javax.naming.NoInitialContextException although jndi.properties in classpath

[Pasquale Imbemba]

Hi, I'm trying to read the JNDI contents of my JBoss AS 6 running on localhost.

I have a jndi.properties on the root of my JavaProject. The project has uses a user library where it points to the necessary JBoss jars.
This project has just the following class:

public static void main(String[] args) throws NamingException {
		Context ctx = new InitialContext();
		System.out.println("\nJNDI-Context-Listing:\n");
		showJndiContext(ctx, "", "");
		ctx.close();

	}

public static void showJndiContext(Context ctx, String name, String space) {
		if (null == name)
			name = "";
		if (null == space)
			space = "";
		try {
			NamingEnumeration<NameClassPair> en = ctx.list(name);
			while (en != null && en.hasMoreElements()) {
				String delim = (name.length() > 0) ? "/" : "";
				NameClassPair ncp = en.next();
				System.out.println(space + name + delim + ncp);
				if (space.length() < 40)
					showJndiContext(ctx, ncp.getName(), "    " + space);
			}
		} catch (javax.naming.NamingException ex) {
			ex.printStackTrace();
		}

	}

When I do run this as Java Application (under eclipse), I get the exception:
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

I've checked the Run configuration for this project. The classpath tab contains the project itself under UserEntries - that makes me think that the jndi.properties at the project's root should be resolved.

How do I get jndi.properties file config to work?

Thanks in advance!

[Pasquale Imbemba]

Solution: The jndi.properties go into the root of the src folder.