[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] (WFLY-2896) Cannot obtain DataSource using JNDI Name lookup

[David Lloyd (JIRA)]

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David Lloyd commented on WFLY-2896:
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You might want to ask that question on the user forum.  The first question you will be asked though is: where are you doing this lookup?  (e.g. in an EJB or servlet or ...)
                
> Cannot obtain DataSource using JNDI Name lookup
> -----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: WFLY-2896
>                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-2896
>             Project: WildFly
>          Issue Type: Bug
>      Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) 
>          Components: Naming
>    Affects Versions: 8.0.0.Final
>            Reporter: Igor Shulika
>            Assignee: David Lloyd
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: 8.0.0.Final
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm having a problem to obtain DataSource using JNDI Name lookup.
> Please see my code and error below:
>       Connection connection = null;
>       DataSource dataSource = null;
>       try {
>         final Context initContext = new InitialContext();
>         dataSource = (DataSource)  initContext.lookup("java:/MyDataSource");
>         connection = dataSource.getConnection();
>       } catch (Exception e) {
>          LOGGER.error(e);
>       }
> Caused by: javax.naming.NamingException: JBAS011832: Could not dereference object [Root exception is java.lang.NullPointerException]
>         at org.jboss.as.naming.NamingContext.getObjectInstance(NamingContext.java:526)
>         at org.jboss.as.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:236)
>         at org.jboss.as.naming.InitialContext$DefaultInitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:233)
>         at org.jboss.as.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:188)
>         at org.jboss.as.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:184)
>         at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:411) [rt.jar:1.7.0_45]
>         at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:411) [rt.jar:1.7.0_45]
>         ... 10 more
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at org.jboss.as.naming.NamingContext.getObjectInstance(NamingContext.java:522)
>         ... 17 more

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