What is the difference between the Registry
class and Naming
class.
In my application I am using Registry
class. But I want to know about Naming
class and its uses ?
What is the difference between the Registry
class and Naming
class.
In my application I am using Registry
class. But I want to know about Naming
class and its uses ?
The difference is that Naming
is a utility class with static methods, while Registry
is a remote interface. Unsurprisingly, Naming
calls Registry
internally. Note that the name
arguments you pass to java.rmi.Naming
are in URL format, and include the location of the registry, whereas with java.rmi.registry.Registry
, the name
is just the name.
For example, you would call something like this:
Naming.rebind("//host/objName", myObj);
whereas with Registry
, you need an existing handle on the registry object, and you'd call:
Registry registry = LocateRegistry.getRegistry("host");
registry.rebind("objName", myObj);
So Naming
is really just a convenience class that saves you having to look up the Registry
manually - it performs the registry lookup and rebind in one step.