Confusion Around JNDI Lookups for JMS ConnectionFactory and Destination Objects

[Bruce Berry]

Hello

I'm trying to understand JNDI lookups in the context of how references to JMS ConnectonFactory and Destination objects are obtained. What exactly does a JNDI lookup return..an actual object reference? Is the JNDI name supplied in the contetx.lookup statement the actual JNDI name of the ConnectionFactory or Destination object? Are ConnectionFactory and Destination objects created via a app server or JMS admin facility..and where are they maintained (deployment descriptors??). As well, are JNDI directories typically implemented using LDAP.. a file system?

If it helps qualify my questions the app server platform I'm using is Websphere 6.1 and the JMS provider is MQ Series.

Sorry for the probably dumb questions, but JNDI is really confusing me

Thanks
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[Campbell Ritchie]

Too difficult a question for us beginners. Moving.

[Martijn Verburg]

I'm going to move this to Websphere as several of the questions will be specific to that app server.