[dna-dev] JNDI implementation

[Randall Hauch]

There was a question in the #jbossdna IRC about a JNDI  
implementation.  I knew JBoss had an implementation (at least one that  
works within a VM) that could be used by DNA, but I wasn't sure where  
it was.  There's a "Naming" project in the main image on http://www.jboss.org/projects/ 
, but it's grayed out.

Found the JBoss Naming Service (JNS) project under the "jbossas/ 
projects/naming" folder in SVN.  It doesn't appear to have top-level  
project status like the microcontainer (which is also located in the  
same "jbossas/projects" folder), but rather it's considered a "module"  
of AS (along with JBoss JTA, JBoss CMP, etc.; see http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki 
  for a list of the modules, quite a few of which we'd want to use).   
There's also a wiki page (http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/JBossNS), but  
that doesn't really explain how to set it up with the Microcontainer.   
We'll have to investigate that.

Anyway, using the Microcontainer and setting it up with some of the  
"standard" Java services (like Naming, JTS, etc.) is definitely the  
way to go, and while it's new territory for us, it isn't for others at  
JBoss.  We'll just have to talk to the right people when the time comes.

BR,

Randall