Chapter 3. Naming on JBoss

IN THIS CHAPTER

This chapter discusses the JBoss JNDI-based naming service, JBossNS, and the role of JNDI in JBoss and J2EE. It also provides an introduction to the basic JNDI API and common usage conventions. In this chapter, you’ll also learn about the JBoss-specific configuration of J2EE component-naming environments defined by the standard deployment descriptors. The final topic in this chapter is the configuration and architecture of the JBoss naming service.

The JBoss naming service plays a key role in J2EE because it provides a naming service that allows a user to map a name to an object. This is a fundamental need in any programming environment because developers and administrators ...

Get JBoss® 4.0 The Official Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.