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JNDI stands for Java Naming and Directory Interface
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Developed by JavaSoft, with SunSoft, IBM, HP, Netscape, Novell
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JNDI is a generic directory API specified in the Java that provides directory and naming functionality to Java applications
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defined to be independent of any specific directory service implementation
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directories , new and existing ones can be accessed in a common way
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various directory and naming service drivers can be plugged in
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From a user's perspective, there is one namespace consisting of composite names. The organization can use LDAP, NDS, NIS, etc
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Any Java application that needs to access information about users, machines, networks and services should use JNDI
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Different directories have different ways of dealing with security. JNDI allows for applications to work with directory specific security systems
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