JNDI Tutorial and Reference Guide (Java Series) Book

Aimed at the Java developer who wants to program with corporate directories, the JNDI API Tutorial and Reference provides a notably comprehensive tour of basic and advanced topics in JNDI programming. Featuring dozens of useful code excerpts that show just how to do it, this practically minded guide is all you need to use this powerful API standard effectively. This book includes a printed version of Sun's online JNDI tutorial that is bundled with a comprehensive guide to JDNI classes. First, the authors show you how to get and up and running with JNDI and handle basic look-ups in directories. (A practical note is that this title is excellent when describing the actual error messages and "common problems" you might face in your code and how to resolve them.) While many programmers will use this book to learn how to search, read, and write directory entries, it's also good at explaining how JNDI fits in with other directory standards (such as LDAP). The authors also cover how to get access multiple "federations" of directories, as well as hooking into directory "events" or notifications. For experts, more advanced sections look at the in's and out's of creating your own directory servers. The last 300 pages provide a worthy reference to every JNDI class (with over 80 classes) and every property and method, along with links to the examples in the first tutorial section that illustrate each class in action. Whether you are someone who just wants to get started with directory programming, or if you will be designing JNDI servers from the ground up, the JNDI API Tutorial and Reference is a solid resource for effective directory programming for Java developers of all levels. --Richard Dragan, amazon.com Topics covered: Basic and advanced tutorial for the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), naming conventions using strings and URLs, directory basics: attributes, directory services and searches; directory and object stores, JNDI overview: architecture, context, names, bindings and references; LDAP support, federations, basic JNDI programming examples, common problems and solutions, tutorial for simple naming and directory operations, storing and retrieving Java objects in directories, state and object factories, tips for combining JNDI and LDAP directory programming, creating a JNDI-enabled service provider, and reference to all JNDI classes. --Richard Dragan, amazon.com Read More