Lookup an EJB from a different application, deployed on the same server, in JBoss

Question:
I have a web application through which i want to access an EJB which is deployed as a separate appliaction on the same server. How do i do it?

Answer:

In the web.xml of your war(the web application through which you want to access the EJB), have the following entry:

<ejb-ref>
    <ejb-ref-name>GiveAnyNameByWhichYouWouldLikeToReferTheBeanInYourWebApp</ejb-ref-name>
    <ejb-ref-type>session</ejb-ref-type>
    <home>packageName.ClassNameOfTheHomeObjectOfTheBeanYouWantToRefer</home>
    <remote>packageName.ClassNameOfTheRemoteObjectOfTheBeanYouWantToRefer</remote>
  </ejb-ref>
 
  In the jboss-web.xml of your war, have the following entry:
 
  <ejb-ref>
    <ejb-ref-name>GiveAnyNameByWhichYouWouldLikeToReferTheBeanInYourWebApp(This should be same as the one given in the web.xml above)</ejb-ref-name>
    <jndi-name>TheJndiNametoWhichTheBeanIsBound(Example:somecontext/somejndiName)YouWillFindThisJndiNameInTheJboss.xmlOfTheEJB</jndi-name>
   </ejb-ref>
   
For more info, have a look at the dtds of web.xml (http://java.sun.com/dtd/web-app_2_3.dtd) and jboss-web.xml(http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd)
 
  In your code, do the lookup as:
 
  Context ic = new InitialContext();
  Object ejbHome = ic.lookup(“java:comp/env/TheNameThatYouHadGivenInTheEJB-REF-NAMETagOfJbossWeb.xmlAbove”);

Here’s an example:

web.xml:
<ejb-ref>
    <ejb-ref-name>MyTestBean</ejb-ref-name>
    <ejb-ref-type>session</ejb-ref-type>
    <home>com.test.ejb.MyBeanHome</home>
    <remote>com.test.ejb.MyBeanRemote</remote>
  </ejb-ref>

jboss-web.xml:
 <ejb-ref>
  <ejb-ref-name>MyTestBean</ejb-ref-name>
  <jndi-name>myejb/test/MyTestBean</jndi-name>
 </ejb-ref>
 
Lookup code:

Context ic = new InitialContext();
  Object ejbHome = ic.lookup(“java:comp/env/MyTestBean”);