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HeadFirst EJB - AdviceBean - JNDI Question

 
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Hi,

I am a newbie to EJB and have just started reading the Headfirst EJB book. I've deployed the AdviceBean but can't access it from the client.

The client - AdviceClient - throws the following runtime 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
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(Unknown Source)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(Unknown Source)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(Unknown Source)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source)
at AdviceClient.go(AdviceClient.java:19)
at AdviceClient.main(AdviceClient.java:11)

Here's the AdviceClient.java class source:

public class AdviceClient {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new AdviceClient().go();
}

public void go() {
try {
Context ic = new InitialContext();
System.out.println("All's well so far");

Object o = ic.lookup("Advisor");

AdviceHome home = (AdviceHome)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(o, AdviceHome.class);
Advice advisor = home.create();
System.out.println(advisor.getAdvice());
}
catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

My enviroment - Sun's Application Server 8.2, J2SE1.5, J2EE 1.4, and Windows XP.

What am I missing?

Thanks in advance,
Sarala
 
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My enviroment - Sun's Application Server 8.2, J2SE1.5, J2EE 1.4, and Windows XP. What am I missing?


Just one advice. Head First EJB is aimed at SCBCD 1.3. You should be using J2EE1.3.1 RI and J2SE 1.3 instead.
 
Sarala Rajagopalan
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Thanks! Couldn't locate the SDK for J2ee 1.3 on Sun and settled for 1.4. Went through the other postings on this board and finally found a link for 1.3 that worked. Shall try with the new setup.

Thanks again,

Sarala
 
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