Throws NoInitialContextException when narrows EJBObject from

[gnokit]

HelloHome home = (HelloHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(ref, HelloHome.class);
Hello hello = home.create();

Handle handle = hello.getHandle();
Hello hello2 = (Hello) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(handle.getEJBObject(), Hello.class);

It throws

java.rmi.ServerException: Could not get EJBObject; nested exception is:
javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.handle.StatelessHandleImpl.getEJBObject(StatelessHandleImpl.java:83)
at tutorial.client.HelloClient.main(HelloClient.java:42)
Caused by: javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:645)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:247)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:284)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)
at org.jboss.proxy.ejb.handle.StatelessHandleImpl.getEJBObject(StatelessHandleImpl.java:76)
... 1 more


However, does the Handle already containing the lookup and JNDI information? why i still get this Exception? how can i fix it?

[jaikiran]

You need to have a jndi.properties file in your application classpath. This file would contain the following in it:

java.naming.factory.initial=org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory
java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces
java.naming.provider.url=jnp://localhost:1099