A naming service lets you associate a logical name with an object, such as a package and component. Naming helps Jaguar applications easily locate an object anywhere on a network, then implement the referenced object.
The naming service "binds" a name to an object. The combination of bound name and its referenced object is the name context . The referenced object in a name context can be a component within a package or even an existing name context, the same way a named directory can contain a file or other named directory.
The collection of name context information--each object and its bound name--comprises the namespace . When client applications reference an object, they look to the namespace to cross-reference or resolve the name with the referenced object.
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