gcc/libjava/classpath/javax/naming/Context.java

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package javax.naming;

import java.util.Hashtable;

public interface Context
{
  // Property with name of the inital context factory to use
  String INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY 
    = "java.naming.factory.initial";

  // Property with colon-separated list of object factories to use.
  String OBJECT_FACTORIES
    = "java.naming.factory.object";

  // Property with colon-separated list of state factories to use.
  String STATE_FACTORIES
    = "java.naming.factory.state";

  // Property with colon-separated list of package prefixes to use.
  String URL_PKG_PREFIXES
    = "java.naming.factory.url.pkgs";

  // Property with URL specifying configuration for the service
  // provider to use.
  String PROVIDER_URL 
    = "java.naming.provider.url";
  
  // Property with the DNS host and domain names to use.
  String DNS_URL 
    = "java.naming.dns.url";
  
  // Property with the authoritativeness of the service requested.
  String AUTHORITATIVE 
    = "java.naming.authoritative";
  
  // Property with the batch size to use when returning data via the
  // service's protocol.
  String BATCHSIZE
    = "java.naming.batchsize";
  
  // Property defining how referrals encountered by the service
  // provider are to be processed.
  String REFERRAL
    = "java.naming.referral";

  // Property specifying the security protocol to use.
  String SECURITY_PROTOCOL
    = "java.naming.security.protocol";

  // Property specifying the security level to use.
  String SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION
    = "java.naming.security.authentication";

  // Property for the identity of the principal for authenticating
  // the caller to the service.
  String SECURITY_PRINCIPAL
    = "java.naming.security.principal";

  // Property specifying the credentials of the principal for
  // authenticating the caller to the service.
  String SECURITY_CREDENTIALS
    = "java.naming.security.credentials";

  // Property for specifying the preferred language to use with the
  // service.
  String LANGUAGE
    = "java.naming.language";

  // Property for the initial context constructor to use when searching
  // for other properties.
  String APPLET
    = "java.naming.applet";

  void bind (Name name, Object obj) throws NamingException;
  void bind (String name, Object obj) throws NamingException;

  Object lookup (Name name) throws NamingException;
  Object lookup (String name) throws NamingException;

  void rebind (Name name, Object obj) throws NamingException;
  void rebind (String name, Object obj) throws NamingException;

  void unbind (Name name) throws NamingException;
  void unbind (String name) throws NamingException;

  void rename (Name oldName, Name newName) throws NamingException;
  void rename (String oldName, String newName) throws NamingException;

  NamingEnumeration list (Name name) throws NamingException;
  NamingEnumeration list (String name) throws NamingException;

  NamingEnumeration listBindings (Name name) throws NamingException;
  NamingEnumeration listBindings (String name) throws NamingException;

  void destroySubcontext (Name name) throws NamingException;
  void destroySubcontext (String name) throws NamingException;

  Context createSubcontext (Name name) throws NamingException;
  Context createSubcontext (String name) throws NamingException;

  Object lookupLink (Name name) throws NamingException;
  Object lookupLink (String name) throws NamingException;

  NameParser getNameParser (Name name) throws NamingException;
  NameParser getNameParser (String name) throws NamingException;

  Name composeName (Name name, Name prefix) throws NamingException;
  String composeName (String name, 
			     String prefix) throws NamingException;

  Object addToEnvironment (String propName, 
				  Object propVal) throws NamingException;

  Object removeFromEnvironment (String propName) throws NamingException;

  Hashtable getEnvironment () throws NamingException;

  void close () throws NamingException;

  String getNameInNamespace () throws NamingException;
}