binding to local name space at startup

[lent]

Hi,

I want to bind an object to local namespace at startup, similar to how datasources are bound to local namespace by specifying them in *ds.xml files. I know that it is possible to bind to the global namespace using JNDIBindingServiceMgr (in jboss-service.xml). Is it possible to bind to a local name in jboss-service.xml using some full path? For example, I want to be able to lookup java:jdbc/XXX in local namespace, is there some jndi-name I can specify in jboss-service.xml to bind to this? If not, can I achieve this through using a startup class or some other means?

Regards,
Len

[waynebaylor]

do you want to bind to the ENC (java:comp/env/jdbc/...) or to the JVM namespace (java:/...)?

[lent]

I want to bind to the ENC, i.e. the space from which EJBs typically look up datasources.

Thanks,
Len

[waynebaylor]

you can do two things:

@Resource
private DataSource ds;

or

ejb-jar.xml:
<resource-ref>
 <description>DataSource</description>
 <res-ref-name>jdbc/MyDS</res-ref-name>
 <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
 <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>

jboss.xml:
<resource-ref>
 <res-ref-name>jdbc/MyDS</res-ref-name>
 <jndi-name>java:/MyDS</jndi-name>
</resource-ref>

your EJB code:
Context ctx = new InitialContext();
DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("java:comp/env/jdbc/MyDS");

[lent]

Wayne, thanks for your response. Actually, I want to bind to java:/ namespace, which is where it looks like data sources configured using *-ds.xml files wind up. I can't configure it in a ds.xml file because it is a custom data source.

Thanks,
Len

[lent]

I looked at the JNDI View in jmx-console and I'm finding that I am able to bind to the java:/ namespace from the jboss-service.xml (using JNDIBindingServiceMgr mbean). But I guess I'm approaching this the wrong way since I am binding the custom data source object under the right jndi name thinking this was all that is required but in fact it also needs to be recognized as a DataSourceBinding service in order for the dependency from my EJB to the data source (in the persistence-unit definition) to be resolved.

Len