I am trying to use the Open Session In View and I have the following

1)In web.xml
<filter>
<filter-name>actionFilter</filter-name>
<filter-class>com.eg.web.action.ActionFilter</filter-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>hibernateFactory</param-name>
<param-value>hibernate/sessionFactory</param-value>
</init-param>
</filter>

2)In hibernate.cfg.xml I have
<!-- a SessionFactory instance listed as /jndi/name -->
<session-factory name="hibernate/sessionFactory">

<!-- properties for this SessionFactory only -->
<property name="connection.datasource">java:comp/env/jdbc/myoracle</property>
<property name="dialect">net.sf.hibernate.dialect.OracleDialect</property>
<property name="show_sql">false</property>
<property name="use_outer_join">true</property>

<!-- mapping files -->
<mapping resource="mapping.hbm.xml"/>

</session-factory>

3) In ActionFilter I use
public static final String HIBERNATE_FACTORY_JNDI_PARAM = "hibernateFactory";

/**
*/
public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException
{
// Initialize hibernate
try
{
new Configuration().configure();
System.out.println("AFTER CONFIGURING ");
}
catch (HibernateException ex) { throw new ServletException(ex); }

// As good a place as any to initialize the factory
String factoryJndiName = filterConfig.getInitParameter(HIBERNATE_FACTORY_JNDI_PARAM);
if (factoryJndiName == null)
factoryJndiName = HIBERNATE_FACTORY_JNDI_DEFAULT;

try
{
Context ctx = new InitialContext();
factory = (SessionFactory)ctx.lookup(factoryJndiName);
}
catch (NamingException ex) { ex.printStackTrace();throw new ServletException(ex); }
}
I am getting the exception
javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: Name hibernate is not bound in this Context
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:811)
at org.apache.naming.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:194)
at org.apache.naming.SelectorContext.lookup(SelectorContext.java:183)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:347)
at com.softex.eg.web.action.ActionFilter.init(ActionFilter.java:78)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.getFilter(Applicatio
nFilterConfig.java:254)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.setFilterDef(Applica
tionFilterConfig.java:314)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterConfig.<init>(ApplicationFi
lterConfig.java:120)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.filterStart(StandardContext.
Am I missing something. How does the session factory get bound

thanks in advance
rema

Looks like you are trying to bind a SessionFactory to Tomcat's JNDI. This will not work, its a read only context. This is a FAQ and covered in the reference documentation, the Wiki and I guess the HibernateExamples.

Next time, look at the Hibernate log output on startup, you can see if the SessionFactory will be bound to JNDI and if it was successful.

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