A NoInitialContextException is the exception thrown by the naming classes when an initial context cannot be created. See the specification of the Context interface and the InitialContext class regarding how initial context implementations are selected.

Any interaction with an InitialContext object may cause a NoInitialContextException to be thrown. The InitialContext implementation may choose to defer getting the initial context until any of its methods are invoked.

Multithreaded access to a NoInitialContextException instance is only safe when client code locks the object first.