Getting Cannot resolve reference Local ejb-ref not implementing parent interface

Question

I'm trying to figure out why I need to implement both of these interfaces in order to avoid deployment issues.

Java Code

ExamplePlanAssembler.java

@Local
public interface ExamplePlanAssembler {
   ExamplePlan toBO(ExamplePlanEntity entity);
}

ExtendedExamplePlanAssembler.java

@Local
public interface ExtendedExamplePlanAssembler 
extends ExamplePlanAssembler{
   ExtExamplePlan toBO(ExamplePlanEntity entity, ExtExamplePlanEntity extEntity);
}

ExtendedExamplePlanAssemblerImpl.java

@Stateless
public class ExtendedExamplePlanAssemblerImpl 
implements ExtendedExamplePlanAssembler {
   /* Method impls removed */
}

ExamplePlanServiceImpl.java

@Stateless
public class ExamplePlanServiceImpl 
implements ExamplePlanService {
   private ExamplePlanAssembler examplePlanAssembler ;
   @EJB
   public void setAssembler(ExamplePlanAssembler examplePlanAssembler) {
       this.examplePlanAssembler = examplePlanAssembler;
    }
}

Deployment Error

[#|.507-0500|SEVERE|gf3.1.2|javax.enterprise.system.tools.deployment.org.glassfish.deployment.common
|_ThreadID=83;_ThreadName=Thread-7;|Cannot resolve reference Local ejb-ref name=
com.myco.services.business.ExampleServiceImpl/examplePlanAssembler,Local 3.x interface =
com.myco.services.assembly.ExamplePlanAssembler,ejb-link=null,lookup=,mappedName=,jndi-name=,refType=Session|#]

[#|.508-0500|SEVERE|gf3.1.2|javax.enterprise.system.core.com.sun.enterprise.v3.server
|_ThreadID=83;_ThreadName=Thread-7;|Exception while deploying the app [mycoservicesear]|#]

[#|.508-0500|SEVERE|gf3.1.2|javax.enterprise.system.core.com.sun.enterprise.v3.server
|_ThreadID=83;_ThreadName=Thread-7;|Cannot resolve reference Local ejb-ref name=
com.myco.services.business.ExampleServiceImpl/examplePlanAssembler,Local 3.x interface =
com.myco.services.assembly.ExamplePlanAssembler,ejb-link=null,lookup=,mappedName=,jndi-name=,refType=Session
java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot resolve reference Local ejb-ref name=
com.myco.services.business.ExampleServiceImpl/examplePlanAssembler,Local 3.x interface =
com.myco.services.assembly.ExamplePlanAssembler,ejb-link=null,lookup=,mappedName=,jndi-name=,refType=Session


[#|.516-0500|SEVERE|gf3.1.2|javax...gf.deployment.admin
|_ThreadID=83;_ThreadName=Thread-7;|Exception while deploying the app [mycoservicesear] : Cannot resolve reference Local ejb-ref name=
com.myco.services.business.ExampleServiceImpl/examplePlanAssembler,Local 3.x interface =
com.myco.services.assembly.ExamplePlanAssembler,ejb-link=null,lookup=,mappedName=,jndi-name=,refType=Session|#]

The Fix?!

If I change my interface impl to implement not only the ExtendedExamplePlanAssembler interface, but also the parent ExamplePlanAssembler interface, my deployment error disappears.

ExtendedExamplePlanAssemblerImpl.java (v2)

@Stateless
public class ExtendedExamplePlanAssemblerImpl 
implements ExtendedExamplePlanAssembler,  ExamplePlanAssembler{
   /* Method impls removed */
}

The Question

Why does adding the parent interface to my implements declaration resolve deployment issues?

Solution

EJB Spec says so,

As an example, the client views exposed by a particular session bean are not inherited by a subclass that also happens to define a session bean.

@Stateless
public class A implements Foo { ... }
@Stateless
public class B extends A implements Bar { ... }

Assuming Foo and Bar are local business interfaces and there is no associated deployment descriptor, session bean A exposes local business interface Foo and session bean B exposes local business interface Bar, but not Foo.

Reference here. Section 4.9.2.1 of EJB3.1 Spec

Comments

[Snekse]

Your reference link didn't really point to something directly that supports your claim. I'll leave this open for a couple of days. If no one provides a better answer or you can provide a deep link to the exact wording in the spec, I'll award the answer to you.

[Maddy]

well the above text is copy of ejb 3.1 spec. search for the text...may be searc afain:-)

[Snekse]

Thanks. This link also helped a bit. weblogs.java.net/blog/sekhar/archive/2009/02/…

[Snekse]

However.... the examples given don't really cover my case. The examples are of class inheritance with each class specifying a different interface. In my example, I have Interface inheritance with the class implementing the child interface. Minor difference.