Chapter 9. Using JNDI to access LDAP
In an object-oriented distributed computing environment, clients must have a mechanism to locate objects providing the services they require. A naming service is such a mechanism. It allows object to register their locations under chosen names and clients to access the objects by those names. Client code is expressed in terms of names of objects rather than in terms of the physical hosts or network addresses where the objects are located.
The naming service allows clients to access distributed objects in a location-transparent manner; the client code does not change if you decide to re-locate the objects providing certain services. This flexibility is essential if you intend to build scalable, resilient systems. ...
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