JNDI : Java Glossary

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JNDI
JNDI (Java Naming and Directory Interface). A multi-platform way to get at directories and files. It is used by EJB (Enterprise Java Beans) to find objects. It also lets you get at the DNS (Domain Name Service) records, e.g. the MX record that lets you find out the mailserver corresponding to a given domain. See the javax.naming.directory package. JNDI is a very general purpose directory scheme. It handles: LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol), DNS, NIS (Network Information Service), NDS (Novell Directory Services), RMI (Remote Method Invocation) and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture), which ability to plug in more.

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Oracle’s Technote Guide on JNDI : available:
Oracle’s Miscellaneous documentation on JNDI tuturial

CORBA
DNS
JNDI tutorial
LDAP
RMI
where to find jars
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