Why does naming lookup return javax.naming.Reference?

jasonb2 Jan 7, 2003 4:37 PM

Under what conditions will NamingContext.lookup() return a javax.naming.Reference?

I have code that subscribes to multiple topics using NamingContext.lookup("topic/topicName"). The first couple of lookups return SpyTopic objects as expected. The third one returns a javax.naming.Reference, and I can't figure out why, as all three lookups use the same code.

If it helps, it only started happening when I began using JRE 1.4.1 instead of JRE 1.3.1.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Jason