Naming
This page provides a starting point for finding information about naming support.
Naming includes both server-side and client-side components. The server-side component is a
Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) naming service (CosNaming). The client-side
component is a Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) service provider. JNDI is a core
component in the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) programming model.
The WebSphere JNDI service provider can be used to interoperate with any CosNaming name server implementation. Yet WebSphere name servers implement an extension to CosNaming, and the JNDI service provider uses those WebSphere extensions to provide greater capability than CosNaming alone. Some added capabilities are binding and looking up of non-CORBA objects.
J2EE applications use the JNDI service provider supported by WebSphere Application Server
to obtain references to objects related to server applications, such as enterprise Java bean
(EJB) homes, which have been bound into a CosNaming name space.
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