I haven't really been following this so maybe this is a dumb question, 
but why do you think upgrading to NetBeans 6.5 (I assume you're using 
6.1 now?) would have any effect on with this?
-Peter
Adam Jenkins wrote:
> I don't know whether the init method in the filter is working all the 
> time, I only tested it once as a result of the emails here today :)
>
> That's the nature of race conditions thought...they're unpredictable 
> little fellows because there is no relationship between the two processes.
>
> oh well, no direct resolution on this one :).  I would package the war 
> within the ear jar however there is an issue with netbeans 6.0 where 
> if you have an application client and a war in an ear you get all 
> kinds of errors with debugging.
>
> I'll try NB 6.5 and see if it's fixed :)  groan -- IDE upgrade, yay! ;)
>
> --- On *Wed, 25/2/09, Sahoo /<Sahoo_at_Sun.COM>/* wrote:
>
>
>     From: Sahoo <Sahoo_at_Sun.COM>
>     Subject: Re: Application load order error?
>     To: users_at_glassfish.dev.java.net, "Hong Zhang" <Hong.Zhang_at_Sun.COM>
>     Received: Wednesday, 25 February, 2009, 3:34 PM
>
>     You are right - beanName can't be used to link the EJB in your
>     case. I overlooked your original problem description. I don't
>     think there is any load order defined for deployed applications
>     and it is something we are trying to explore in v3. So it is a
>     good time to file an RFE.
>
>     Having said that I don't understand how explicit lookup in init
>     method is working all the time. If it were a timing issue, it
>     should fail sometimes, right?
>
>     Thanks,
>     Sahoo
>
>     Adam Jenkins wrote:
>     > The web application is deployed singularly (as a stand alone
>     WAR), the ejb jar is deployed with an application client in an EAR
>     file, so the enforced loading of the EJB jar before the WAR that
>     takes place when they're in the same EAR I don't think will cover
>     this case.
>     >
>     >
>     > --- On *Wed, 25/2/09, Sahoo /<sahoo_at_sun.com
>     </mc/compose?to=sahoo_at_sun.com>>/* wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >     From: Sahoo <sahoo_at_sun.com </mc/compose?to=sahoo_at_sun.com>>
>     >     Subject: Re: Application load order error?
>     >     To: users_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
>     </mc/compose?to=users_at_glassfish.dev.java.net>
>     >     Received: Wednesday, 25 February, 2009, 3:19 PM
>     >
>     >     That's weired, as GlassFish does load EJB modules first before
>     >     loading any web modules in an ear file. You are possibly
>     hitting a
>     >     bug somewhere. Unless Ken can come up with some other
>     explanation,
>     >     I suggest you to file a bug.
>     >
>     >     Can you try one more alternative? Since the EJB is in the
>     same ear
>     >     as the web module, can you use /beanName/ attribute as
>     opposed to
>     >     /mappedName/ to link the ejb-ref to the target ejb. i.e., change
>     >     your code like this:
>     >
>     >     @EJB(name="SystemBean", beanName="SystemBean")
>     >     private SystemRemote systemOps;
>     >
>     >     GlassFish EJB FAQ [1] contains excellent information on use
>     of @EJB.
>     >
>     >     Thanks,
>     >     Sahoo
>     >
>     >     [1] https://glassfish.dev.java.net/javaee5/ejb/EJB_FAQ.html
>     >
>     >     Adam Jenkins wrote:
>     >     > Removed name attribute from the @EJB annotation:    No change,
>     >     same error
>     >     > Perform explicit lookup in Filter init method: works fine
>     >     >
>     >     > It looks like it's just a timing issue.  The web application
>     >     must be starting up first, before the enterprise application
>     with
>     >     the EJBs in it.  And since the filters and listeners are
>     >     instantiated and injected on startup, it's trying to lookup
>     an EJB
>     >     that isn't bound to JNDI yet.
>     >     >
>     >     > Is there anyway to tell glassfish to load the enterprise
>     >     application first?
>     >     >
>     >     > Cheers
>     >     > Adam
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
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>     >     >     Not sure why the injection is failing.  Can you try
>     removing the
>     >     >     name() attribute from each of the injected fields and
>     >     re-running.       >     Also, if you do the following
>     explicit global lookup from within
>     >     >     the filter does it work?
>     >     >
>     >     >        (SystemRemote) new
>     InitialContext().lookup("ejb/SystemBean")
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