Hi, because of technical reasons I want to start a Realm class during run-time, thus I cannot just configure Realm via "<Realm...". When I try to start MemoryRealm I get a null pointer exception, because the container of Realm is not set. The application does work (because I catch the exception) but I would like to start Realm correctly.
What is wrong in my example? Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); Object realm_instance = envCtx.lookup("realm/RealmFactory"); log.info("Realm class: " + realm_instance.getClass().getName()); Realm rlm = (Realm)realm_instance; if (rlm instanceof Lifecycle) { try { // rlm.setContainer(...); Is that the problem???? ((Lifecycle) rlm).start(); } catch (Exception e) { log.error("LifecycleException (start): " + e.getMessage(), e); } Here is my web-application configuration file: <Context path="/cb" docBase="cb" debug="0" reloadable="true"> <Resources className="org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext" allowLinking="false" /> <Resource name="realm/RealmFactory" auth="Container" type="org.apache.catalina.realm.MemoryRealm"/> <ResourceParams name="realm/RealmFactory"> <parameter> <name>factory</name> <value>org.apache.naming.factory.BeanFactory</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>debug</name> <value>99</value> </parameter> <parameter> <name>pathname</name> <value>conf/tomcat-users.xml</value> </parameter> </ResourceParams> </Context> Zsolt Koppany Phone: +49-711-722 1874 -- Intland Software GmbH, Schulze-Delitzsch-Strasse 16 D-70565 Stuttgart, Germany Phone: +49-711-722 1873, e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +49-711-722 1835 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]