197 lines
7.8 KiB
Java
197 lines
7.8 KiB
Java
/* Name.java -- Name build up from different components
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Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of GNU Classpath.
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GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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any later version.
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GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
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02111-1307 USA.
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Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
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making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
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conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
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combination.
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As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
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permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
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executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
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modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
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terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
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independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
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module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
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or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
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this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
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obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
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exception statement from your version. */
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package javax.naming;
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import java.util.Enumeration;
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import java.io.Serializable;
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/**
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* Interface descriping a name build up from different components.
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* The components are represented as <code>String</code>s which are
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* ordered from most significant to least significant. There are methods to
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* get the number of components. Methods to get a particular component or group
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* of components. Components can be added as <code>String</code>s or
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* <code>Name</code>s and a component can be removed from any position in the
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* <code>Name</code>.
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* A <code>Name</code> can be compared to another <code>Name</code> and it can
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* be checked if a particular <code>Name</code> starts or ends with the same
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* components as another <code>Name</code>. Finally <code>Name</code>s can be
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* serialized and cloned.
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* <p>
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* Since <code>Name</code>s can be empty (have no components) methods that
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* return a <code>Name</code> will never return <code>null</code>.
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*
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* @since 1.3
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* @author Anthony Green (green@redhat.com)
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* @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org)
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*/
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public interface Name extends Cloneable, Serializable
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{
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/**
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* Returns the number of components of this <code>Name</code>.
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* The returned number can be zero.
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*/
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public int size();
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/**
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* Returns <code>true</code> if the number of components of this
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* <code>Name</code> is zero, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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*/
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public boolean isEmpty();
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/**
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* Returns a non-null (but possibly empty) <code>Enumeration</code> of the
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* components of the <code>Name</code> as <code>String</code>s.
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*/
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public Enumeration getAll();
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/**
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* Gets the component at the given index.
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*
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* @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller
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* then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>.
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*/
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public String get(int i);
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/**
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* Returns the components till the given index as a <code>Name</code>.
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* The returned <code>Name</code> can be modified without changing the
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* original.
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*
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* @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller
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* then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>.
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*/
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public Name getPrefix(int i);
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/**
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* Returns the components from the given index till the end as a
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* <code>Name</code>.
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* The returned <code>Name</code> can be modified without changing the
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* original.
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*
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* @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller
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* then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>.
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*/
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public Name getSuffix(int i);
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/**
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* Adds the given <code>String</code> component to the end of this
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* <code>Name</code>. The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and
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* then returns it.
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*
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* @exception InvalidNameException if the given <code>String</code> is not a
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* valid component for this <code>Name</code>.
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*/
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public Name add(String comp) throws InvalidNameException;
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/**
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* Inserts the given <code>String</code> component to this <code>Name</code>
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* at the given index. The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and
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* then returns it.
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*
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* @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller
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* then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>.
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* @exception InvalidNameException if the given <code>String</code> is not a
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* valid component for this <code>Name</code>.
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*/
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public Name add(int posn, String comp) throws InvalidNameException;
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/**
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* Adds all the components of the given <code>Name</code> to the end of this
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* <code>Name</code>. The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and
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* then returns it.
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*
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* @exception InvalidNameException if any of the given components is not a
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* valid component for this <code>Name</code>.
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*/
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public Name addAll(Name suffix) throws InvalidNameException;
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/**
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* Inserts all the components of the given <code>Name</code> to this
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* <code>Name</code> at the given index. The method modifies the current
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* <code>Name</code> and then returns it.
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*
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* @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller
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* then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>.
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* @exception InvalidNameException if any of the given components is not a
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* valid component for this <code>Name</code>.
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*/
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public Name addAll(int posn, Name n) throws InvalidNameException;
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/**
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* Removes the component at the given index from this <code>Name</code>.
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* The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and then returns it.
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*
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* @exception InvalidNameException if the given <code>String</code> is not a
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* valid component for this <code>Name</code>.
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*/
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public Object remove(int posn) throws InvalidNameException;
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/**
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* Returns <code>true</code> if this <code>Name</code> starts with the
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* components of the given <code>Name</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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*/
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public boolean startsWith(Name name);
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/**
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* Returns <code>true</code> if this <code>Name</code> ends with the
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* components of the given <code>Name</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise.
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*/
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public boolean endsWith(Name name);
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/**
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* Compares the given object to this <code>Name</code>.
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* Returns a negative value if the given <code>Object</code> is smaller then
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* this <code>Name</code>, a positive value if the <code>Object</code> is
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* bigger, and zero if the are equal. If the <code>Object</code> is not of
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* a class that can be compared to the class of this <code>Name</code> then
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* a <code>ClassCastException</code> is thrown. Note that it is not
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* guaranteed that <code>Name</code>s implemented in different classes can
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* be compared. The definition of smaller, bigger and equal is up to the
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* actual implementing class.
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*/
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public int compareTo(Object obj);
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/**
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* Returns a clone of this <code>Name</code>. It will be a deep copy of
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* all the components of the <code>Name</code> so that changes to components
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* of the components does not change the component in this <code>Name</code>.
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*/
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public Object clone();
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}
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