[Springframework-developer] AbstractJndiLocator should not assume java:comp/env prefix while not allowing others

[Colin S. <col...@ex...>]

AbstractJndiLocator right now looks at the jndi name it is given, and if 
it doesn't start with
   java:comp/env
prepends this value automatically. This behaviour is not correct. 
Somebody using the bean should be able to look up resources anywhere, 
and currently you can't. For example, in jboss, the main datasource by 
default is bound to
  java:DefaultDS

As well, you may want to look up something on JNDI using another scheme 
entirely...

What the code should probably do is see if the is a scheme
   xxxxx:
at the beginning of the jndi name. If there isn't, then it is probably 
reasonable to assume 'java:comp/env. or 'java:' If there is a scheme, it 
should leave the name alone.

I would have supplied a patch, but the fix is trivial, and I don't know 
how exactly you want to handle this, but it's pretty critical to me.

Right now with JBoss it's pretty nasty. I can not use JBoss's naming 
alias service to alias
  java:comp/env/DefaultDS
to
  java:DefaultDS
because it apparently doesn't let you alias stuff under comp/env.  I can 
probably modify my resource entries in the war file I use to do a 
resource ref to the right location, but I would really rather not do 
that, since the war is fine the way it is.

Regards,
Colin