EJB 3.1 SessionBean Example with Remote Interface using WebLogic 12.1.1

EJB stands for Enterprise Java Bean. If you are not fimilar with EJB, Please read below in order to move ahead with "Creating EJB 3.1 Application using WebLogic 12.1.1".

1. What is EJB and Why Comes into Picture
2. EJB Container and it's Feature

EJB application requires to be run in Application Server like WebLogic, JBoss. As part of current EJB Demo, WebLogic Server 12.1.1 and  JDK 1.7 Update 03 is used.

Suppose, I want to write Stateless Session Bean(Can be local or remote), in My case Remote Component which will provide customer Information upon request from Client.

EJB 3.1 Remote Interface for Session Bean Example using Weblogic Server 12.1.1:

Create Remote Interface : CustomerServiceRemote.java

package com.anuj.business;

import javax.ejb.Remote;
import com.anuj.business.rep.Customer;

@Remote
public interface CustomerServiceRemote {

 public Customer getCustomerInfo(String customerId);
}

Create Session bean implementation Class : CustomerService.java

package com.anuj.business;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;

import com.anuj.business.rep.Customer;

/**
 * Session Bean implementation class CustomerService
 */
@Stateless(mappedName="customerServiceEJB")
public class CustomerService implements CustomerServiceRemote {

 private List customers = new ArrayList();
 
    /**
     * Default constructor. 
     */
    public CustomerService() {
     createCustomers();
    }

 @Override
 public Customer getCustomerInfo(String customerId) {
  Customer customer = null;
  
  for(Customer cust : customers){
   if(cust.getCustomerId().equals(customerId)){
    customer = cust;
    break;
   }
  }
    
  if(customer != null){
   return customer;
  }
  else{
   return null;
  } 
 }

 protected void createCustomers(){
  Customer customer = new Customer();
  customer.setCustomerId("1");
  customer.setCustomerName("Anuj");
  customer.setAddress("India");
  customer.setPhone("1234567890");
  
  customers.add(customer);
 }
}

Deploy EJB to WebLogic Server :

Now, you have Session Bean available. Export EJB jar and Deploy it to WebLogic Server.

Create Client :

Creating Client which will access Remote EJB deployed on Server, includes following steps

1. Create Java Project and add weblogic.jar,wlclient.jar to Build Path in eclipse

2. Export CustomerServiceSessionBean as jar with only Remote Interface and other required classes. Don't include Implementation class since that's why EJB concept comes to picture. Ex. if you observe jar shows in picture, you will notice that Implementation class is not added here

3.  Configure Properties for WebLogic

Properties properties = new Properties();
properties.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
properties.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL,"weblogic");
properties.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS,"weblogic1");
properties.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"t3://localhost:7001");

4. Initialize Context with Configured Properties which will be used for JNDI Lookup

import javax.naming.InitialContext;
Context context = new InitialContext(properties);

5. Perform JNDI lookup using Context. customerServiceEJB used below is MappedName which we have defined in CustomerSessionBean EJb Earlier.

context.lookup("customerServiceEJB#com.anuj.business.CustomerServiceRemote");

6. Access Remote Interface method

Customer customer = customerService.getCustomerInfo("1");
System.out.println("Customer Id : "+customer.getCustomerId());
System.out.println("Customer Name : "+customer.getCustomerName());
System.out.println("Address : " + customer.getAddress());
System.out.println("Phone : " + customer.getPhone());

Complete EJB 3.1 SessionBean example with Remote Interface using WebLogic Server 12c

import java.util.Properties;

import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
import javax.naming.NamingException;

import com.anuj.business.CustomerServiceRemote;
import com.anuj.business.rep.Customer;

public class CustomerServiceEJBClient {

 /**
  * @param args
  */
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  Properties properties = new Properties();
  properties.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,"weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
  properties.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL,"weblogic");
  properties.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS,"weblogic1");
  properties.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"t3://localhost:7001");
  
  try {
   Context context = new InitialContext(properties);
   
   CustomerServiceRemote customerService =   (CustomerServiceRemote)context.lookup("customerServiceEJB#com.anuj.business.CustomerServiceRemote");
   
   Customer customer = customerService.getCustomerInfo("1");
   System.out.println("Customer Id : "+customer.getCustomerId());
   System.out.println("Customer Name : "+customer.getCustomerName());
   System.out.println("Address : " + customer.getAddress());
   System.out.println("Phone : " + customer.getPhone());
   
  } catch (NamingException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
  }
  
  
 }

}

Output :

Customer Id : 1
Customer Name : Anuj
Address : India
Phone : 1234567890

After a lots of efforts I finally made my EJB Example up and Running. Hope this tutorial helps you for understanding EJB.

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