Remote Connection to IFS

Question

I am currently trying to find a way to connect to IFS remotely and obtain a LibrarySession.
So far I have a 9i client installed and I have a file called service.properties (altered copy of IfsDefault.properties) in an identical file structure to that of the IFS server ('D:\oracle\ora90\9ifs\settings\oracle\ifs\server\properties').
I have altered the service.properties to include the following lines.
IFS.SERVICE.JDBC.Schema=myschema
IFS.SERVICE.JDBC.User=myuser
IFS.SERVICE.JDBC.CredentialManagerIfsSchema=myCredentialManager
IFS.SERVICE.JDBC.DatabaseUrl=jdbc:oracle:oci8:@myDbUrl
My problem is when I try to run the follwing code to connect to the LibraryService.
public LibraryService startService()
String serviceName = getServiceName();
String schemaPassword = getSchemaPassword();
LibraryService service = null;
try
service = LibraryService.findService(serviceName);
catch (Throwable e)
e.printStackTrace();
return service;
All this returns is:
oracle.ifs.common.IfsException: IFS-20100: Unable to find service (IfsDefault)
oracle.ifs.common.IfsException: IFS-20120: Invalid service name (serviceName)
     at oracle.ifs.server.S_LibraryService.findService(S_LibraryService.java:1328)
Can anybody help, as the documentation is a little light on this topic.
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Answer 1

First off, what does your getServiceName() method return? It looks like it's returning "IfsDefault" which is bad, since your service configuration file is called "service.properties". (Meaning, the service name would be "service".)
Secondly, when you start up a new application (in a standalone JVM), you're not going to have any running LibraryService instances. So of course, LibraryService.findService is not going to find your service. So here's how you can obtain a connected LibrarySession to a 9iFS LibraryService:
public LibrarySession getLibrarySession( String username,
String password,
String service,
String schemaPassword )
throws IfsException
CleartextCredential cc =
new CleartextCredential(username, password);
ConnectOptions co = new ConnectOptions();
if( LibraryService.isServiceStarted(service) )
return LibraryService.findService(service).connect(cc, co);
else
return LibraryService.startService(
service, schemaPassword ).connect(cc, co);
}