[jboss-user] [JNDI and Naming] - Re: JNDI Lookup fails in JBoss AS 7 [java.naming.CommunicationException]

abiya [http://community.jboss.org/people/abiya] created the discussion "Re: JNDI Lookup fails in JBoss AS 7 [java.naming.CommunicationException]" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/638860#638860 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi Koushik, I was trying to access in the init method of startupservlet **public **class** StartupServlet *extends* HttpServlet ** { // Initializing Logger. //private static MLogger s_logger = new MLogger(ServeImagesServlet.class); /** * init method */ **public** **void** init(ServletConfig a_config) **throws** ServletException { **super**.init(a_config); System.++out++.println("StartupServlet.init() called."); **try** { InitialContext ctx = **new** InitialContext(); DataSource ds = (javax.sql.DataSource) ctx.lookup("java:jboss/datasources/Test"); System.++out++.println("context info in StratupServlet init method...." +ds); } **catch**(NamingException e) { // **TODO** Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } And I get the following error, 17:58:09,306 ERROR [stderr] (MSC service thread 1-2) javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: java:jboss/datasources/Test 17:58:09,306 ERROR [stderr] (MSC service thread 1-2)  at org.jboss.as.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:55) 17:58:09,306 ERROR [stderr] (MSC service thread 1-2)  at org.jboss.as.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:209) 17:58:09,306 ERROR [stderr] (MSC service thread 1-2)  at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source) 17:58:09,306 ERROR [stderr] (MSC service thread 1-2)  at com.common.web.servlet.StartupServlet.init(StartupServlet.java:40)  I get similar error when I try to access from init method of filter as well. I have another basic question, suppose I invoke a method in utility class from servlet.... will I be able to get the initialcontext using InitialContext ctx = **new** InitialContext(); in the utility class? Thanks, Abiya -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/638860#638860] Start a new discussion in JNDI and Naming at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]