with the specified class type. Additionally, this approach is not recommended since it assumes the underlying protocol is always (RMI-)IIOP and not vendor specific - portability is lost.
Thanks
Amanda
Developer Technical Support
Sun Microsystems
http://www.sun.com/developers
Regards,
Tony "Vee Schade" Cook