title: javax.naming.NamingException: Failed instantiate InitialContextFactory org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory from classloader
body: <p>I have s problem with Jboss-as-7.1.1. when I deploy it, it deploys properly, but when I send the request from client side I am getting this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>javax.naming.NamingException: JBAS011843: Failed instantiate InitialContextFactory </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><strong>MyErrorlog:-</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>14:18:22,952 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) BusinessClass::sendResponse Starts...
  14:18:22,953 INFO  [stdout] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) Enter the Try Block Edited by vivek
  14:18:22,962 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1) javax.naming.NamingException: JBAS011843: Failed instantiate InitialContextFactory org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory from classloader ModuleClassLoader for Module "deployment.responsecomponent.ear.response.war:main" from Service Module Loader
  14:18:22,978 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.jboss.as.naming.InitialContextFactoryBuilder.createInitialContextFactory(InitialContextFactoryBuilder.java:64)
  14:18:22,996 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:664)
  14:18:22,998 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:288)
  14:18:23,007 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:223)
  14:18:23,008 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at javax.naming.InitialContext.&lt;init&gt;(InitialContext.java:197)
  14:18:23,010 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.jsp.response_jsp._jspService(response_jsp.java:132)
  14:18:23,011 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
  14:18:23,012 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)
  14:18:23,014 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:369)
  14:18:23,037 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:326)
  14:18:23,038 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:253)
  14:18:23,040 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:847)
  14:18:23,041 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:329)
  14:18:23,049 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:248)
  14:18:23,051 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:275)
  14:18:23,053 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:161)
  14:18:23,054 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.jboss.as.web.security.SecurityContextAssociationValve.invoke(SecurityContextAssociationValve.java:153)
  14:18:23,064 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:155)
  14:18:23,065 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
  14:18:23,066 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
  14:18:23,068 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:368)
  14:18:23,069 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:877)
  14:18:23,076 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11Protocol.java:671)
  14:18:23,078 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$Worker.run(JIoEndpoint.java:930)
  14:18:23,081 ERROR [stderr] (http--127.0.0.1-8080-1)    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>ServerLog:-</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>JBoss Bootstrap Environment
  
    JBOSS_HOME: /home/vivekray/Desktop/vivek/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final
  
    JAVA: /home/vivekray/Softwares/jdk1.6.0_30/bin/java
  
    JAVA_OPTS:  -server -XX:+TieredCompilation -Xms64m -Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dorg.jboss.resolver.warning=true -Dsun.rmi.dgc.client.gcInterval=3600000 -Dsun.rmi.dgc.server.gcInterval=3600000 -Djboss.modules.system.pkgs=org.jboss.byteman -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djboss.server.default.config=standalone.xml
  
  =========================================================================
  
  14:14:09,212 INFO  [org.jboss.modules] JBoss Modules version 1.1.1.GA
  14:14:09,978 INFO  [org.jboss.msc] JBoss MSC version 1.0.2.GA
  14:14:10,233 INFO  [org.jboss.as] JBAS015899: JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final "Brontes" starting
  14:14:13,122 INFO  [org.xnio] XNIO Version 3.0.3.GA
  14:14:13,148 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] JBAS015888: Creating http management service using socket-binding (management-http)
  14:14:13,224 INFO  [org.xnio.nio] XNIO NIO Implementation Version 3.0.3.GA
  14:14:13,264 INFO  [org.jboss.remoting] JBoss Remoting version 3.2.3.GA
  14:14:13,553 INFO  [org.jboss.as.clustering.infinispan] JBAS010280: Activating Infinispan subsystem.
  14:14:13,557 INFO  [org.jboss.as.configadmin] JBAS016200: Activating ConfigAdmin Subsystem
  14:14:13,619 INFO  [org.jboss.as.naming] JBAS011800: Activating Naming Subsystem
  14:14:13,660 INFO  [org.jboss.as.osgi] JBAS011940: Activating OSGi Subsystem
  14:14:13,707 INFO  [org.jboss.as.security] JBAS013101: Activating Security Subsystem
  14:14:13,765 INFO  [org.jboss.as.webservices] JBAS015537: Activating WebServices Extension
  14:14:13,809 INFO  [org.jboss.as.logging] JBAS011502: Removing bootstrap log handlers
  14:14:14,204 INFO  [org.jboss.as.mail.extension] (MSC service thread 1-4) JBAS015400: Bound mail session [java:jboss/mail/Default]
  14:14:14,260 INFO  [org.jboss.as.connector] (MSC service thread 1-3) JBAS010408: Starting JCA Subsystem (JBoss IronJacamar 1.0.9.Final)
  14:14:14,514 INFO  [org.jboss.as.connector.subsystems.datasources] (ServerService Thread Pool -- 27) JBAS010403: Deploying JDBC-compliant driver class org.h2.Driver (version 1.3)
  14:14:14,773 INFO  [org.jboss.ws.common.management.AbstractServerConfig] (MSC service thread 1-2) JBoss Web Services - Stack CXF Server 4.0.2.GA
  14:14:15,739 INFO  [org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol] (MSC service thread 1-4) Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http--127.0.0.1-8080
  14:14:16,378 WARN  [com.arjuna.ats.arjuna] (Transaction Expired Entry Monitor) ARJUNA012210: Unable to use InetAddress.getLocalHost() to resolve address.
  14:14:16,636 INFO  [org.jboss.as.remoting] (MSC service thread 1-3) JBAS017100: Listening on /127.0.0.1:9999
  14:14:16,639 INFO  [org.jboss.as.remoting] (MSC service thread 1-2) JBAS017100: Listening on /127.0.0.1:4447
  14:14:16,717 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment.scanner] (MSC service thread 1-3) JBAS015012: Started FileSystemDeploymentService for directory /home/vivekray/Desktop/vivek/jboss-as-7.1.1.Final/standalone/deployments
  14:14:17,095 INFO  [org.jboss.as.connector.subsystems.datasources] (MSC service thread 1-3) JBAS010400: Bound data source [java:jboss/datasources/ExampleDS]
  14:14:17,201 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-1) JBAS015876: Starting deployment of "responsecomponent.ear"
  14:14:24,491 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry jaxb-api.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-xjc-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,502 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry jaxb-impl.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-xjc-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,515 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry jsr173_1.0_api.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-xjc-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,524 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry activation.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-xjc-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,539 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry jaxb-api.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-impl-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,548 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry activation.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-impl-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,564 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry jsr173_1.0_api.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-impl-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,567 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry jaxb1-impl.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jaxb-impl-2.1.7.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,575 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry bcel.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-bind-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,580 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry jibx-run.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-bind-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,583 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry xpp3.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-bind-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,585 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry stax-api.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-bind-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,589 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry wstx-asl.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-bind-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,594 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry xercesImpl.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,596 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry xml-apis.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,599 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry serializer.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/xalan-2.7.0.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,602 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry activation.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/mail-1.4.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,613 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry xpp3.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-run-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,615 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry stax-api.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-run-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,617 WARN  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-4) Class Path entry wstx-asl.jar in "/content/responsecomponent.ear/lib/jibx-run-1.2.1.jar"  does not point to a valid jar for a Class-Path reference.
  14:14:24,630 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-2) JBAS015876: Starting deployment of "response.war"
  14:14:24,633 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server.deployment] (MSC service thread 1-2) JBAS015876: Starting deployment of "AsyncResponseComponentVer2.jar"
  14:14:25,750 INFO  [org.jboss.as.ejb3.deployment.processors.EjbJndiBindingsDeploymentUnitProcessor] (MSC service thread 1-1) JNDI bindings for session bean named SPConnectorResponseComponent in deployment unit subdeployment "AsyncResponseComponentVer2.jar" of deployment "responsecomponent.ear" are as follows:
  
      java:global/responsecomponent/AsyncResponseComponentVer2/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBRemote
      java:app/AsyncResponseComponentVer2/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBRemote
      java:module/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBRemote
      java:jboss/exported/responsecomponent/AsyncResponseComponentVer2/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBRemote
      java:global/responsecomponent/AsyncResponseComponentVer2/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBHome
      java:app/AsyncResponseComponentVer2/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBHome
      java:module/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBHome
      java:jboss/exported/responsecomponent/AsyncResponseComponentVer2/SPConnectorResponseComponent!com.cdac.AsyncSPResponse.SPResponseEJBHome
  
  14:14:26,794 INFO  [org.jboss.web] (MSC service thread 1-2) JBAS018210: Registering web context: /response
  14:14:26,797 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (MSC service thread 1-3) JBAS015951: Admin console listening on http://127.0.0.1:9990
  14:14:26,807 INFO  [org.jboss.as] (MSC service thread 1-3) JBAS015874: JBoss AS 7.1.1.Final "Brontes" started in 18387ms - Started 222 of 303 services (80 services are passive or on-demand)
  14:14:26,958 INFO  [org.jboss.as.server] (DeploymentScanner-threads - 2) JBAS018559: Deployed "responsecomponent.ear"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>MyCode:-</strong> </p>
  
  <pre><code> Context context=null;
      System.out.println("BusinessClass::sendResponse Starts...");
      HashMap ack_gateway=null;
      try {
  
          System.out.println("Enter the Try Block Edited by vivek");
  
          //add by vivek
  
              Properties props = new Properties();
                      props.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jboss.naming.remote.client.InitialContextFactory");
                      props.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "remote://localhost:4447");
                      props.put(Context.SECURITY_PRINCIPAL, "testuser");
                      props.put(Context.SECURITY_CREDENTIALS, "testpassword");
                      context = new InitialContext(props);
                  System.out.println("\n\tGot initial Context: "+context);
                  System.out.println("Got Initial Context");
                SPResponseEJBHome home = (SPResponseEJBHome)  ortableRemoteObject.narrow(context.lookup            ("SPConnectorResponseComponent"),SPResponseEJBHome.class);
  
          System.out.println("BusinessClass::sendResponse Starts...");
  
          System.out.println("Got Home object");
          SPResponseEJBRemote remote = home.create();
          System.out.println("Got Remote object");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any one have some idea please help me ?
  Thanks 
  vivek</p>