what does # character means in JNDI lookup?

Question

hi every one does any one know that "what does '#' character means in JNDI look up?" like:

helloUser = (HelloUser) ctx.lookup("HelloUser#ejb3inaction.example.HelloUser");

thanks a lot

Answer 1

It doesn't mean anything special. It's just a convenient delimiter that doesn't require escaping. Other characters could have been used. For example, "!" was chosen by the EJB 3.1 specification.