JBAS011843: Failed instantiate InitialContextFactory org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory in JBoss EAP 6

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Issue

  • We are seeing this exception when our application tries to create an InitialContext : 
javax.naming.NamingException: JBAS011843: Failed instantiate InitialContextFactory org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory from classloader ModuleClassLoader for Module "deployment.test-app.jar:main" from Service Module Loader
    at org.jboss.as.naming.InitialContextFactoryBuilder.createInitialContextFactory(InitialContextFactoryBuilder.java:64)
    at javax.naming.spi.NamingManager.getInitialContext(NamingManager.java:664)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.getDefaultInitCtx(InitialContext.java:288)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.init(InitialContext.java:223)
    at javax.naming.InitialContext.<init>(InitialContext.java:197)
        ...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x

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