Accessing JMS from stand-alone client

I'm currently attempting to access EJBs, JMS topics and JMS queues from a swing client running on a different machine to the application server (in this case, Sun App Server 9).

I have added the following jars to the classpath: appserv-rt.jar, javaee.jar and imqjmsra.jar, as well as generated EJB stubs. I have specified the two -D options on the command line:

-Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialHost=<server>

-Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort=3700

I have tried adding my own jndi.properties with:

java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtxFactory

java.naming.provider.url=iiop://<server>:3700

I have also tried without including a jndi.properties file and using the one supplied by the appserv-rt.jar (this causes more errors than adding my own).

I am able to lookup an EJB using the global JNDI name and successfully invoke methods on the EJB. If I use the java:comp/env context then I receive the same error as I do with the JMS issues which I'm about to describe.

When I attempt to access the JMS factories, topics and queues using both the java:comp/env and the global JNDI name I receive the following error:

javax.naming.NameNotFoundException [Root exception is org.omg.CosNaming.NamingCo

ntextPackage.NotFound: IDL:omg.org/CosNaming/NamingContext/NotFound:1.0]

at com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.ExceptionMapper.mapException(ExceptionMapper.j

ava:44)

at com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtx.callResolve(CNCtx.java:453)

at com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtx.lookup(CNCtx.java:492)

at com.sun.jndi.cosnaming.CNCtx.lookup(CNCtx.java:470)

at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)

The global JNDI name for the topic factory (for example) is jms/TopicConnectionFactory - I have tried both lookups:

InitialContext context =new InitialContext();

context.lookup("jms/TopicConnectionFactory")//lookup 1

context.lookup("java:comp/env/jms/TopicConnectionFactory")//lookup 2

The factory is clearly visible in JNDI under the jms/TopicConnectionFactory when I browse the JNDI from the Sun Admin Console.

I run the application on a separate machine via the standard java.exe -jar myclient.jar (the jar's manifest has the main class and the classpath described above set)

Does anybody see anything that I could be missing to get JMS lookups to work from a thick client. As mentioned I can lookup EJBs with no problems so I am definitely connecting to the app server correctly - I figure I'm missing another jar or something like that.

I have also tried adding application-client.xml and sun-application-client.xml descriptors to myclient.jar/META-INF but that doesn't seem to work either, and when I do I don't think the descriptors are being read because I am unable to lookup the EJB with the java:comp/env JNDI reference - I still need to use the global JNDI name. I would like to use the java:comp/env but I'm not certain how I get the application client jar to load these descriptors, or does something in the appserv-rt.jar do that when it is first accessed (a little unsure of this bit).

My main concern though, even with global JNDI lookups is that the JMS lookups fail and the EJB lookups succeed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I tried again with using the jndi.properties file in the appserv-rt.jar rather than setting anything on the InitialContext. After getting past all of the NoClassDefFound errors by adding more of the app server jars onto the client classpath I managed to get something working, however with the information that was spat out on the client console while performing the lookup I'm pretty certain this isn't exactly what I want - it does work however. My concern is that the messages that are being displayed makes me think I have created my own factory locally (or something weird like that). The messages I received were:

Looking up: jms/TopicConnectionFactory

23/06/2006 16:40:45 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ResourceAdapter start

INFO: MQJMSRA_RA1101: SJSMQ JMS Resource Adapter starting...

=============================================================================== =

Sun Java(tm) System Message Queue 4.0

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Version: 4.0 (Build 27-a)

Compile: Thu Mar 2 22:14:05 PST 2006

SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

This product includes code licensed from RSA Data Security.

=============================================================================== =

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ResourceAdapter start

INFO: MQJMSRA_RA1101: SJSMQ JMS ResourceAdaapter configuration=

raUID=null

brokerType =REMOTE

brokerInstanceName=imqbroker

brokerBindAddress=null

brokerPort =7676

brokerHomeDir=/u2/sas9/imq/bin/..

brokerVarDir=/u2/sas9/domains/domain1/imq

brokerJavaDir=/usr/java

brokerArgs =null

brokerStartTimeout=60000

adminUsername=admin

adminPassFile=/var/tmp/asmq40969.tmp

useJNDIRmiServiceURL=true

rmiRegistryPort =8686

startRmiRegistry=false

useSSLJMXConnector=true

brokerEnableHA =false

clusterId=null

brokerId=null

jmxServiceURL=null

dbType=null

dbProps={}

dsProps={}

ConnectionURL=mq://<server>:7676/

UserName=guest

ReconnectEnabled=true

ReconnectInterval=5000

ReconnectAttempts=3

AddressListBehavior=RANDOM

AddressListIterations=3

InAppClientContainer=true

InClusteredContainer=false

GroupName=null

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ResourceAdapter start

INFO: MQJMSRA_RA1101: start:SJSMQ JMSRA Connection Factory Config={imqOverrideJM

SPriority=false, imqConsumerFlowLimit=1000, imqOverrideJMSExpiration=false, imqA

ddressListIterations=3, imqLoadMaxToServerSession=true, imqConnectionType=TCP, i

mqPingInterval=30, imqSetJMSXUserID=false, imqConfiguredClientID=, imqSSLProvide

rClassname=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider, imqJMSDeliveryMode=PERSISTENT,

imqConnectionFlowLimit=1000, imqConnectionURL=http://localhost/imq/tunnel, imqB

rokerServiceName=, imqJMSPriority=4, imqBrokerHostName=localhost, imqJMSExpirati

on=0, imqAckOnProduce=, imqEnableSharedClientID=false, imqAckTimeout=0, imqAckOn

Acknowledge=, imqConsumerFlowThreshold=50, imqDefaultPassword=guest, imqQueueBro

wserMaxMessagesPerRetrieve=1000, imqDefaultUsername=guest, imqReconnectEnabled=f

alse, imqConnectionFlowCount=100, imqAddressListBehavior=RANDOM, imqReconnectAtt

empts=3, imqSetJMSXAppID=false, imqConnectionHandler=com.sun.messaging.jmq.jmscl

ient.protocol.tcp.TCPStreamHandler, imqSetJMSXRcvTimestamp=false, imqBrokerServi

cePort=0, imqDisableSetClientID=false, imqSetJMSXConsumerTXID=false, imqOverride

JMSDeliveryMode=false, imqBrokerHostPort=7676, imqQueueBrowserRetrieveTimeout=60

000, imqSetJMSXProducerTXID=false, imqSSLIsHostTrusted=false, imqConnectionFlowL

imitEnabled=false, imqReconnectInterval=5000, imqAddressList=mq://<server>:7676/, i

mqOverrideJMSHeadersToTemporaryDestinations=false}

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ResourceAdapter start

INFO: MQJMSRA_RA1101: SJSMQ JMSRA Started

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ManagedConnectionFactory setPasswor

INFO: MQJMSRA_MF1101: setPassword:NOT setting default value

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ManagedConnectionFactory setAddress

List

INFO: MQJMSRA_MF1101: setAddressList:NOT setting default value=localhost

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ManagedConnectionFactory setUserNam

INFO: MQJMSRA_MF1101: setUserName:NOT setting default value=guest

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ManagedConnection <init>

INFO: MQJMSRA_MC1101: constructor:Created mcId=1:xacId=4902744336909087232:Using

xacf config={imqOverrideJMSPriority=false, imqConsumerFlowLimit=1000, imqOverri

deJMSExpiration=false, imqAddressListIterations=3, imqLoadMaxToServerSession=tru

e, imqConnectionType=TCP, imqPingInterval=30, imqSetJMSXUserID=false, imqConfigu

redClientID=, imqSSLProviderClassname=com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.Provider, imq

JMSDeliveryMode=PERSISTENT, imqConnectionFlowLimit=1000, imqConnectionURL=http:/

/localhost/imq/tunnel, imqBrokerServiceName=, imqJMSPriority=4, imqBrokerHostNam

e=localhost, imqJMSExpiration=0, imqAckOnProduce=, imqEnableSharedClientID=false

, imqAckTimeout=0, imqAckOnAcknowledge=, imqConsumerFlowThreshold=50, imqDefault

Password=guest, imqQueueBrowserMaxMessagesPerRetrieve=1000, imqDefaultUsername=g

uest, imqReconnectEnabled=true, imqConnectionFlowCount=100, imqAddressListBehavi

or=RANDOM, imqReconnectAttempts=3, imqSetJMSXAppID=false, imqConnectionHandler=c

om.sun.messaging.jmq.jmsclient.protocol.tcp.TCPStreamHandler, imqSetJMSXRcvTimes

tamp=false, imqBrokerServicePort=0, imqDisableSetClientID=false, imqSetJMSXConsu

merTXID=false, imqOverrideJMSDeliveryMode=false, imqBrokerHostPort=7676, imqQueu

eBrowserRetrieveTimeout=60000, imqSetJMSXProducerTXID=false, imqSSLIsHostTrusted

=false, imqConnectionFlowLimitEnabled=false, imqReconnectInterval=5000, imqAddre

ssList=mq://<server>:7676/, imqOverrideJMSHeadersToTemporaryDestinations=false}

23/06/2006 16:40:46 com.sun.messaging.jms.ra.ManagedConnection <init>

INFO: MQJMSRA_MC1101: constructor:Created mcId=2:xacId=4902744336909100288:Using