libjava/javax/naming/Context.java

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  37
  38
  39 package javax.naming;
  40
  41 import java.util.Hashtable;
  42
  43 public interface Context
  44 {
  45   // Property with name of the inital context factory to use
  46   String INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY
  47     = "java.naming.factory.initial";
  48
  49   // Property with colon-separated list of object factories to use.
  50   String OBJECT_FACTORIES
  51     = "java.naming.factory.object";
  52
  53   // Property with colon-separated list of state factories to use.
  54   String STATE_FACTORIES
  55     = "java.naming.factory.state";
  56
  57   // Property with colon-separated list of package prefixes to use.
  58   String URL_PKG_PREFIXES
  59     = "java.naming.factory.url.pkgs";
  60
  61   // Property with URL specifying configuration for the service
  62   // provider to use.
  63   String PROVIDER_URL
  64     = "java.naming.provider.url";
  65
  66   // Property with the DNS host and domain names to use.
  67   String DNS_URL
  68     = "java.naming.dns.url";
  69
  70   // Property with the authoritativeness of the service requested.
  71   String AUTHORITATIVE
  72     = "java.naming.authoritative";
  73
  74   // Property with the batch size to use when returning data via the
  75   // service's protocol.
  76   String BATCHSIZE
  77     = "java.naming.batchsize";
  78
  79   // Property defining how referrals encountered by the service
  80   // provider are to be processed.
  81   String REFERRAL
  82     = "java.naming.referral";
  83
  84   // Property specifying the security protocol to use.
  85   String SECURITY_PROTOCOL
  86     = "java.naming.security.protocol";
  87
  88   // Property specifying the security level to use.
  89   String SECURITY_AUTHENTICATION
  90     = "java.naming.security.authentication";
  91
  92   // Property for the identity of the principal for authenticating
  93   // the caller to the service.
  94   String SECURITY_PRINCIPAL
  95     = "java.naming.security.principal";
  96
  97   // Property specifying the credentials of the principal for
  98   // authenticating the caller to the service.
  99   String SECURITY_CREDENTIALS
 100     = "java.naming.security.credentials";
 101
 102   // Property for specifying the preferred language to use with the
 103   // service.
 104   String LANGUAGE
 105     = "java.naming.language";
 106
 107   // Property for the initial context constructor to use when searching
 108   // for other properties.
 109   String APPLET
 110     = "java.naming.applet";
 111
 112   void bind (Name name, Object obj) throws NamingException;
 113   void bind (String name, Object obj) throws NamingException;
 114
 115   Object lookup (Name name) throws NamingException;
 116   Object lookup (String name) throws NamingException;
 117
 118   void rebind (Name name, Object obj) throws NamingException;
 119   void rebind (String name, Object obj) throws NamingException;
 120
 121   void unbind (Name name) throws NamingException;
 122   void unbind (String name) throws NamingException;
 123
 124   void rename (Name oldName, Name newName) throws NamingException;
 125   void rename (String oldName, String newName) throws NamingException;
 126
 127   NamingEnumeration list (Name name) throws NamingException;
 128   NamingEnumeration list (String name) throws NamingException;
 129
 130   NamingEnumeration listBindings (Name name) throws NamingException;
 131   NamingEnumeration listBindings (String name) throws NamingException;
 132
 133   void destroySubcontext (Name name) throws NamingException;
 134   void destroySubcontext (String name) throws NamingException;
 135
 136   Context createSubcontext (Name name) throws NamingException;
 137   Context createSubcontext (String name) throws NamingException;
 138
 139   Object lookupLink (Name name) throws NamingException;
 140   Object lookupLink (String name) throws NamingException;
 141
 142   NameParser getNameParser (Name name) throws NamingException;
 143   NameParser getNameParser (String name) throws NamingException;
 144
 145   Name composeName (Name name, Name prefix) throws NamingException;
 146   String composeName (String name,
 147                              String prefix) throws NamingException;
 148
 149   Object addToEnvironment (String propName,
 150                                   Object propVal) throws NamingException;
 151
 152   Object removeFromEnvironment (String propName) throws NamingException;
 153
 154   Hashtable getEnvironment () throws NamingException;
 155
 156   void close () throws NamingException;
 157
 158   String getNameInNamespace () throws NamingException;
 159 }
 160