Understanding EJB JNDI Services

The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) provides your Java EE application with a unified interface to multiple naming and directory services. You use JNDI to organize and locate components in a distributed Java EE environment. You can define environment references for Java EE components and associated JNDI properties.

You can use JNDI to look up and retrieve these components using the following:

• JNDI initial context

• EJB context

• EJB 3.0 annotations and resource injection

For more information, see the following:

• "Configuring JNDI Services"

• "How do Annotations and Resource Injection Work?"