| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| javax.naming | Provides the classes and interfaces for accessing naming services. | 
| javax.naming.directory | Extends the javax.naming package to provide functionality
for accessing directory services. | 
| javax.naming.event | Provides support for event notification when accessing naming and
directory services. | 
| javax.naming.ldap | Provides support for LDAPv3 extended operations and controls. | 
| javax.naming.spi | |
| javax.sql.rowset.spi | The standard classes and interfaces that a third party vendor has to
use in its implementation of a synchronization provider. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Binding This class represents a name-to-object binding found in a context. | 
| Context This interface represents a naming context, which
 consists of a set of name-to-object bindings. | 
| InvalidNameException This exception indicates that the name being specified does
 not conform to the naming syntax of a naming system. | 
| LimitExceededException This exception is thrown when a method
 terminates abnormally due to a user or system specified limit. | 
| LinkException This exception is used to describe problems encounter while resolving links. | 
| Name The Name interface represents a generic name -- an ordered
 sequence of components. | 
| NameClassPair This class represents the object name and class name pair of a binding
 found in a context. | 
| NameParser This interface is used for parsing names from a hierarchical
 namespace. | 
| NamingEnumeration This interface is for enumerating lists returned by
 methods in the javax.naming and javax.naming.directory packages. | 
| NamingException This is the superclass of all exceptions thrown by
 operations in the Context and DirContext interfaces. | 
| NamingSecurityException This is the superclass of security-related exceptions
 thrown by operations in the Context and DirContext interfaces. | 
| RefAddr This class represents the address of a communications end-point. | 
| Reference This class represents a reference to an object that is found outside of
 the naming/directory system. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Binding This class represents a name-to-object binding found in a context. | 
| Context This interface represents a naming context, which
 consists of a set of name-to-object bindings. | 
| InitialContext This class is the starting context for performing naming operations. | 
| Name The Name interface represents a generic name -- an ordered
 sequence of components. | 
| NameClassPair This class represents the object name and class name pair of a binding
 found in a context. | 
| NamingEnumeration This interface is for enumerating lists returned by
 methods in the javax.naming and javax.naming.directory packages. | 
| NamingException This is the superclass of all exceptions thrown by
 operations in the Context and DirContext interfaces. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Binding This class represents a name-to-object binding found in a context. | 
| Context This interface represents a naming context, which
 consists of a set of name-to-object bindings. | 
| Name The Name interface represents a generic name -- an ordered
 sequence of components. | 
| NamingException This is the superclass of all exceptions thrown by
 operations in the Context and DirContext interfaces. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Context This interface represents a naming context, which
 consists of a set of name-to-object bindings. | 
| InitialContext This class is the starting context for performing naming operations. | 
| InvalidNameException This exception indicates that the name being specified does
 not conform to the naming syntax of a naming system. | 
| Name The Name interface represents a generic name -- an ordered
 sequence of components. | 
| NamingException This is the superclass of all exceptions thrown by
 operations in the Context and DirContext interfaces. | 
| ReferralException This abstract class is used to represent a referral exception,
 which is generated in response to a referral
 such as that returned by LDAP v3 servers. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| CannotProceedException This exception is thrown to indicate that the operation reached
 a point in the name where the operation cannot proceed any further. | 
| Context This interface represents a naming context, which
 consists of a set of name-to-object bindings. | 
| Name The Name interface represents a generic name -- an ordered
 sequence of components. | 
| NamingException This is the superclass of all exceptions thrown by
 operations in the Context and DirContext interfaces. | 
| Class and Description | 
|---|
| Context This interface represents a naming context, which
 consists of a set of name-to-object bindings. | 
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