Please don't cross-post to both TOMCAT-DEV and TOMCAT-USER (especially on a question like this, which is more user oriented).
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Luca Zago wrote: > Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 20:19:18 +0200 > From: Luca Zago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: JNDI Initial Context, outside webapp > > Hi, > I noticed that is pratically impossible to retrieve a JNDI resource > outside a webapp.If I need to access my resourse in some classes > istantiated outside a single webapp, I always get an exception. > > Name jdbc/myDS is not bound in this Context > This is by design -- webapps are supposed to be designed to be self-contained. > I read the docs. If I understand well, the initialContext is read-only, > (for this reason I cannot published a resource there), then the only > context available is "java:comp/env", available only insdie a webapp. > I think that a solution could be: since initialContext for sure is > initialized before webapps, if I can publish a resource there, then I > can access this resource outside a webapp. have I understood well, is it > so impossible to publish in the initialContext, like in other > Application servers? > is there a way to access a JNDI resource outside a webapp? > or is it a limitation of the JNDI implementation in Tomcat? > > Thank you in advance for suggestions or explanation. > If you're using Tomcat 4.1, one strategy would be to define your shared data source in the <GlobalJNDIResources> section of server.xml, and create a <ResourceLink> for each webapp that needs access to that data source. http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-4.1-doc/jndi-resources-howto.html > > -- > Luca Zago > Senior IT Developer Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
