I have successfully bound a DataSource to the naming service:

[WrapperDataSourceService] Bound connection factory for resource adapter for ConnectionManager 'jboss.jca:name=MySqlDS,service=DataSourceBinding to JNDI name 'java:MySqlDS'

Objects deployed in the Application Server are able to look this up using:

 private String initialContextFactory = "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory";
 private String url = "localhost:1099";
 private String namingFactoryURLPackages = "org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces";

 env = new Properties();
 env.setProperty(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, initialContextFactory);
 env.setProperty(Context.PROVIDER_URL, url);
 env.setProperty(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, namingFactoryURLPackages);
 try {
 ctx = new InitialContext(env);
 Object o = ctx.lookup("java:MySqlDS");
 } catch (NamingException e) {
 //
 }
 }

I am now writing JUnit test cases; these objects are not deployed into the Application Server. When I use the same code to lookup java:MySqlDS I receive a NamingException. When I list all bindings, none are found.

It seems I'm missing something conceptually... based on what I know there should be no difference between objects deployed / outside the Application Server and how they interact with the naming service.

Thanks in advance.