A method and system to provide easy access to factories in a naming service. The system receives an indication that a factory is needed by a client. A plurality of resolvers are checked in turn to find the factory indicated. If a resolver that can provide the factory is found, the factory is returned to the client. In one embodiment, resolvers register with a resolver manager that performs the checking in response to a naming operation. Because the resolver manager can access all registered resolvers, access to the factories is independent of a class path of the user.