Hibernate DataSource using JNDI + Weblogic

Question

I am trying to connect to my database using a Java DataSource. I am using Weblogic 12c and Hibernate to achieve this. My web.xml file contains the following resource definition:

    <resource-ref>
        <res-ref-name>jdbc/Microtek</res-ref-name>
        <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
        <res-auth>Container</res-auth>
    </resource-ref>

In addition, my weblogic.xml contains the following:

    <wls:resource-description>
        <wls:res-ref-name>jdbc/Microtek</wls:res-ref-name>
        <wls:jndi-name>microtek</wls:jndi-name>
    </wls:resource-description>

In my Hibernate config file (hibernate.cfg.xml), I have set the following properties:

      <property name="hibernate.connection.datasource">jdbc/Microtek</property>
      <property name="hibernate.connection.pool_size">10</property>
      <property name="show_sql">false</property>
      <property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect</property>
      <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">create</property>
      <property name="javax.persistence.validation.mode">none</property>

Also, inside the META-INF directory, I created an XML file called context.xml which contains the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Context>
    <ResourceLink global="jdbc/Microtek" name="jdbc/Microtek" type="javax.sql.DataSource"/>
</Context>

Finally, this is the exception I have been getting:

org.hibernate.HibernateException: Could not find datasource
    at org.hibernate.connection.DatasourceConnectionProvider.configure(DatasourceConnectionProvider.java:79)
    at org.hibernate.connection.ConnectionProviderFactory.newConnectionProvider(ConnectionProviderFactory.java:143)
    at org.hibernate.connection.ConnectionProviderFactory.newConnectionProvider(ConnectionProviderFactory.java:84)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.createConnectionProvider(SettingsFactory.java:459)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:91)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettingsInternal(Configuration.java:2831)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:2827)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1838)
    at com.microtekcomputers.models.test.main(test.java:15)
Caused by: javax.naming.NoInitialContextException: Need to specify class name in environment or system property, or as an applet parameter, or in an application resource file:  java.naming.factory.initial
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:662)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:313)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.getURLOrDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:350)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(InitialContext.java:417)
    at org.hibernate.connection.DatasourceConnectionProvider.configure(DatasourceConnectionProvider.java:75)
    ... 8 more

It is my first time using JNDI to connect to a data source so I might be missing something. All ideas & recommendations greatly appreciated.

UPDATE: After making the changes suggested by others, I am now getting the following exception:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: weblogic/kernel/KernelStatus
    at weblogic.jndi.Environment.<clinit>(Environment.java:81)
    at weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory.getInitialContext(WLInitialContextFactory.java:117)
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:684)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:313)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:244)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.<init>(InitialContext.java:216)
    at org.hibernate.util.NamingHelper.getInitialContext(NamingHelper.java:51)
    at org.hibernate.connection.DatasourceConnectionProvider.configure(DatasourceConnectionProvider.java:75)
    at org.hibernate.connection.ConnectionProviderFactory.newConnectionProvider(ConnectionProviderFactory.java:143)
    at org.hibernate.connection.ConnectionProviderFactory.newConnectionProvider(ConnectionProviderFactory.java:84)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.createConnectionProvider(SettingsFactory.java:459)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.SettingsFactory.buildSettings(SettingsFactory.java:91)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettingsInternal(Configuration.java:2831)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSettings(Configuration.java:2827)
    at org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration.buildSessionFactory(Configuration.java:1838)
    at com.microtekcomputers.models.Test.main(Test.java:12)

Answer 1

You do not have a connection factory defined for your data source, something like this in the code:

environment.put("java.naming.factory.initial", "weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory"); 

Or this in the hibernate.cfg.xml:

<property name="jndi.class">weblogic.jndi.WLInitialContextFactory</property>

In weblogic you can configure connection factories to your need, WLInitialContextFactory is the default.

Also see the Oracle docs and client examples