deep-c-rsc/JCGO/classpath-0.93/org/omg/CosNaming/NamingContext.java
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/* NamingContext.java --
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package org.omg.CosNaming;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.AlreadyBound;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.CannotProceed;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.InvalidName;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotEmpty;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotFound;
/**
* The interface for the naming context. The naming context can
* store (bound) and retrieve (resolve) the named objects or
* named child contexts. These operations are defined in a separate
* interface.
*
* @see NamingContextExt
*
* @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
*/
public interface NamingContext
extends NamingContextOperations, org.omg.CORBA.Object, IDLEntity
{
/**
* Gives the object a name, valid in this context.
*
* @param a_name the name, being given to the object.
* @param an_object the object, being named.
*
* @throws AlreadyBound if the object is already named in this context.
* @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
void bind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object)
throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound;
/**
* Gives a child context name, valid in this context.
*
* @param a_name the name, being given to the child context.
* @param a_context the child context being named.
*
* @throws AlreadyBound if the child context is already named in
* the current context.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
void bind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context)
throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound;
/**
* Create a new context and give it a given name (bound it)
* in the current context.
*
* @param a_name the name being given to the new context.
*
* @return the newly created context.
*
* @throws AlreadyBound if the name is already in use.
* @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
NamingContext bind_new_context(NameComponent[] a_name)
throws NotFound, AlreadyBound, CannotProceed,
InvalidName;
/**
* Destroy this context (must be empty).
* @throws NotEmpty if the context being destroyed is not empty.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
void destroy()
throws NotEmpty;
/**
* Iterate over all bindings, defined in this namind context.
*
* @param amount the maximal number of context to return in the
* holder a_list. The remaining bindings are accessible via iterator
* an_iter. If the parameter amount is zero, all bindings are accessed only
* via this iterator.
*
* @param a_list the holder, where the returned bindigs are stored.
* @param an_iter the iterator that can be used to access the remaining
* bindings.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
void list(int amount, BindingListHolder a_list, BindingIteratorHolder an_iter);
/**
* Creates a new naming context, not bound to any name.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
NamingContext new_context();
/**
* Names or renames the object.
*
* @param a_name the new name, being given to the object. If
* the object is already named in this context, it is renamed.
*
* @param an_object the object, being named.
*
* @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
void rebind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object)
throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
/**
* Names or renames the child context.
* If the child context is already named in
* the current context, it is renamed.
*
* @param a_name the name, being given to the child context.
* @param a_context the child context being named.
*
* @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
void rebind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context)
throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
/**
* Get the object, bound to the specified name in this
* context.
*
* @param a_name the object name.
*
* @return the object, matching this name. The client
* usually casts or narrows (using the helper) the returned value
* to the more specific type.
*
* @throws NotFound
* @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve(NameComponent[] a_name)
throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
/**
* Removes the name from the binding context.
*
* @param a_name a name to remove.
*
* @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
*
* @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
*/
void unbind(NameComponent[] a_name)
throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
}