[JNP] support for javax.naming.StateFactory/ObjectFactory

[mlueders]

I was just wondering if lack of support for these interfaces is intentional. As I understand the spec, I should be able to construct a context using an environment with the appropriate Context.STATE_FACTORIES/Context.OBJECT_FACTORIES values, and when I bind an object to the context, I would expect a call to my StateFactory's getStateToBind method, but I'm not seeing it. I looked at the jnp InitialContext implementation and the calls to NamingManager:getStateToBind/getObjectInstance just aren't there. Is this intentional or just an oversight? Or am I misunderstanding the spec? Thanks,

Mike

[starksm64]

It simply has not been implemented as its never been needed. Create a feature request here:
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS

If you have a patch to add the functionality that can be submitted there as well.

[mlueders]

Patch submitted.
http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBAS-64

While I was poking around NamingContext, I noticed a couple things. First, calls to NamingManager:getObjectInstance pass in the absolute name, rather than the name relative to the context. This seems contrary to the docs (http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/javax/naming/spi/NamingManager.html)

The name and nameCtx parameters may optionally be used to specify the name of the object being created. name is the name of the object, relative to context nameCtx.

Also, the createSubcontext method doesn't replicate the current context's environment on return. Is this intentional?

If these are just oversights, let me know and I'll post a patch; I'm just a little hesitant to go mucking around code I just started looking at.