I get "javax.persistence.PersistenceException: No Persistence provider for EntityManager named SSManager" when I do
"emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("SSManager");"
out of a tomcat 5.
The structure of the code is as follows:
ss1.jar:
com ---> code accessing emf
META-INF ---> persistence.xml

The jar itself is included in the lib dir of a war that is structured as follows:
ss1.war:
jsp ---> jsp docs
WEB-INF\lib ----> where jar resides

When I do this.getClass().getClassLoader().getResources("META-INF/persistence.xml");"
I get
C:/Program%20Files/Tomcat%205.5/
webapps/ss1/WEB-INF/lib/ss1.jar!/META-INF/persistence.xml
which is the correct location for my persistence.xml.

I would appreciate any help.

and where are your hibernate entity manager jars?
did you specify a persistence provider in persistenc.xml?

Emmanuel,

I included the jars under in the lib directory of my war file (WEB-INF\lib).

here is my persistence.xml

<entity-manager>
<name>SSManager</name>

<properties>
<property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect"/>
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"/>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username" value="root"/>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password" value=""/>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost/mydb"/>
<property name="hibernate.max_fetch_depth" value="3"/>
<property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="NONE"/>
<property name="hibernate.show_sql" value="true" />
<property name="hibernate.cache.provider_class" value="org.hibernate.cache.HashtableCacheProvider"/>
<property name="hibernate.ejb.cfgfile" value="/hibernate.cfg.xml"/>
</properties>
<entity-manager>

Any ideas?

Khalid

by doing
Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResources( "META-INF/services/" + PersistenceProvider.class.getName() );

you should get the one included in Hibernate EntityManager, otherwise, there is an issue somewhere (ie your classpath or some classloader definition)