Error creating bean; nested exception is javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: jdbc not bound

Issue

• Trying to create a bean referencing a datasource via xml as shown below results in the following error:

  <bean id="someDataSourceBean" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean"> 
  
       <property name="jndiName"> 
  
            <value>jdbc/someDatasource</value> 
  
       </property> 
  
       <property name="resourceRef">           
  
            <value>true</value>
  
       </property>
  
  </bean>
  
  
  
  org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'someDataSourceBean' defined in class path resource [someXML.xml]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: jdbc not bound