<resource-ref>
<description>DB Connection</description>
<res-ref-name>jdbc/myDatabaseName</res-ref-name>
<res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>
<res-auth>Container</res-auth>
</resource-ref>

<ResourceLink type="javax.sql.DataSource"
name="jdbc/localRemarket"
global="jdbc/remarket"
/>

<Resource
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
name="jdbc/myDatabaseName"
factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory"
driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/myDatabaseName"
username="myUsername"
password="myPassword"
maxActive="1500"
maxIdle="200"
maxwait="-1"
testOnBorrow="true"
testOnReturn="true"
testWhileIdle="true"
validationQuery="SELECT 1"
timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis="2000"
minEvictableIdleTimeMillis="15000"
removeAbandoned="true"
removeAbandonedTimeout="5"
/>

<Resource
type="javax.sql.DataSource"
name="jdbc/myDatabaseName"
factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory"
driverClassName="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver"
url="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/myDatabaseName"
username="myUsername"
password="myPassword"
maxActive="1500"
maxIdle="200"
maxwait="-1"
testOnBorrow="true"
testOnReturn="true"
testWhileIdle="true"
validationQuery="SELECT 1"
timeBetweenEvictionRunsMillis="2000"
minEvictableIdleTimeMillis="15000"
removeAbandoned="true"
removeAbandonedTimeout="5"
/>

Connection conn;

public void openMyConnection() {

try {

Properties props = new Properties();
props.put("java.naming.factory.initial", "org.apache.naming.java.javaURLContextFactory");

InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(props);
Context envCtx = (Context) ctx.lookup("java:comp/env"); // <<<<< PRB HERE
// error message : Name [java:comp/env] is not bound in this Context. Unable to find [java:comp]

org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSource ds = (org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSource) envCtx.lookup("jdbc/localDB");

conn = ds.getConnection();

} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}

}

props.put("java.naming.factory.initial", "org.apache.naming.java.javaURLContextFactory");

props.put("java.naming.factory.initial", "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory");