"jAVA:env/comp" JNDI lookups in Websphere 6.0.1

hi,

Do you make these lookups from inside your web application ?

If you want to create environment entries in your web application and acces to them from your java code :
déclaration for your variable in the web.xml file :
<env-entry>
<description>welcome message</description>
<env-entry-name>greetings</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
<env-entry-value>Welcome to the Inventory Control System</env-entry-value>
</env-entry>

java code :
javax.naming.Context ctx =
new javax.naming.InitialContext();
javax.naming.Context env =
ctx.lookup("java:comp/env");

// obtain the greetings message
//configured by the deployer
String str = (String) env.lookup("greetings");

2. If you want to obtain a reference to your ejb via an "indirection" use this :
in the web.xml :
<ejb-ref id="EjbRef_02">
   <ejb-ref-name>ejb/DualEntityRemoteHome</ejb-ref-name>
   <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
   <home>dual.ejb.DualEntityRemoteHome</home>
   <remote>dual.ejb.DualEntityRemote</remote>
   <ejb-link>DualEJBModule01.jar#DualEntity</ejb-link>
</ejb-ref>
<ejb-local-ref id="EJBLocalRef_02">
   <ejb-ref-name>ejb/DualEntityLocalHome</ejb-ref-name>
   <ejb-ref-type>Entity</ejb-ref-type>
   <local-home>dual.ejb.DualEntityLocalHome</local-home>
   <local>dual.ejb.DualEntityLocal</local>
   <ejb-link>DualEJBModule01.jar#DualEntity</ejb-link>
</ejb-local-ref>

the lookup :
DualEntityLocalHome homeObject = (DualEntityLocalHome)initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/DualEntityLocalHome");
or
DualEntityRemoteHome homeObject = (DualEntityRemoteHome)initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/DualEntityRemoteHome");


Emmanuel

Hi Emmanuel,
Thanks for your reply.
I am doing what you just mentioned above but my question is i am not able to do lookups using "java:comp/env" .websphere complains about java not being set. example that you have given
DualEntityLocalHome homeObject = (DualEntityLocalHome)initCtx.lookup("java:comp/env/ejb/DualEntityLocalHome"); fails but if i do the samething in the following manner.
DualEntityLocalHome homeObject = (DualEntityLocalHome)initCtx.lookup("ejb/DualEntityLocalHome"); it succeeds.that means i can't do the following
javax.naming.Context env =
ctx.lookup("java:comp/env");
So the question is if websphere by default cannot lookup  "java:comp/env" what setting does the server require or in other words how do i configure it.

I hope you will be able to shed light on this issue.

Cheers
Amit Sood