Hi, Iam using Tomcat 5.5.9 and trying to define a bean resource and get an instance of the same inside a jsp thru JNDI lookup,Iam getting the following exception in the browser : ---------
javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot create resource instance org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.doHandlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:848) org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:781) org.apache.jsp.dates.dtest_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.dates.dtest_jsp:74) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:291) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) org.netbeans.modules.web.monitor.server.MonitorFilter.doFilter(MonitorFilter.java:362) root cause javax.naming.NamingException: Cannot create resource instance org.apache.naming.factory.ResourceEnvFactory.getObjectInstance(ResourceEnvFactory.java:99) javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getObjectInstance(NamingManager.java:304) org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:792) org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:139) org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:780) org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:152) org.apache.jsp.dates.dtest_jsp._jspService(org.apache.jsp.dates.dtest_jsp:57) org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:97) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:322) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:291) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) ------------- The entry in server.xml - <GlobalNamingResources> <!-- Test entry for demonstration purposes --> <Environment name="simpleValue" type="java.lang.Integer" value="30"/> <!-- Editable user database that can also be used by UserDatabaseRealm to authenticate users --> <Resource name="UserDatabase" auth="Container" type="org.apache.catalina.UserDatabase" description="User database that can be updated and saved" factory="org.apache.catalina.users.MemoryUserDatabaseFactory" pathname="conf/tomcat-users.xml" /> <Resource name="bean/MyBeanFactory" auth="Container" type="dates.PersonBean" factory="org.apache.naming.factory.BeanFactory" /> </GlobalNamingResources> -------- Entry in Web.xml <resource-env-ref> <description> Object factory for MyBean instances. </description> <resource-env-ref-name> bean/MyBeanFactory </resource-env-ref-name> <resource-env-ref-type> dates.PersonBean </resource-env-ref-type> </resource-env-ref> ---------- Code snippet inside JSP where lookup is done : Context initCtx = new InitialContext(); Context envCtx = (Context) initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env"); PersonBean pb = (PersonBean) envCtx.lookup("bean/MyBeanFactory"); --------- The bean class exists and I can create an instance directly but when I try to do it thru env lookup it throws the above exception. I also saw a bug registered for the same but it was marked as resolved can anyone please tell me whats wrong with this setting. Thanks in advance. -Sameer --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.