Hi, I think I have run into a bug with tomcat, but wanted to check with the user list to make sure it is a bug before I file it.
Background: I am using the tomact jdbc pool over the dbcp pool and I am embedding tomcat as part of an application that clients install on their data centers. 1) delete the lib\tomcat-dbcp.jar from the tomcat\lib 2) Configure a jdbc connection pool in server.xml in the GlobalNamingResource <GlobalNamingResources> <Resource factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory" auth="Container" type="javax.sql.DataSource" jdbcInterceptors="StatementFinalizer;ResetAbandonedTimer" name="jdbc/testDB" driverClassName="org.postgresql.Driver" url="jdbc:postgresql://127.0.0.1:5432/tes" username="test" password="test" maxActive="20" maxIdle="10" maxWait="-1" /> </GlobalNamingResources> 3) Add a resource ref to the web.xml <resource-ref> <description>Test Datasource</description> <res-ref-name>jdbc/testDB</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <res-auth>Container</res-auth> </resource-ref> 4) do an a lookup for the data source try { InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); Object object = ctx.lookup("java:/comp/env/jdbc/testDB"); System.out.println(object.getClass().getCanonicalName()); } catch (NamingException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } 5) Tomcat throws an exception java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory full stack trace below. It is not clear why it would be looking for dbcp DataSource when i have my data source defined using factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory" Interestingly if the resource is defined in context.xml in META-INF for the war there are no exceptions it just works. Any thoughts on whether this is a bug or not? Cheers, ---- NFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/7.0.26 Mar 4, 2012 10:09:29 AM org.apache.catalina.core.NamingContextListener addResource WARNING: Failed to register in JMX: javax.naming.NamingException: Could not create resource factory instance [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory] Mar 4, 2012 10:09:29 AM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol start INFO: Starting ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8080"] Mar 4, 2012 10:09:29 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start INFO: Server startup in 852 ms javax.naming.NamingException: Could not create resource factory instance [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory] at org.apache.naming.factory.ResourceFactory.getObjectInstance(ResourceFactory.java:121) at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getObjectInstance(NamingManager.java:304) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:843) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:154) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:831) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:154) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:831) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:154) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:831) at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:168) at org.apache.naming.SelectorContext.lookup(SelectorContext.java:158) at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:392) at com.example.HelloServlet.doGet(HelloServlet.java:34) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407) at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:579) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:307) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSourceFactory at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169) at org.apache.naming.factory.ResourceFactory.getObjectInstance(ResourceFactory.java:117) ... 30 more --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org