> Is hibernate initialized via a <listener> in web.xml, or where?
I don't know exactly how it is initialized. I use spring annotation configuration with a javax.servlet.ServletContainerInitializer but I don't know, if hibernate gets loaded immediately. Looking at the call stack, it seems that it gets initialized by a "ContextLoaderListener" in an event called "contextInitialized" that gets passed a javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent. So I would say yes, it gets initialized by a listener. > "path" attribute cannot be used in META-INF/context.xml file. Thanks for the hint. > The driver jar should be in one place, not both. They are just in $CATALINA_BASE/lib and not bundled with the webapp. > a) classloading for drivers was changed at some point, to allow them > in WEB-INF/lib This might be the cause - if resources get registered later to allow loading the driver before. > b) different versions of Tomcat 8 use different versions of Apache > Commons DBCP 2 pool Explicitly using factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory" in context.xml to use tomcat dbcp doesn't change the behavior. > The visible part of JNDI depends on > Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader() (aka TCCL). Any reason > why TCCL may be wrong? (You aren't providing the full stacktrace) The full stacktrace gets truncated by my IDE, because it is very long (the exception causes 3 other exceptions that get printed with complete stacktrace). I copied the thread dump at the statement directly after the exception got thrown: "RMI TCP Connection(4)-127.0.0.1@1847" daemon prio=5 tid=0x42 nid=NA runnable java.lang.Thread.State: RUNNABLE at org.hibernate.engine.jndi.internal.JndiServiceImpl.locate(JndiServiceImpl.java:117) at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.connections.internal.DatasourceConnectionProviderImpl.configure(DatasourceConnectionProviderImpl.java:115) at org.hibernate.boot.registry.internal.StandardServiceRegistryImpl.configureService(StandardServiceRegistryImpl.java:111) at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:234) at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:206) at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.JdbcServicesImpl.buildJdbcConnectionAccess(JdbcServicesImpl.java:260) at org.hibernate.engine.jdbc.internal.JdbcServicesImpl.configure(JdbcServicesImpl.java:94) at org.hibernate.boot.registry.internal.StandardServiceRegistryImpl.configureService(StandardServiceRegistryImpl.java:111) at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.initializeService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:234) at org.hibernate.service.internal.AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.getService(AbstractServiceRegistryImpl.java:206) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildTypeRegistrations(Configuration.java:1885) at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1843) at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl$4.perform(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:850) at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl$4.perform(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:843) at org.hibernate.boot.registry.classloading.internal.ClassLoaderServiceImpl.withTccl(ClassLoaderServiceImpl.java:397) at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:842) at org.hibernate.jpa.HibernatePersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistenceProvider.java:152) at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:67) at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:290) at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:310) at config.PersistenceConfig.entityManagerFactory(PersistenceConfig.java:35) at config.PersistenceConfig$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$57464d4c.CGLIB$entityManagerFactory$0(<generated>:-1) at config.PersistenceConfig$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$57464d4c$$FastClassByCGLIB$$58f7e9b4.invoke(<generated>:-1) at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invokeSuper(MethodProxy.java:228) at org.springframework.context.annotation.ConfigurationClassEnhancer$BeanMethodInterceptor.intercept(ConfigurationClassEnhancer.java:326) at config.PersistenceConfig$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$57464d4c.entityManagerFactory(<generated>:-1) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:-1) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.SimpleInstantiationStrategy.instantiate(SimpleInstantiationStrategy.java:166) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ConstructorResolver.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(ConstructorResolver.java:581) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.instantiateUsingFactoryMethod(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1094) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBeanInstance(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:989) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:504) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:475) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:304) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:228) - locked <0xec7> (a java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:300) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:195) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:700) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:760) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:482) - locked <0xec8> (a java.lang.Object) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:403) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:306) at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:106) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4737) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5159) - locked <0xe8d> (a org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:150) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:726) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:702) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:697) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.manageApp(HostConfig.java:1646) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:-1) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483) at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801) at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:463) at org.apache.catalina.mbeans.MBeanFactory.createStandardContext(MBeanFactory.java:413) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:-1) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483) at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:300) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:819) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxMBeanServer.java:801) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1466) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.access$300(RMIConnectionImpl.java:76) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl$PrivilegedOperation.run(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1307) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.doPrivilegedOperation(RMIConnectionImpl.java:1399) at javax.management.remote.rmi.RMIConnectionImpl.invoke(RMIConnectionImpl.java:828) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:-1) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483) at sun.rmi.server.UnicastServerRef.dispatch(UnicastServerRef.java:323) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:178) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport$1.run(Transport.java:175) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:-1) at sun.rmi.transport.Transport.serviceCall(Transport.java:174) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport.handleMessages(TCPTransport.java:557) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run0(TCPTransport.java:812) at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPTransport$ConnectionHandler.run(TCPTransport.java:671) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:744) > Maybe you can try debugging, with a breakpoint in org.apache.naming.* classes? I don't know where I should look. I started looking at the failing lookup() statement. org.apache.naming.java.javaURLContextFactory#getObjectInstance() calls ContextBindings.isThreadBound() and ContextBindings.isClassLoaderBound() - both return false. In tomcat 8.0.0-RC10 ContextBindings.isThreadBound() returns true and the name resolution succeeds. Maybe this directs to the cause of the problem. Regards, Christian --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org