> > Assaf:
> > By definition all contexts should support Names, a lookup on "" always
> > returns the same context. Sub-contexts need not be creatable or
> > destructable (e.g. read-only), but they must be retrievable with lookup(
> > "ctx" ).
>
> Rickard:
> Incorrect. A flat one does not need to support retriveal of subcontexts,
> simply because there are none. I now wish to point your attention to the
> javadoc of CompoundName, which uses "properties" to direct the parsing:
> "Direction for parsing ("right_to_left", "left_to_right", "flat"). If
> unspecified, defaults to "flat", which means the namespace is flat with
> no hierarchical structure. "
> AFAIK this is the only place in the JNDI docs where the difference
> between "flat" and "hierarchical" is defined, but nevertheless, there it
> is :-)
Aha! I never did understand what the "flat" option was.
Until now. Thanks for pointing that one out Rickard.
tim.
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