Jboss + Spring + Ejb (Null Pointer Exception Problem)

[glamour117]

Hello all, I am new to ejb and spring. I am trying to access ejb deployed in jboss server 4.0 and getting error

(xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader 293 ) Loading XML bean definitions from file [c:\client-spring-stateless-ejb.xml]
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.jboss.ejb.plugins.local.LocalHomeProxy.invoke( LocalHomeProxy.java:133)
at $Proxy0.create(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Un known Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.springframework.ejb.access.AbstractSlsbInvoker Interceptor.create(AbstractSlsbInvokerInterceptor. java:177)
at org.springframework.ejb.access.LocalSlsbInvokerInt erceptor.newSessionBeanInstance(LocalSlsbInvokerIn terceptor.java:131)
at org.springframework.ejb.access.LocalSlsbInvokerInt erceptor.getSessionBeanInstance(LocalSlsbInvokerIn terceptor.java:105)
at org.springframework.ejb.access.LocalSlsbInvokerInt erceptor.invoke(LocalSlsbInvokerInterceptor.java:6 1)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethod Invocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java :161)
at org.springframework.aop.framework.JdkDynamicAopPro xy.invoke(JdkDynamicAopProxy.java:203)
at $Proxy1.sayHello(Unknown Source)
at com.glamour.client.EjbClient.main(EjbClient.java:1 3)

------------ejb-jar.xml-----
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC '-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN' 'http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd'>
<ejb-jar>
<enterprise-beans>
<session>
<ejb-name>HelloServiceEjb</ejb-name>
<local-home>com.glamour.ejb.HelloServiceHome</local-home>
<local>com.glamour.ejb.HelloServiceLocal</local>
<ejb-class>com.glamour.ejb.HelloServiceEjb</ejb-class>
<session-type>Stateless</session-type>
<transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>
<env-entry>
<env-entry-name>ejb/BeanFactoryPath</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>spring-stateless-ejb</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>
</session>
</enterprise-beans>
</ejb-jar>

-------------jboss.xml---------------------
<jboss>
<enterprise-beans>
<session>
<ejb-name>HelloServiceEjb</ejb-name>
<local-jndi-name>ejb/helloService</local-jndi-name>
</session>
</enterprise-beans>
</jboss>

---------EjbClient.java-------
package com.glamour.client;
import com.glamour.ejb.*;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFacto ry;
import org.springframework.core.io.FileSystemResource;

public class EjbClient {

public static void main(String[] args) {
BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(new FileSystemResource("c:\\client-spring-stateless-ejb.xml"));
HelloService hs = (HelloService) factory.getBean("helloServiceBean");
System.out.println(hs.sayHello());
}
}

-----------------client-spring-stateless-ejb.xm---------------
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee"
xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schem...-beans-2.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee-2.0.xsd">

<jee:local-slsb id="helloServiceBean"
jndi-name="ejb/helloService"
business-interface="com.glamour.ejb.HelloService"
cache-home="true">
<jee:environment>
java.naming.factory.initial=org.jnp.interfaces.Nam ingContextFactory
java.naming.provider.url=jnp://localhost:1099
java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=org.jboss.naming:org. jnp.interfaces
</jee:environment>
</jee:local-slsb>
</beans>

-----------------------HelloServiceHome----------
package com.glamour.ejb;

import javax.ejb.CreateException;
import javax.ejb.EJBLocalHome;

public interface HelloServiceHome extends EJBLocalHome{

public HelloServiceLocal create() throws CreateException;
}
--------------------HelloServiceLocal-----------
package com.glamour.ejb;


import javax.ejb.EJBLocalObject;

public interface HelloServiceLocal extends HelloService,EJBLocalObject {

}

----------------------HelloServiceImpl----------
package com.glamour.ejb;

public class HelloServiceImpl implements HelloService{

public String sayHello(){
return "hello Spring";
}
}

------------HelloServiceEjb-------------
package com.glamour.ejb;

import javax.ejb.CreateException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
import org.springframework.ejb.support.AbstractStatelessS essionBean;

public class HelloServiceEjb extends AbstractStatelessSessionBean implements HelloService {

private HelloService helloService;

protected void onEjbCreate() throws CreateException {
BeanFactory beanFactory = getBeanFactory();
helloService = (HelloService)beanFactory.getBean("helloService");
}

public String sayHello(){
return helloService.sayHello();
}
}


-------------------------------------spring-stateless-ejb.xml-------
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN 2.0//EN" "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans-2.0.dtd">
<beans>
<bean id="helloService" class="com.glamour.ejb.HelloServiceImpl"></bean>
</beans>

[pratikbhavsar]

One thing to note is that you can access local EJBs only if accessing from the same application server/jvm. If you are trying to access an EJB from outside the server like from a main method you have to use the remote interface. I will try your example with remote interface time permitting. I hope this helps.