> > InitialContext ctx;
> >
> > ctx = new InitialContext();
> > myVar = ctx.lookup( "java:/comp/env/my-var" );
>
> Actually, according to the spec. that should be "java:comp/env/my-var".
> Which is a bit weird IMHO. Why use relative names ("java:comp/env")
> instead of an absolute name ("java:/comp/env"). It doesn't really make
> sense to have relative ones I think. Also, if the namespace is flat,
> then the one that is (IMHO) intuitively right, i.e. "java:/comp/env",
> will fail on lookup.
I would venture the thought that went into that was as follows; the
'java:' prefix actually specifies a Context, and the path is relative
to that context.
tim.
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