Example usage for javax.naming InitialContext lookup

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for javax.naming InitialContext lookup.

Prototype

public Object lookup(Name name) throws NamingException

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Usage

From source file:com.portfolio.data.provider.MysqlAdminProvider.java

@Override
public void connect(Properties connectionProperties) throws Exception {

    InitialContext cxt = new InitialContext();
    if (cxt == null) {
        throw new Exception("no context found!");
    }/* ww w  .j a  va  2 s  .co m*/

    DataSource ds = (DataSource) cxt.lookup("java:/comp/env/jdbc/portfolio-backend");

    if (ds == null) {
        throw new Exception("Data  jdbc/portfolio-backend source not found!");
    }
    connection = ds.getConnection();

}