11.5.1 Types of objects
The following types of objects can be bound using configured bindings:
- EJB hosted by a server in the cell
The configured binding identifies an EJB home based on its configured JNDI name and the server in which it is deployed.
A possible use of this is to put a binding for an EJB into the cell-scoped name space so that a lookup can be done without knowledge about the server in which the EJB is deployed. This mechanism is useful for allowing WAS V4 clients to look up WAS V6 EJBs without having to redeploy.
- CORBA object
The configured binding identifies a CORBA object bound somewhere in this or another name space by using a corbaname URL string. Included is also an indicator of whether the object is a CosNaming NamingContext, in which case the binding is a federated link from one name space to another.
- JNDI name
The configured binding identifies a provider URL and a JNDI name that can be used to look up an object. This can be used to reference a resource or other Java serialized object bound elsewhere in this name space or another name space.
- String constant
The string constant can be used to bind environment data into the name space.