Search code examples
javajdbcwebspherejndispring-jdbc

Passing the JNDI name dynamically

I have a lot of Websphere servers with different JNDI name of my DB connection so I have to build many ears files for each server. I'd like to do something like this:

<bean id="dbDataSource" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean">
    <property name="jndiName" value="${SPECIFIC_JNDI_NAME}"/>
</bean>

How can I create this SPECIFIC_JNDI_NAME variable?

Solution

  • The proper Java EE way to do it, is using resource references in your code like: java:comp/env/jdbc/myDSRef, then this resource reference is bind to actual JNDI name during the installation process.

    You either define references via @Resource tag, or entry in the deployment descriptor (web.xml or ejb-jar.xml).

    You map it to the JNDI name via admin console, wsadmin installation script, or ibm-web-bnd.xml file placed in the WEB-INF folder.

    It is possible to use references with Spring.