NoInitialContextException In EJB3.0with JBOSS

Hi,
I am working in ejb3.0 and Jboss4.X .
I ahve creatde and deployes a stateful session bean in Jboss Server.
Below is my client code to access the delpoyed Session Bean:

/*
 * JBoss, Home of Professional Open Source.
 * Copyright 2006, Red Hat Middleware LLC, and individual contributors
 * as indicated by the @author tags. See the copyright.txt file in the
 * distribution for a full listing of individual contributors.
 *
 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of
 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 * License along with this software; if not, write to the Free
 * Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
 * 02110-1301 USA, or see the FSF site: <a href="http://www.fsf.org." target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.fsf.org.</a>
 */
package org.jboss.tutorial.entity.client;
 
import org.jboss.tutorial.entity.bean.LineItem;
import org.jboss.tutorial.entity.bean.Order;
import org.jboss.tutorial.entity.bean.ShoppingCart;
 
import javax.naming.InitialContext;
 
/**
 * Comment
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:bill@jboss.org">Bill Burke</a>
 * @version $Revision: 57207 $
 */
public class Client {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
ShoppingCart cart = (ShoppingCart) ctx.lookup("ShoppingCartBean/remote");
cart.buy("Memory stick", 2, 500.00);
cart.buy("Laptop", 1, 2000.00);
Order order = cart.getOrder();
for (LineItem item : order.getLineItems()) {
System.out.println(item.getQuantity() + "     " + item.getProduct()
+ "     " + item.getSubtotal());
}
System.out.println("Checkout");
cart.checkout();
}
}

But I am getting an error :

Exception in thread "main" javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file: java.naming.factory.initial
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:645)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:247)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:284)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:351)
at org.jboss.tutorial.entity.client.Client.main(Client.java:40)

At my JMX-console I can see the entry like,under
Global JNDI Namespace:

Please let me know where I am missing the thing

Here's what you have to do

Pai,the solution there is given as:
Place a jndi.properties file in your classpath.
So i did already,but still getting the same exception.

How exactly did you place it in the classpath?

First thing is that the jndi.properties file is at my root folder of project.
I have put placed that file inside jre/lib ,as its took that properties file from there
Could you please suggest me the steps to put the jndi.properties file in the classpath

What command do you use to run the client class. That will help us to provide you more inputs on how to add that file to the classpath.

I am running the client code(standalone application)using eclipse, by right clicking on that java file.

Move the jndi.properties file to the source folder. For example, if your Java source files are located in "src", move it to "src". If they are located in "src/main/java", move it to "src/main/java". The other option is to place it in a separate resource folder and make that folder a source folder in Eclipse. For example, my properties files are located at "src/main/resources".

I did the same ,put my jndi.properties inside my src folder where my other java files resides,but it is still not reading that file.

Hi,

Was wondering if you managed to resolve your issue. I'm still baffled by this.

Vp