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EJB programming & troubleshooting: ClassCastException Problem

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  1. ClassCastException Problem (2 messages)

    Hi,
    I have a question on Entity Beans. I have two entity beans StudentEJB and CourseEJB which implement a M:N relationship. The beans implement local interfaces. StudentEJB has a method
    called getCoursesOfStudent() which returns as the list of courses a student is
    involved in as an ArrayList. The code snippet is as follows:

     public ArrayList getCoursesOfStudent() {

            ArrayList courseList = new ArrayList();
            Collection courses = getCourses();

            Iterator i = courses.iterator();
            while (i.hasNext()) {
                LocalCourse courselocal = (LocalCourse) i.next();
                String course_name = courselocal.getCourseName();
                courseList.add( course_name );
                }

            return courseList;
        }

    when i try to save the ear file containing StudentEJB and CourseEJB i get the following error

    Exception
    ERROR: [DeployToolWindow.saveAction:1049]
    Saving
    java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.enterprise.deployment.EjbExternalDescriptor
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    java.lang.ClassCastException: com.sun.enterprise.deployment.EjbExternalDescriptor
            at com.sun.enterprise.deployment.EjbReferenceDescriptor.getValue(EjbReferenceDescriptor.java:198)

    Is this something to do with ArrayList data structure that i return

    Could some please help me with this regard

    Thanks,

    vishwak
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    Yes.
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  3. ClassCastException Problem[ Go to top ]

    From ur code it seems method getCourses() as a private method in studentEJB it returning collection of objects from coursesEJB.whether this CourseEJB local bean.i think problem arise in getting objects.
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