Thanks David, Worked like a charm! Guess G got a little more precise
after 1.1.1:) It's been wrong for the last year, G-1.1.1 must have been
more forgiving. I bet my definition in geronimo-web.xml was wrong.
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: JNDI Context Lookup Help
> From: David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, November 17, 2008 3:05 pm
> To: user@geronimo.apache.org
>
>
> Shouldn't your name be java:comp/env/web/ContentLocation (no slash
> before the comp)?
>
> thanks
> david jencks
>
> On Nov 17, 2008, at 11:57 AM, Mark Aufdencamp wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > It's been a while since I had to ask for help from the list, but I
> > hit a
> > snag migrating an application from G-1.1.1 to G-2.1.3. Specifically,
> > I'm having a problem with a JNDI context lookup inside a
> > ServletContextListener. I presume this is a problem with the move
> > to a
> > global JNDI namespace in G-1.2 and forward. I have had the same
> > result
> > in 1.2-beta and 2.1.3. The Documentation and Google have not helped
> > me
> > here.
> >
> > I'm looking up an <env-entry> defined in the web.xml:
> >
> > <env-entry>
> > <env-entry-name>web/ContentLocation</env-entry-name>
> > <env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
> > <env-entry-value>/SomeDirectoryHeirarchyName/</env-entry-value>
> > </env-entry>
> >
> >
> > Access code as follows:
> >
> > String contentLocation = null;
> > String contentLocationJNDIName = "java:/comp/env/web/ContentLocation";
> >
> > Context ctx = null;
> > boolean initialContextSuccess = false;
> > try {
> > ctx = new InitialContext();
> > initialContextSuccess = true;
> > } catch (NamingException namingException){
> > namingException.printStackTrace();
> > }
> >
> > if(initialContextSuccess){
> > try{
> > contentLocation = (String) ctx.lookup(contentLocationJNDIName);
> > } catch(NamingException namingException){
> > namingException.printStackTrace();
> > }
> > } else{
> > // Error Handling
> > }
> >
> >
> > The ctx.lookup() throws a javax.naming.NotContextException:
> > comp/env/web/ContentLocation.
> >
> > Do I need to define Properties for the InitialContext Factory, add
> > something to my geronimo-web.xml plan, or utilize a different JNDI
> > name?
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Mark Aufdencamp
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
