What is jndi?

What is jndi?

       Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) is an application programming interface (API) for accessing directory services like LDAP.While JDBC can be used to access a variety of relational databases, JNDI can be used to access a variety of naming and directory services

Context ctx = new InitialContext();

DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctx.lookup("jdbc/sampleDB");

Connection con = ds.getConnection("mukesh", "mukesh");