I have got it working, since the server is not started yet, none of the
underlying infrastructure is available in the realm class constructor.
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> On 11 Oct 2014, at 22:37, Meeraj Kunnumpurath <mee...@servicesymphony.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have some specific requirements for security and I have been trying to
> right a custom realm, that reads information from the database.
>
> 1. I have added a datasource in the global naming resources section in the
> server.xml
> 2. I have packaged the realm class in a JAR file and copied it the server lib
> 3. I have included a context.xml in the WAR META-INF, that declares the realm
> from (2)
>
> In the constructor of the realm class, I try to look up the datasource,
>
> 1. If I use new InitialContext().lookup, I get a name not found exception.
> 2. If I try to get the global naming context, by calling getServer from
> RealBase, getServer returns a null reference.
>
> This is the entry in server.xml
>
> <Resource name="MyDS"
> auth="Container"
> type="javax.sql.DataSource"
> driverClassName="oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver"
> factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory"
> url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@10.211.55.7:1521:xe"
> username="meeraj"
> password="password"
> maxTotal="20"
> maxIdle="10"
> maxWaitMillis="-1"
> accessToUnderlyingConnectionAllowed="true"/>
>
> This is the entry in the context.xml
>
> <Realm className="com.ss.security.provider.DatabaseRealm" digest="SHA1"/>
>
> This is the constructor of the Realm class
>
> public DatabaseRealm() throws NamingException {
> Context context = null;
> try {
> context = new InitialContext();
> template = new SimpleJdbcTemplate((DataSource)
> context.lookup("MyDS"));
> } finally {
> if (context != null) context.close();
> }
> }
>
> Any pointers will be highly appreciated.
>
> Many thanks
>
> --
> Meeraj Kunnumpurath
> Director and Executive Principal
> Service Symphony Ltd
> 00 44 7702 693597
> mee...@servicesymphony.com
