Using ejb ref

Question

Hi !
I made an Entity bean for a master table, make its local interfaces and deploy it in a seperate jar.
Then i want to call this Entity bean thru any session bean using local interfaces and this session bean
is in a seperate jar file.
Right now its not working - i heard it can be used using <ejb-ref> tag.
Can anyone tell me what all entries do i need to make for this :
Do i need to write some code also for ti or only entries in deployment descriptor files will do ?
and what all entries do i need to make in deplyment descriptors or entity and deployment descriptors of session beans.
If somone has sample code then do please send across...
Thanks in advance !!

Answer 1

I tried the thing :
I made an Entity Bean and a session bean in seperate jar files
The ejb-ref entries in session beans deployment descriptor files are ::
<ejb-local-ref>
     <ejb-ref-name>ejb/EmpLocal</ejb-ref-name>
     <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
     <local-home>EmpHomeLocal</local-home>
     <local>EmpLocal</local>
</ejb-local-ref>
Now, the code in session bean from where i am calling Entity bean is ::
InitialContext initialcontext = new InitialContext();
System.out.println("Initial Context created ");
home = (EmpHomeLocal)initialcontext.lookup("java:comp/env/EmpLocal");
System.out.println("After getting Local Home");
But its giving me the following error in Session Bean
Initial Context created
java.lang.ClassCastException: EmpEJB_1huw_LocalHomeImpl
Can, anyone help me to call an Entity bean's local methods from a Session bean - bith in seperate jar files