javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Cannot instantiate class: org.jboss.naming.NamingContextFactory [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Topic: Java Message Service (JMS)

Application Server: JBoss 4.2.2 GA

Exception:

javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Cannot instantiate class: org.jboss.naming.NamingContextFactory [Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jboss.naming.NamingContextFactory]
at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(Unknown Source)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(Unknown Source)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(Unknown Source)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.(Unknown Source)
at info.icontraining.queue.QueueSenderClient.main(QueueSenderClient.java:27)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.jboss.naming.NamingContextFactory
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.naming.internal.VersionHelper12.loadClass(Unknown Source)
... 5 more

Resolution:

This exception is thrown with the JMS client code resides outside the JBoss application server. In order to resolve, add the following jar file to the build path / classpath of the application:

%JBOSS_HOME%\client\jbossall-client.jar