Question

I created an ejb

@Stateless
@LocalBean   
public class BasitBean {

    public String helloBasit() {

        return "Basit";

    } //end of helloBasit()

} //end of class BasitBean

I am calling it from JSF like

<h:body>

    <h:outputLabel value="#{helloBasit.callBasit()}" />

</h:body>

@ManagedBean
@SessionScoped
public class HelloBasit {

    @EJB
    private BasitBean basitBean;

    /** Creates a new instance of HelloBasit */
    public HelloBasit() {         

    }

    public String callBasit() {

        return basitBean.helloBasit();

    } //end of callBasit()

} //end of class HelloBasit

This code is working fine. But when i change the code like this

<h:body>
    <h:outputLabel value="#{helloBasit.label}" />        
</h:body>

@ManagedBean
@SessionScoped
public class HelloBasit {

    @EJB
    private BasitBean basitBean;
    String label;

    /** Creates a new instance of HelloBasit */
    public HelloBasit() {

        System.out.println();
        String label = basitBean.helloBasit();
        System.out.println(label);

    }

    public BasitBean getBasitBean() {
        return basitBean;
    }

    public void setBasitBean(BasitBean basitBean) {
        this.basitBean = basitBean;
    }

    public String getLabel() {
        return label;
    }

    public void setLabel(String label) {
        this.label = label;
    }

} //end of class HelloBasit

Then i get the exception

SEVERE: Error Rendering View[/index.xhtml]
com.sun.faces.mgbean.ManagedBeanCreationException: Cant instantiate class: pk.mazars.basitMahmood.HelloBasit.
 at com.sun.faces.mgbean.BeanBuilder.newBeanInstance(BeanBuilder.java:193)
 at com.sun.faces.mgbean.BeanBuilder.build(BeanBuilder.java:102)
 ......

Why i am getting this exception? The flow should be what i understand is when my page encounters #{helloBasit.label} then my constructor get call, instance variable get initialized, injected the bean instance into the basitBean, then the bean method should call. But i am getting null in the bean instance in this case why? Why previous code is working and it is not ? How can i call bean from the constructor ?

Thank you.

Answer 1

try to move your content of the constructor into a post constructor instead…

like this

@PostConstruct
private void init() {
    System.out.println();
    String label = basitBean.helloBasit();
    System.out.println(label);
}

Cause the ejb bean should be injected only after the managed bean has been initiated

The @PostConstruct is being run after the constructor (after that the managed bean itself was created by the JSF) and only then the EJB is being injected into the bean and can be accessed…