16 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
17 version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
18 accompanied this code).
19
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
21 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
22 Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
23
24 Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
25 or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
26 questions.
27 -->
28 </head>
29 <body bgcolor="white">
30
31 Extends the <tt>javax.naming</tt> package to provide functionality
32 for accessing directory services.
33
34 <p>
35 This package defines the directory operations of the Java Naming and
36 Directory Interface<font size=-2><sup>TM</sup></font> (JNDI).
37 JNDI provides naming and directory functionality to applications
38 written in the Java programming language. It is designed to be
39 independent of any specific naming or directory service
40 implementation. Thus a variety of services--new, emerging, and
41 already deployed ones--can be accessed in a common way.
42
43 <p>
44 This package allows applications to retrieve and update attributes
45 associated with objects stored in a directory, and to search for
46 objects using specified attributes.
47
48 <h4>The Directory Context</h4>
49
50 The <tt>DirContext</tt>
51 interface represents a <em>directory context</em>.
52 It defines methods for examining and updating attributes associated with a
53 <em>directory object</em>, or <em>directory entry</em> as it is sometimes
54 called.
55 <p>
56 You use <tt>getAttributes()</tt> to retrieve the attributes
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16 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
17 version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
18 accompanied this code).
19
20 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
21 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
22 Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
23
24 Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
25 or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
26 questions.
27 -->
28 </head>
29 <body bgcolor="white">
30
31 Extends the <tt>javax.naming</tt> package to provide functionality
32 for accessing directory services.
33
34 <p>
35 This package defines the directory operations of the Java Naming and
36 Directory Interface™ (JNDI).
37 JNDI provides naming and directory functionality to applications
38 written in the Java programming language. It is designed to be
39 independent of any specific naming or directory service
40 implementation. Thus a variety of services--new, emerging, and
41 already deployed ones--can be accessed in a common way.
42
43 <p>
44 This package allows applications to retrieve and update attributes
45 associated with objects stored in a directory, and to search for
46 objects using specified attributes.
47
48 <h4>The Directory Context</h4>
49
50 The <tt>DirContext</tt>
51 interface represents a <em>directory context</em>.
52 It defines methods for examining and updating attributes associated with a
53 <em>directory object</em>, or <em>directory entry</em> as it is sometimes
54 called.
55 <p>
56 You use <tt>getAttributes()</tt> to retrieve the attributes
|