A context is what JNDI calls a directory or a folder. Both directory and folder refer to a way of organizing objects. Directory is used more commonly in UNIX systems and in command-line terminology. Folder is used more commonly with graphical interfaces for manipulating objects. Because the persistence service includes a graphical user interface, this document uses folder instead of directory. You will notice, however, that some methods and class names imply directory. It is the same thing as a folder or a context.
A PersistenceManager
is a context that has added functionality.
This document uses PersistenceManager
, context, and folder interchangeably. Subcontext and subfolder are the same thing, as well.
This document uses object and component interchangeably. A Java component is more complex than an object. However, you will see object as part of names of methods, so this document uses both object and component.