Lookup EJB using InitialContext on Weblogic 10.x.x

Question

Could you please tell me how to lookup EJB on Weblogic?
I have following bean:

@Stateless
@EJB(name = "DataAccess", beanInterface = DataAccessLocal.class)
public class DataAccess implements DataAccessLocal {
    ...
}

I need this bean in other class which is not part of managed content (just simple class), so I guess it should be done like this:

DataAccessLocal dataAccess = DataAccessLocal.class.cast((new InitialContext()).lookup("%SOME_JNDI_NAME%"));

The question is what should be used as %SOME_JNDI_NAME% in case of Weblogic 10.x.x AS?
Any help will be appreciated.

Answer 1

I would update your EJB class to look like this:

@Stateless(name="DataAccessBean", mappedName="ejb/DataAccessBean")
@Remote(DataAccessRemote.class)
@Local(DataAccessLocal.class)
public class DataAccess implements DataAccessLocal, DataAccessRemote {
    ...
}

Looking up the EJB from a class deployed in the same EAR (using the local interface):

InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); //if not in WebLogic container then you need to add URL and credentials.
// use <MAPPED_NAME>
Objet obj = ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/DataAccessBean");

EJB injection is usually preferred, and you can do it as follows:

@EJB(name="DataAccessBean")
DataAccessLocal myDataAccessBean;

If you are trying to use the EJB remotely then you will need to use the remote interface and the following JNDI name:

DataAccessBean#<package>.DataAccessRemote