Problem on INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY

[Gurpreet Saini]

Hi there,
I am using snippet :
public static Context getInitialContext() throws javax.naming.NamingException
{
Hashtable p = new Hashtable(5);
p.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory");
p.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "t3://localhost:7001");
return new javax.naming.InitialContext(p);
}
This code compiles but gives an error on runtime saying:
javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Cannot instantiate class: weblogic.jndi.
WLInitialContextFactory. Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: we
blogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory
Why it is not finding the class ?. Do I am writing something wrong ?. Please write me ?.
thank you,

[Aaron Mulder]

Are you running this from a server-side component or from a client application? If a client app, do you have the weblogic.jar from the server on your CLASSPATH?

[Gurpreet Saini]

Hi Aaron,
I am writing this from Client side application. No, Aaron I had not set the classpath of weblogic.jar with my application. I am using Win 2000 professional. And I am new to it could you please tell me how to set the classpath ?.
thank you, waiting for your reply.

[Aaron Mulder]

Well, if you're that new to this, you should probably be hanging out in some starter Java forums...
But to answer your question, either set your CLASSPATH environment variable before you kick off the client application:
Windows:
set CLASSPATH=c:\somewhere\weblogic.jar
Linux:
export CLASSPATH=/somewhere/weblogic.jar
Or pass in the -classpath argument when you run your client application (the following should be all on one line):
java -classpath c:\somewhere\weblogic.jar some.package.MyApp

[Gurpreet Saini]

Hello Mr Author,
There is third way also you can write the following command on your path :
D:\jar xf weblogic.jar
I bet if you engrave the above command in your book I am sure the cost of your book will increase by 100 and thousand dollars.