The Context
JNDI works with one or more contexts. A context is effectively a namespace, and within a namespace are resources that are identified by a key. A resource is an object that is stored or bound into the namespace using a key and can be retrieved by the key. Namespaces can optionally form a hierarchy much like a directory hierarchy, so that a series of entries relating to computer servers could be organized as follows.
/regional /corporate_it /corporate_backup /national /north /local /departmental /accounting /finance /human_resources /south /local /departmental /accounting /finance /human_resources
Using this example, a fully qualified path name for a server in the national north region expressed using a forward slash to separate the ...
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