Leverage the power of information management for Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)-based modeling, architecture, design, and implementation. See the various services that information management offers arranged into a stack view and get a detailed description of each. The authors start with metadata management and the importance of metadata integration, move into an examination of services that information management offers, and then present a SOA case study. Finally, the authors list some tools for the services discussed.
Mastering J2EE can be daunting, with an ever-growing list of technologies and acronyms. The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) has been at the core of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) from its inception, but it is often underutilized by novice J2EE developers. This article will help demystify the role of JNDI in J2EE applications and show how it can help decouple your application from the details of deployment.