Looking up Managed ConnectionFactory by JNDI Resource-Ref

Question

Thank you in advance for your help...
I'm writing an Enterprise Java Bean using WebLogic Workshop that needs
to access a connection factory defined in a deployed Resource Adapter.
I'm trying to access the server managed connection factory through the
use of a resource-reference defined in the EJB file.
The resource ref is defined in the EJB header:
* @ejbgen:resource-ref
* sharing-scope="Shareable"
* auth = Container
* jndi-name = Target_7
* name = db/cf/Target
* type = javax.resource.cci.ConnectionFactory
* @ejbgen:session type="Stateless" default-transaction="NotSupported"
* ejb-name = "UberPhoneBook"
* @ejbgen:jndi-name
* remote = "ejb.UberPhoneBookRemoteHome"
* @ejbgen:file-generation remote-class = "true" remote-class-name =
"UberPhoneBookRemote" remote-home = "true" remote-home-name =
"UberPhoneBookHome" local-class = "false" local-class-name =
"UberPhoneBookLocal" local-home = "false" local-home-name =
"UberPhoneBookLocalHome"
And the lookup is done in the EJB code:
private void initialize() {
if( this.initialized ) return;
try {
// Lookup the ConnectionFactory we should be using
InitialContext initCntx = new InitialContext();
ConnectionFactory cf = (ConnectionFactory) initCntx.lookup(
"db/cf/Target" );
this.conn = (Connection) cf.getConnection();
this.initialized = true;
} catch( Exception e ) {
throw new EJBException(e);
But I'm running into problems. My lookup results in a Name Not Found
Exception, and I can't find my resource reference in the JNDI namespace.
I'm using the bean in a JSP page, and it is declared in the usebean tag.
Any ideas what my problem could be coming from?
Thanks,
Chris M.

Answer 1

          Hi!
          Did you deploy your rar file? Which jndi name has the connector?
          If you use a reference try "java:comp/env/" as prefix. Would be helpful if you
          cut the passage about the reference from your ejb-jar.xml and weblogic-ejb-jar.xml
          file and post it.
          CU
          Chris