On 30/09/2016 13:20, Chinoy Gupta wrote: > Hi Mark, > > This is my stacktrace: > > ResourceLinkFactory.validateGlobalResourceAccess(String) line: 109 > ResourceLinkFactory.getObjectInstance(Object, Name, Context, > Hashtable<?,?>) line: 142 > NamingManager.getObjectInstance(Object, Name, Context, Hashtable<?,?>) > line: 321 > NamingContext.lookup(Name, boolean) line: 847 > NamingContext.lookup(Name) line: 158 > NamingContext.lookup(Name, boolean) line: 835 > NamingContext.lookup(Name) line: 158 > NamingContext.lookup(Name, boolean) line: 835 > NamingContext.lookup(String) line: 172 > > validateGlobalResourceAccess function returns false and then > getObjectInstance returns NULL.
You haven't defined a ResourceLink. Mark > > Regards, > Chinoy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 5:28 PM > To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Unable to access Global JNDI Resource > > On 30/09/2016 12:50, Chinoy Gupta wrote: >> I am getting NULL instead of the resource's value. I debugged the >> tomcat code and figured out that in ResourceLinkFactory.java, before >> fetching the resource there is a validation based on current >> classloader. That validation fails and tomcat returns NULL. > > The above statement is not correct. If the class loader based validation > fails, Tomcat throws an exception. It does not return null. > > Mark > >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Mark Thomas [mailto:ma...@apache.org] >> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2016 4:11 PM >> To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Subject: Re: Unable to >> access Global JNDI Resource >> >> On 30/09/2016 11:30, Chinoy Gupta wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a web application which runs on tomcat. In server.xml, I >>> provide some resources under "<GlobalNamingResources> section" and >>> then provide a ResourceLink to the same in context.xml. And then I >>> fetch that resource in my application. This was working properly >>> earlier but started breaking with 8.0.37. >> >> Define breaking. Ideally with a stack trace. >> >> Mark >> >> >>> I think the reason is the extra validation check introduced in >>> ResourceLinkFactory class. My application has its own classloader and >>> when I try to fetch the JNDI resource, the Thread's classloader is my >>> custom one rather than the default one. Because of that validation >>> fails and tomcat returns NULL. Is there a way to fix this through >>> configuration or any other means? >>> >>> Regards, Chinoy >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org