Unble to access the JNDI server in J2EE 1.4 RI ...

Question

Hi,
the following code can be used to access the JNDI "server" included in the J2EE 1.3 RI, from a client placed at anywhere (you also must include the j2ee.jar in the classpath at runtime) :
Hashtable env = new Hashtable();
env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "com.sun.enterprise.naming.SerialInitContextFactory");
env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL,"serverhost:1098");          
Context ctx = new InitialContext(env);
The same does not happen with J2EE 1.4 RI.
1) Does anybody know how to configure the JNDI properties in order to access the JNDI server included in the J2EE 1.4 RI?
2) Also, what Jars do we need to include?
Thank you in advance,
Dani Mazzuca

Answer 1

Hi Dani,
The preferred way for a standalone java client to access EJBs in the J2EE SDK is to use
the no-arg InitialContext constructor : "new InitialContext()".
In addition, set the -Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort=<orb port> (default is 3700
but check domain.xml to verify) property when invoking the client VM.
Keep in mind the reason there are differences in the setup for these
clients is they are not portable. J2EE has a client component called
an Application Client that is portable. In an application client, your code
runs in a 1st-class J2EE container, so the container can take care of
connecting to the appropriate naming service.
--ken