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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.NamingContextPackage.AlreadyBound; 42 import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.CannotProceed; 43 import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.InvalidName; 44 import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotEmpty; 45 import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotFound; 46 47 /** 48 * The naming context operations. The naming context can 49 * store (bound) and retrieve (resolve) the named objects or 50 * named child contexts. 51 * 52 * @see NamingContextExtOperations 53 * 54 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org) 55 */ 56 public interface NamingContextOperations 57 { 58 /** 59 * Gives the object a name, valid in this context. 60 * 61 * @param a_name the name, being given to the object. 62 * @param an_object the object, being named. 63 * 64 * @throws AlreadyBound if the object is already named in this context. 65 * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid. 66 */ bind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object)67 void bind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object) 68 throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound; 69 70 /** 71 * Gives a child context name, valid in this context. 72 * 73 * @param a_name the name, being given to the child context. 74 * @param a_context the child context being named. 75 * 76 * @throws AlreadyBound if the child context is already named in 77 * the current context. 78 */ bind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context)79 void bind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context) 80 throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound; 81 82 /** 83 * Create a new context and give it a given name (bound it) 84 * in the current context. 85 * 86 * @param a_name the name being given to the new context. 87 * 88 * @return the newly created context. 89 * 90 * @throws AlreadyBound if the name is already in use. 91 * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid. 92 */ bind_new_context(NameComponent[] a_name)93 NamingContext bind_new_context(NameComponent[] a_name) 94 throws NotFound, AlreadyBound, CannotProceed, 95 InvalidName; 96 97 /** 98 * Destroy this context (must be empty). 99 * @throws NotEmpty if the context being destroyed is not empty. 100 */ destroy()101 void destroy() 102 throws NotEmpty; 103 104 /** 105 * Iterate over all bindings, defined in this namind context. 106 * 107 * @param amount the maximal number of context to return in the 108 * holder a_list. The remaining bindings are accessible via iterator 109 * an_iter. If the parameter amount is zero, all bindings are accessed only 110 * via this iterator. 111 * 112 * @param a_list the holder, where the returned bindigs are stored. 113 * @param an_iter the iterator that can be used to access the remaining 114 * bindings. 115 */ list(int amount, BindingListHolder a_list, BindingIteratorHolder an_iter)116 void list(int amount, BindingListHolder a_list, BindingIteratorHolder an_iter); 117 118 /** 119 * Creates a new naming context, not bound to any name. 120 */ new_context()121 NamingContext new_context(); 122 123 /** 124 * Names or renames the object. 125 * 126 * @param a_name the new name, being given to the object. If 127 * the object is already named in this context, it is renamed. 128 * 129 * @param an_object the object, being named. 130 * 131 * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid. 132 */ rebind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object)133 void rebind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object) 134 throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName; 135 136 /** 137 * Names or renames the child context. 138 * If the child context is already named in 139 * the current context, it is renamed. 140 * 141 * @param a_name the name, being given to the child context. 142 * @param a_context the child context being named. 143 * 144 * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid. 145 */ rebind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context)146 void rebind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context) 147 throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName; 148 149 /** 150 * Get the object, bound to the specified name in this 151 * context. 152 * 153 * @param a_name the object name. 154 * 155 * @return the object, matching this name. The client 156 * usually casts or narrows (using the helper) the returned value 157 * to the more specific type. 158 * 159 * @throws NotFound 160 * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid. 161 */ resolve(NameComponent[] a_name)162 org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve(NameComponent[] a_name) 163 throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName; 164 165 /** 166 * Removes the name from the binding context. 167 * 168 * @param a_name a name to remove. 169 * 170 * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid. 171 */ unbind(NameComponent[] a_name)172 void unbind(NameComponent[] a_name) 173 throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName; 174 } 175