[ http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/EJBTHREE-385?page=comments#action_12344948 ] Haohua xie commented on EJBTHREE-385: ------------------------------------- i think the problem is still open, does'nt it? here is my my code: i have a session bean ManagerSessionBean with remote interface i want to use a factorybean to create this ManagerSessionBean ; so i can't use @EJB to inject the ManagerSessionBean . the factorybean and the ManagerSessionBean are in the same package. in factorybean, i inject SessionContext and define the jndiname of the bean @Resource protected SessionContext sessionContext; protected String sessionUrl = "ManagerSessionBean/remote"; to create the ManagerSessionBean in factory method : ManagerSessionSPI sessionSPI = (ManagerSessionSPI) ctx.lookup(sessionUrl); the sessionSPI can't be created if the ejb-jar is deployed in am ear. and i find that if the global jndi name of ManagerSessionBean is used in EJBContext.lookup(), the codes run well. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira