dan benanav wrote:
>
> All I was asking about is what would happen if I create a new thread from within a
>bean method and
> then get an InitialContext in the same way that I would from a client thread. I was
>wondering why
> that wouldn't work.
It doesn't matter if the properties passed to the InitialContext are the
same as in some client program. It wouldn't work in cases where the
InitialContext behaves differently when used within a server environment.
> dan
>
> Evan Ireland wrote:
>
> > dan benanav wrote:
> > >
> > > > The specification is written in such a way as to allow server/container
> > > > vendors to attach arbitrary container-stuff as thread-local data in
> > > > container-managed threads. Any attempt to use the server's EJB infrastructure
> > > > from within a user-managed thread may result in the server attempting to locate
> > > > the container-stuff for the invoking thread, even if that thread is acting only
> > > > as a client to other beans. User-managed threads don't have any
>container-stuff,
> > > > thereby it might not work.
> > >
> > > So suppose from the main thread I create a new thread and do the above. (Get the
> > > InitialContext, etc.). Such a thread doesn't have any container-stuff either.
>So how does that
> > > work?
> >
> > Which "main thread" are you referring to?
> >
> > Anyway, assuming you meant the "main thread" in your client which is my best
> > guess at your intended meaning, the container-stuff I refer to is not
> > necessarily required for client threads. It all depends on the vendor
> > implementation. With Sybase EAServer, there is container-stuff that is only
> > required on the server side, and we now provide a thread management API for
> > use by components that require it.
> > ________________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Evan Ireland Sybase EA Server Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Wellington - New Zealand +64 4 934-5856
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