Payara 5.2021.9 + Remote EJB + JDK 17 does not work/FISH-6027

[AleksNo]

Description

If you start a remote EJB client with JDK 17 then no connection is established and the client throws an exception.

Expected Outcome

The remote EJB client should connect to the server.

Current Outcome

The client thows this exception:

javax.naming.CommunicationException: Communication exception for SerialContext[myEnv={java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialInitContextFactory, java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=com.sun.enterprise.naming, java.naming.factory.state=com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.JNDIStateFactoryImpl} [Root exception is java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContextProvider.lookup(String)" because "prvdr" is null]
at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:518)
at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:442)
at java.naming/javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:409)
at remoteejbclient.RemoteEjbClient.getInitialContext(RemoteEjbClient.java:78)
at remoteejbclient.RemoteEjbClient$EjbConnect.mouseClicked(RemoteEjbClient.java:29)
at java.desktop/java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseClicked(AWTEventMulticaster.java:278)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6629)
at java.desktop/javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3389)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6391)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2266)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:5001)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2324)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4833)
at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4948)
at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4584)
at java.desktop/java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4516)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2310)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2780)
at java.desktop/java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4833)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:773)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:722)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:716)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:399)
at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:97)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:746)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:744)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:399)
at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:86)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:743)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContextProvider.lookup(String)" because "prvdr" is null
at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:483)

If the client applicazion is started with JDK 11 then it works fine.

Steps to reproduce

I am not familiar with maven. So i cannot provide a maven project. I have attached the sourcecode of a test application.

And i am sure that every remote EJB client application is affected.

It is also important that the client application must be started with this parameter:
-Dorg.glassfish.gmbal.no.multipleUpperBoundsException=true

because of this issue:
eclipse-ee4j/orb-gmbal#22

Environment

• Distribution: Server full profile
• JDK Version: Eclipse Adoptium Temurin-17.0.1+12
• Operating System: Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit
  reproducer.zip

[shub8968]

Hi @AleksNo,

Would you be able to provide us with a proper reproducer app. Also, please describe the steps to build and deploy the app on the Payara server and instructions to produce the issue along with it. If you are looking for support on your application I would recommend you to consider Payara Enterprise.

[shub8968]

Closing due to no response.

[pattycakelol]

Hello,

I am having this same Remote EJB issue using Payara 5.2021.9 and JDK 17 running on Centos 7.

I am using a separate java application to call a remote EJB on the server and am getting this error:

javax.naming.CommunicationException: Communication exception for SerialContext[myEnv={java.naming.factory.initial=com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialInitContextFactory, java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=com.sun.enterprise.naming, java.naming.factory.state=com.sun.corba.ee.impl.presentation.rmi.JNDIStateFactoryImpl} [Root exception is java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContextProvider.lookup(String)" because "prvdr" is null]
	at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:518)
	at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:442)
	at java.naming/javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:409)
	at com.test.remote.testremoteja.testremote.callRemote(testremote.java:15)
	at com.test.remote.testremoteja.Main.main(Main.java:9)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContextProvider.lookup(String)" because "prvdr" is null
	at com.sun.enterprise.naming.impl.SerialContext.lookup(SerialContext.java:483)
	... 4 more

I have made a sample that demonstrates this error.

As mentioned above, the client must be started with the -Dorg.glassfish.gmbal.no.multipleUpperBoundsException=true property.

Here is the command I used to run the client java application:

java -Dorg.glassfish.gmbal.no.multipleUpperBoundsException=true -cp payara5/glassfish/lib/gf-client.jar:payara5/glassfish/lib/javaee.jar:payara5/glassfish/lib/appserv-rt.jar:testremoteja.jar com.test.remote.testremoteja.Main

[AleksNo]

Hello and sorry for the late answer. I have made a document, which describes how to get running my reproducer project.

payara_ejb.pdf

I hope it helps.

Cheers

[shub8968]

Hi @AleksNo, @pattycakelol

I am able to reproduce this issue. I have raised an internal issue with JIRA FISH-6021. Thanks. It may take a while to fix the issue. You are free to submit a PR to fix this issue if you feel confident to do so.

[JamesHillyard]

Hi @AleksNo and @pattycakelol,

The issue you are getting here is actually caused by orb-gmbal-pfl which is used in Payara. The code causing this can be found here: eclipse-ee4j/orb-gmbal-pfl - JDK 17 banned illegal reflective access, hence you only get this issue on JDK 17 and not JDK 11.

You should specify --add-opens=java.base/java.lang=ALL-UNNAMED to either the command or IDE run configuration used to run the client application.

As you used the Eclipse IDE to run the client application in the provided reproducer, I have attached a screenshot of my run configuration which allowed me to use your reproducer successfully:

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You also stated

It is also important that the client application must be started with this parameter:
-Dorg.glassfish.gmbal.no.multipleUpperBoundsException=true

As of Payara 5.2022.2 this has been addressed and you no longer need to start the client application with this parameter

Thank you,
James Hillyard