title: EJBCLIENT000025: No EJB receiver available for handling?
body: <p>I am trying to connect to a remote EJB on my local JBoss 7.2 from an executable Java application (local not on JBoss).</p>
  
  <p>But I get the following error/Exception :</p>
  
  <pre><code>java.lang.IllegalStateException: EJBCLIENT000025: No EJB receiver available for handling [appName:xx-xx, moduleName:xx-xx-business-impl, distinctName:] combination for invocation context org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientInvocationContext@14bc02d
      at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientContext.requireEJBReceiver(EJBClientContext.java:693)
      at org.jboss.ejb.client.ReceiverInterceptor.handleInvocation(ReceiverInterceptor.java:116)
      at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBClientInvocationContext.sendRequest(EJBClientInvocationContext.java:183)
      at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBInvocationHandler.doInvoke(EJBInvocationHandler.java:177)
      at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBInvocationHandler.doInvoke(EJBInvocationHandler.java:161)
      at org.jboss.ejb.client.EJBInvocationHandler.invoke(EJBInvocationHandler.java:124)
      at com.sun.proxy.$Proxy0.getX(Unknown Source)
      at com...ris.client.PACSServiceTest.main(PACSServiceTest.java:71)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The test remote bean <code>TestService</code> and its implementation is in an EAR.</p>
  
  <p>Server Classes:</p>
  
  <pre><code>@Remote
  public interface TestService {
  
      public int getX();
  
  }
  
  @Stateless
  @Remote(TestService.class)
  public class TestServiceBean implements TestService{
  
      @Override
      public int getX() {
          // TODO Auto-generated method stub
          return 1111;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Client code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>final Hashtable jndiProperties = new Hashtable();
  jndiProperties.put(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, "org.jboss.ejb.client.naming");
  jndiProperties.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory");
  jndiProperties.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"remote://localhost:4447");
  
  String jndiName = "ejb:orbis-dicom/orbis-dicom-business-impl//TestServiceBean!"
                    + TestService.class.getName();
  logger.info(jndiName);
  
  final Context context = new InitialContext(jndiProperties);
  TestService service = (TestService) context.lookup(jndiName);
  
  logger.info(service.getX());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><em>jboss-ejb-client.properties:</em></p>
  
  <pre><code>remote.connectionprovider.create.options.org.xnio.Options.SSL_ENABLED=false
  remote.connections=default
  remote.connection.default.host=localhost
  remote.connection.default.port =4447
  remote.connection.default.connect.options.org.xnio.Options.SASL_POLICY_NOANONYMOUS=false
  remote.connection.default.username=xx
  remote.connection.default.password=x
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><em>client dependencies:</em> </p>
  
  <pre><code>+- org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction:jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec:jar:1.
  nal:runtime
   +- org.jboss.spec.javax.ejb:jboss-ejb-api_3.1_spec:jar:1.0.2.Final:runtim
  
   +- org.jboss:jboss-ejb-client:jar:1.0.16.Final:runtime
   |  +- org.jboss.marshalling:jboss-marshalling:jar:1.3.16.GA:runtime (vers
  naged from 1.3.15.GA)
   |  \- org.jboss.logging:jboss-logging:jar:3.1.2.GA:runtime
   +- org.jboss.xnio:xnio-api:jar:3.0.7.GA:runtime
   +- org.jboss.xnio:xnio-nio:jar:3.0.7.GA:runtime
   +- org.jboss.remoting3:jboss-remoting:jar:3.2.14.GA:runtime
   +- org.jboss.sasl:jboss-sasl:jar:1.0.3.Final:runtime
   +- org.jboss.marshalling:jboss-marshalling-river:jar:1.3.16.GA:runtime
   +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-naming:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  +- org.jboss:jboss-remote-naming:jar:1.0.5.Final:provided
   |  +- org.jboss.msc:jboss-msc:jar:1.0.4.GA:provided
   |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-server:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-controller:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-controller-client:jar:7.2.0.Final:provi
  
   |  |  |  \- org.jboss:staxmapper:jar:1.1.0.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-domain-http-interface:jar:7.2.0.Final:prov
  
   |  |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-domain-management:jar:7.2.0.Final:provi
  
   |  |  |  |  \- org.jboss:jboss-common-core:jar:2.2.17.GA:provided
   |  |  |  \- org.jboss.com.sun.httpserver:httpserver:jar:1.0.1.Final:provi
  
   |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-deployment-repository:jar:7.2.0.Final:prov
  
   |  |  |  \- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-protocol:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-platform-mbean:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-process-controller:jar:7.2.0.Final:provide
  
   |  |  |  \- system:jdk-tools:jar:jdk:system
   |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-remoting:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  |  |  \- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-network:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-version:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss:jandex:jar:1.0.3.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss:jboss-dmr:jar:1.1.6.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.invocation:jboss-invocation:jar:1.1.1.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.logmanager:jboss-logmanager:jar:1.4.0.Final:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.logmanager:log4j-jboss-logmanager:jar:1.0.1.Final:prov
  
   |  |  +- org.jboss.modules:jboss-modules:jar:1.2.0.CR1:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.stdio:jboss-stdio:jar:1.0.1.GA:provided
   |  |  +- org.jboss.threads:jboss-threads:jar:2.1.0.Final:provided
   |  |  \- org.jboss:jboss-vfs:jar:3.1.0.Final:provided
   |  \- org.jboss.as:jboss-as-build-config:jar:7.2.0.Final:provided
   \- log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.16:compile
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any ideas? Thanks in advance!</p>