JNDI Names and Resource References
First, let’s define some terms.
JNDI is the acronym for the Java Naming and Directory Interface API. J2EE components locate objects by invoking the JNDI lookup method.
A JNDI name is a people-friendly name for an object. These names are bound to their objects by the naming and directory service that is provided by the J2EE server. Because J2EE components access this service through the JNDI API, we usually refer to an object’s people-friendly name as its JNDI name. The JNDI name of the Cloudscape database is jdbc/Cloudscape. When it starts up, the J2EE server reads information from a configuration file and automatically adds JNDI database names such as jdbc/Cloudscape to the name space.
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