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4.6.2: JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface) overview

4.6.2: JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface) overview

Distributed computing environments often employ naming and directory services to obtain shared components and resources. Naming and directory services associate names with locations, services, information, and resources.

Naming services provide name-to-object mappings. Directory services provide information on objects and the search tools required to locate those objects. There are many naming and directory service implementations, and the interfaces to them vary.

Java Naming and Directory Interface or JNDI provides a common interface that is used to access the various naming and directory services. See URL java.sun.com/products/jndi/serviceproviders.html for a list of naming and directory service providers which support access through the JNDI interface.

JNDI is an integral part of other Java programming models and technologies, such as:

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