NormalizerRegistry


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17  package org.apache.ldap.server.schema;
18  
19  
20  import org.apache.ldap.common.schema.Normalizer;
21  
22  import javax.naming.NamingException  ;
23  
24  
25  /**
26   * Normalizer registry service interface.
27   *
28   * @author <a HREF="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
29   * @version $Rev: 169198 $
30   */
31  public interface NormalizerRegistry
32  {
33      /**
34       * Registers a Normalizer with this registry.
35       * 
36       * @param schema the name of the schema the Normalizer is associated with
37       * @param normalizer the Normalizer to register
38       * @throws NamingException if the Normalizer is already registered or the
39       *      registration operation is not supported
40       */
41      void register( String   schema, String   oid, Normalizer normalizer ) throws NamingException  ;
42      
43      /**
44       * Looks up a Normalizer by its unique Object Identifier.
45       * 
46       * @param oid the object identifier
47       * @return the Normalizer for the oid
48       * @throws NamingException if there is a backing store failure or the 
49       *      Normalizer does not exist.
50       */
51      Normalizer lookup( String   oid ) throws NamingException  ;
52  
53      /**
54       * Gets the name of the schema this schema object is associated with.
55       *
56       * @param oid the object identifier
57       * @return the schema name
58       * @throws NamingException if the schema object does not exist
59       */
60      String   getSchemaName( String   oid ) throws NamingException  ;
61  
62      /**
63       * Checks to see if a Normalizer exists.  Backing store failures simply 
64       * return false.
65       * 
66       * @param oid the object identifier
67       * @return true if a Normalizer definition exists for the oid, false 
68       *      otherwise
69       */
70      boolean hasNormalizer( String   oid );
71  }
72
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