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title: "What is a data source?"  
description: "What is a data source?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-04-29  
updated: 2020-09-22  
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# What is a data source?

A DataSource class brings another level of abstraction than directly using a connection object. Data source can be referenced by JNDI. Data Source may point to RDBMS, file System , any DBMS etc.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

A DataSource class brings another level of abstraction than directly using a connection object. Data source can be referenced by JNDI. Data Source may point to RDBMS, file System , any DBMS etc.


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