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037    
038    
039    package org.omg.CosNaming;
040    
041    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity;
042    import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.AlreadyBound;
043    import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.CannotProceed;
044    import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.InvalidName;
045    import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotEmpty;
046    import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotFound;
047    
048    /**
049     * The interface for the naming context. The naming context can
050     * store (bound) and retrieve (resolve) the named objects or
051     * named child contexts. These operations are defined in a separate
052     * interface.
053     *
054     * @see NamingContextExt
055     *
056     * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
057     */
058    public interface NamingContext
059      extends NamingContextOperations, org.omg.CORBA.Object, IDLEntity
060    {
061      /**
062       * Gives the object a name, valid in this context.
063       *
064       * @param a_name the name, being given to the object.
065       * @param an_object the object, being named.
066       *
067       * @throws AlreadyBound if the object is already named in this context.
068       * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
069       *
070       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
071       */
072      void bind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object)
073         throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound;
074    
075      /**
076       * Gives a child context name, valid in this context.
077       *
078       * @param a_name the name, being given to the child context.
079       * @param a_context the child context being named.
080       *
081       * @throws AlreadyBound if the child context is already named in
082       * the current context.
083       *
084       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
085       */
086      void bind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context)
087                 throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound;
088    
089      /**
090       * Create a new context and give it a given name (bound it)
091       * in the current context.
092       *
093       * @param a_name the name being given to the new context.
094       *
095       * @return the newly created context.
096       *
097       * @throws AlreadyBound if the name is already in use.
098       * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
099       *
100       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
101       */
102      NamingContext bind_new_context(NameComponent[] a_name)
103                              throws NotFound, AlreadyBound, CannotProceed,
104                                     InvalidName;
105    
106      /**
107       * Destroy this context (must be empty).
108       * @throws NotEmpty if the context being destroyed is not empty.
109       *
110       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
111       */
112      void destroy()
113            throws NotEmpty;
114    
115      /**
116       * Iterate over all bindings, defined in this namind context.
117       *
118       * @param amount the maximal number of context to return in the
119       * holder a_list. The remaining bindings are accessible via iterator
120       * an_iter. If the parameter amount is zero, all bindings are accessed only
121       * via this iterator.
122       *
123       * @param a_list the holder, where the returned bindigs are stored.
124       * @param an_iter the iterator that can be used to access the remaining
125       * bindings.
126       *
127       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
128       */
129      void list(int amount, BindingListHolder a_list, BindingIteratorHolder an_iter);
130    
131      /**
132       * Creates a new naming context, not bound to any name.
133       *
134       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
135       */
136      NamingContext new_context();
137    
138      /**
139       * Names or renames the object.
140       *
141       * @param a_name the new name, being given to the object. If
142       * the object is already named in this context, it is renamed.
143       *
144       * @param an_object the object, being named.
145       *
146       * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
147       *
148       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
149       */
150      void rebind(NameComponent[] a_name, org.omg.CORBA.Object an_object)
151           throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
152    
153      /**
154       * Names or renames the child context.
155       * If the child context is already named in
156       * the current context, it is renamed.
157       *
158       * @param a_name the name, being given to the child context.
159       * @param a_context the child context being named.
160       *
161       * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
162       *
163       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
164       */
165      void rebind_context(NameComponent[] a_name, NamingContext a_context)
166                   throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
167    
168      /**
169       * Get the object, bound to the specified name in this
170       * context.
171       *
172       * @param a_name the object name.
173       *
174       * @return the object, matching this name. The client
175       * usually casts or narrows (using the helper) the returned value
176       * to the more specific type.
177       *
178       * @throws NotFound
179       * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
180       *
181       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
182       */
183      org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve(NameComponent[] a_name)
184                            throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
185    
186      /**
187       * Removes the name from the binding context.
188       *
189       * @param a_name a name to remove.
190       *
191       * @throws InvalidName if the name has zero length or otherwise invalid.
192       *
193       * @specnote since 1.3 this method has moved into NamingContextOperations.
194       */
195      void unbind(NameComponent[] a_name)
196           throws NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName;
197    }