Naming subsystem <lookup> could use LinkRef/Reference ----------------------------------------------------- Key: AS7-6121 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-6121 Project: Application Server 7 Issue Type: Feature Request Components: Naming Affects Versions: 7.1.3.Final (EAP) Reporter: James Livingston Assignee: Eduardo Martins Fix For: 7.2.0.Alpha1 NameBindingAdd.installLookup() sets up the machinery so that when Context.lookup() is done it looks up the redirected name and returns it. It should be possible to do that by binding a LinkRef, Reference or similar object into JNDI instead. Where this could make a difference is when Context.lookupLink() is called instead. Currently if you have <simple name="java:/v" value="hello"/> <lookup name="java:/a" lookup="java:/b"/> lookupLink("java:/a") will return "hello" rather a LinkRef/Reference/whatever pointing to java:/b. We need to decide whether a <lookup> should be considered a "link" for the purposes of lookup() or not. If it should be considered one, then we should change NameBindingAdd.installLookup() to make lookupLink() return the other value.