I have a JSP page titled "index.jsp" which uses three entity beans StudentEJB, LoginEJB, InstructorEJB. I get the following error when trying to deploy the CreateWAR web
component( which contains index.jsp) using the J2EE server provided by Sun. The names ending with home refer to the
remote home interface and the other names refer to the remote interface of the corresponding entity bean.

Error: Class [ InstructorHome ] not found in WEB-INF/classes or WEB-INF/lib.
For [ /CreateWAR ]
Error: class [ InstructorHome ] cannot be found within this jar [ CreateWAR ].
Error: Class [ Instructor ] not found in WEB-INF/classes or WEB-INF/lib.
For [ /CreateWAR ]

I have also enclosed a part of the index.jsp code snippet below

<%@ page import="Instructor,InstructorHome,Student,StudentHome,Login,LoginHome,javax.ejb.*, java.math.*, javax.naming.*, javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject, java.rmi.RemoteException,java.io.*,java.util.*" %>
<%!
    Login myLogin;
    Instructor myInstructor;
Student myStudent;
    InstructorHome instructorHome = null;
    LoginHome loginHome = null;
    StudentHome studentHome = null;

   public void jspInit() {
      try {
         InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
         
Context myEnv1 = (Context)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env");
    Object objref1 = myEnv1.lookup("ejb/SimpleInstructor");
instructorHome = ( InstructorHome ) PortableRemoteObject.narrow( objref1, InstructorHome.class);

Context myEnv2 = (Context)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env");
    Object objref2 = myEnv2.lookup("ejb/SimpleLogin");
loginHome = ( LoginHome ) PortableRemoteObject.narrow( objref1, LoginHome.class);
         
Context myEnv3 = (Context)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env");
    Object objref3 = myEnv1.lookup("ejb/SimpleStudent");
studentHome = ( StudentHome ) PortableRemoteObject.narrow( objref1, StudentHome.class);
         
         


      } catch (RemoteException ex) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't create the beans."+ ex.getMessage());
      } catch (CreateException ex) {
            System.out.println("Couldn't create the beans."+ ex.getMessage());
      } catch (NamingException ex) {
            System.out.println("Unable to lookup home objects: "+ ex.getMessage());
      }

Could some please help me with this problem

Regards,
Vishwak Rajgopalan

War file contains only web components like Servlet, jsp etc.
Your ejb needs to be present in a jar file and this jar file should be accessible to your web components.
Where are your ejbs deployed ?
Right now your web component is not able to find ejbs.

> Your ejb needs to be present in a jar file and this jar file should be accessible to your web components.
> Where are your ejbs deployed ?
> Right now your web component is not able to find ejbs.

My ejbs are deployed in a jar file which is in the same folder as the war file
I created. I have created both the war( CreateWAR ) and the jar files (CreateJAR) as a part of an ear file called "CreateProductApp.ear".

AWeb archive contains the files that make up a Web Application (WAR file). A WAR
file is deployed as a unit on one or more Servers.
A Web archive on WebLogic Server always includes the following files:
  At least one servlet or JSP page, along with any helper classes.
  A web.xml deployment descriptor, a J2EE standard XML document that
describes the contents of a WAR file.
  A XXXXX.xml deployment descriptor, an XML document containing
 Server-specific elements for Web applications.
 A Web archive may also include HTML/XML pages and supporting files such as
image and multimedia files.
TheWAR file can be deployed alone or packaged in an Enterprise Archive (EAR file) with other application components. If deployed alone, the archive must end with a .war extension. If deployed in an EAR file, the archive must end with an .ear extension. (Note: If you are deploying an entire directory, do not name the directory .ear, .war, .jar and so on.)Servlets

I mean while you creating war file did you include jar(which contains your supporting classes) file in the web-inf/lib directory.

Just bit different from topic.
Have a look at this and this should help u in understanding it.
By the way its a wrong practice to put lookup in Jsp or Servlets.
War- files for web components.
Jar- for ejb components and others.
Ear file contains web.war ejb.jar client.jar files

http://www.tusc.com.au/tutorial/html/index.html

Vishal.