Background
The JNDI API is used by the Java RMI and Java EE APIs to look up objects in a network.
The API provides:
- a mechanism to bind an object to a name
- a directory lookup interface that allows general queries
- an event interface that allows clients to determine when directory entries have been modified
- LDAP extensions to support the additional capabilities of an LDAP service
The SPI portion allows support for practically any kind of naming or directory service including:
- LDAP
- DNS
- NIS
- CORBA name service
- File system
The JNDI specification was first released by Sun Microsystems on March 10, 1997. As of 2006, the current version is JNDI 1.2.
Read more about this topic: Java Naming And Directory Interface
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