EJB exception: Attempt to invoke when container is in Initializing

[Alessandro de Manzano]

Hi!

I'm trying to deploy my webapp to Payara 5.192 but I got this trap:

javax.ejb.EJBException: Attempt to invoke when container is in Initializing

during the deploy phase.

This is coming from an @ApplicationScope CDI bean where I simulate the "@Startup" of EJBs using this construct:

    public void cdiinit(@Observes @Initialized(ApplicationScoped.class) Object init)
    {
        LOG.info("fetstartup cdiinit");
    }

it also contains this @Postconstruct:

    @PostConstruct
    public void init()
    {
        LOG.info("fetstartup init");


        // carichiamo lo schema in DB
        loadSchemaInDB();


        LOG.info("fetstartup completed");
    }

the exceptions comes from the "loadschemainDb" because I try to use an EJB:

    @EJB
    private GeneralSettingsEJB generalSettingsEJB;

...
schema = generalSettingsEJB.getValueByKey(...
...

this machinery works fine with Wildfly 14+ , so I'ld know how to make it works on Payara 5 too.

many thanks!

Ale