= JNDI = JNDI is a standard Java API that is bundled with JDK1.3 and higher. JNDI provides a common interface to a variety of existing naming services: DNS, LDAP, Active Directory, RMI registry, COS registry, NIS, and file systems. http://docs.jboss.org/jbossas/jboss4guide/r1/html/ch3.chapter.html http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13643127/how-does-the-ejb-client-locate-the-ejb-server-without-url == Sample == Properties: * java.naming.factory.initial=org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory * java.naming.provider.url=jnp://localhost:1099 * java.naming.factory.url.pkgs=org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces {{{ package test; import java.security.Security; import java.util.Properties; import javax.naming.Context; import javax.naming.InitialContext; public class Client { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { Properties env = new Properties(); env.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory"); env.put(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, "org.jboss.naming:org.jnp.interfaces"); env.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "jnp://myserver.example.com:1099"); InitialContext context = new InitialContext(env); WSTest test = (WSTest) context.lookup("WSTest/remote"); } } }}}