When we try to do a look up for a Queue/Topic name, the lookup fails with error "Connection Reset".
The stack trace:
javax.naming.CommunicationException: Failed to retrieve stub from server <ServerName>:8002 [Root exception is java.net.SocketException: Connection reset]
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:263)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.checkRef(NamingContext.java:1385)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:594)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.lookup(NamingContext.java:587)
at javax.naming.InitialContext.lookup(Unknown Source)

Caused by : java.net.SocketException: Connection reset
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.fill(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read1(Unknown Source)
at java.io.BufferedInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.read(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$PeekInputStream.readFully(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream$BlockDataInputStream.readShort(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readStreamHeader(Unknown Source)
at java.io.ObjectInputStream.(Unknown Source)
at org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContext.getServer(NamingContext.java:250)
....

This does not happen every time when i do the look up. This error happens for few times during a load runs for long time.
My client code
InitialContext itc = new InitialContext(properties);
QueueConnectionFactory factory = itc.loopkup("java:/XAConnectionFactory);
Queue queue = itc.lookup("QueueName");

Always the error happens at the second lookup( Queue look up). So as a workaround i tried to have a retry mechanisum, but with the same initialContext when i do the lookup again after failure, it fails futher with the same error. Is that InitialContext gets invalid?.

Also i tried retry with new InitialContext, most of the time it worked but for some time the retry has failed with the same error. I dont know what is the cause for such a failure.

Properties that are passed to the initalContext:
property.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY,
"org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");
property.put(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES,
"jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces");
property.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, <ServerName> + ":" + 8002);

Sanjeeth S