Special Edition Using Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0

In this chapter

Why Applications Need Naming and Directory Services

Overview of the JNDI Architecture

Selecting and Configuring a JNDI Provider

The JNDI Environment Properties

Setting the JNDI Environment Properties

The Context and InitialContext Objects

Getting the Environment for a Context Object

Using the lookup Method to Locate JNDI Resources

Locating EJB Objects

Accessing an EJB's Environment

Establishing Security Through the InitialContext

JNDI and Clustering