Hi all,

I have a portlet where i need a database connection. I am using MS SQL Server 2005 and i have created data source configuration in portal-sqlserver-ds.xml. I have created jboss-service.xml in META-INF folder of my portlet and in this jboss-service.xml i have created the session factory for the data source as follows

<mbean
 code="org.jboss.portal.jems.hibernate.SessionFactoryBinder"
 name="portal:service=Hibernate,type=Srinivas"
 xmbean-dd=""
 xmbean-code="org.jboss.portal.jems.as.system.JBossServiceModelMBean">
 <xmbean/>
 <depends>jboss.jca:service=DataSourceBinding,name=PortalDS</depends>
 <attribute name="DoChecking">true</attribute>
 <attribute name="ConfigLocation">conf/hibernate/srinivas/hibernate.cfg.xml</attribute>
 <attribute name="JNDIName">java:/portal/SrinivasSessionFactory</attribute>
 </mbean>

Now in my code when i access the sessionfactory using following lines of code

try {
 SessionFactory mySessionFactory = (SessionFactory) new InitialContext()
 .lookup("java:/portal/SrinivasSessionFactory");

 } catch (Throwable ex) {
 System.out.println("------> Error while creating session factory --> " + ex.getMessage());
 ex.getStackTrace();
 }

am getting an exception.

SrinivasSessionFactory not bound

However if when i create the mbean in jboss-service.xml which is in server\default\deploy\jboss-portal.sar\META-INF directory, there is no exception which means that the mbean is created in this case.


Now i feel each portlet must be independent enough to carry its database connectivity details. So i want to keep the mbean (of sessionFactory) definition in my portlet rather than jboss-portal.sar.

So can any one tell me how can i achieve this goal of keeping this mbean definition in my portlet than jboss-portal.sar.


Also can i keep the data source details (which are kept in portal-sqlserver-ds.xml) in my portlet ?



my environment is as follows



Thanks in advance,
srinivas prabhu