datasource jndi cast error

[Joseph Siao]

I need help. I am using websphere 5, and MySQL as my database. I created a datasource in my websphere server test environment. I create a simple java application to lookup the datasource.
Here is my code :
public static void main(String arg[]){
try{
InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext();
DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("jdbc/ds1");
System.out.println("Finished");
}catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
An error is occuring on DataSource cast. I dont know why..
Here is the error :
java.lang.ClassCastException: javax.naming.Reference
at ds.test.DsTestMain.main(DsTestMain.java:37)
Hope someone can help me.

[Manish Pawar]

There are two possible reasons for above, which i cn think of at present..
- either the lookup is not happening.
For this run - (WAS_Install_Root)/AppServer/bin/dumpNameSpace - to check whether the name -"jdbc/ds1" exist or not. If it doesn't, the name has not yet been 'configured' yet since u hv created the datasource. Check the configurations for datasource, if they are all right, restart the websphere for changes to take effect.
- or the casting is improper.

One possible solution is to narrow down the object first and then use casting. (Use PortableRemoteObject.narrow )

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