Source for org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtOperations

   1: /* NamingContextExtOperations.java --
   2:    Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   3: 
   4: This file is part of GNU Classpath.
   5: 
   6: GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   7: it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   8: the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   9: any later version.
  10: 
  11: GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  12: WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  13: MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  14: General Public License for more details.
  15: 
  16: You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  17: along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
  18: Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
  19: 02110-1301 USA.
  20: 
  21: Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
  22: making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
  23: conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
  24: combination.
  25: 
  26: As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
  27: permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
  28: executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
  29: modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
  30: terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
  31: independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
  32: module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
  33: or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
  34: this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
  35: obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
  36: exception statement from your version. */
  37: 
  38: 
  39: package org.omg.CosNaming;
  40: 
  41: import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage.InvalidAddress;
  42: import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.CannotProceed;
  43: import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.InvalidName;
  44: import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotFound;
  45: 
  46: /**
  47:  * The extended naming context operations, defined since 1.4.
  48:  * The extensions are focused on providing the simplier way
  49:  * to use naming service with the string-based names and
  50:  * addresses.
  51:  *
  52:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  53:  */
  54: public interface NamingContextExtOperations
  55:   extends NamingContextOperations
  56: {
  57:   /**
  58:    * Resolve the name, represented in the form of the string.
  59:    * The components of the composite name are separated by
  60:    * slash ('/').
  61:    *
  62:    * @param a_name_string the name to resolve.
  63:    * @return the object, referenced by the name.
  64:    */
  65:   org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve_str(String a_name_string)
  66:                             throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
  67: 
  68:   /**
  69:    * Converts the name, represented in the form of the string,
  70:    * into the older name representation (array of the name
  71:    * components).
  72:    *
  73:    * @param a_name_string the stringified form of the name.
  74:    *
  75:    * @return the component array form of the name.
  76:    *
  77:    * @throws InvalidName if the name is invalid.
  78:    */
  79:   NameComponent[] to_name(String a_name_string)
  80:                    throws InvalidName;
  81: 
  82:   /**
  83:    * Converts the older representation for the name (array
  84:    * of the name components) into the string form of the name.
  85:    *
  86:    * @param a_name the name, as an array of components.
  87:    *
  88:    * @return the same name as a string.
  89:    *
  90:    * @throws InvalidName if the name is invalid.
  91:    */
  92:   String to_string(NameComponent[] a_name)
  93:             throws InvalidName;
  94: 
  95:   String to_url(String an_address, String a_name_string)
  96:          throws InvalidAddress, InvalidName;
  97: }