NamingEnumerationBinding

NamingEnumerationBinding is a data object used in naming and directory services to represent a single binding entry within a NamingEnumeration. It encapsulates the association between a symbolic name in a naming context and the object bound to that name, together with the object's class name. This representation is commonly used when enumerating the contents of a context, such as listing all bindings under a given path.

In typical implementations, a NamingEnumerationBinding includes fields or accessors for: name (the bound name, a string), object (the bound object, an arbitrary instance), and className (the fully-qualified class name of the bound object). The concept is closely related to the Binding type in the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), and in that ecosystem a NamingEnumeration can yield elements that correspond to bindings, often implemented as objects akin to NamingEnumerationBinding.

In practice, a consumer iterates over a NamingEnumeration of bindings to inspect names, bound objects, and their classes, enabling applications to present directory contents or perform contextual lookups. Although the exact class name NamingEnumerationBinding may not appear in every API, the underlying pattern—an entry that pairs a name with its bound object and metadata—is a standard part of many naming services.

See also JNDI, Binding, NamingEnumeration, Context, DirContext.