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1 /**
2  * Copyright (C) 2004 France Telecom R&D
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4  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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17  */

18 package org.objectweb.jorm.naming.api;
19
20 import org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException;
21 import org.objectweb.jorm.type.api.PType;
22
23 import java.util.Map JavaDoc;
24
25 /**
26  *
27  * @author S.Chassande-Barrioz
28  */

29 public interface KeyFilteredNamingContext extends PNamingContext {
30
31     /**
32      * Export a new persistent class into this PNamingContext
33      * @param binder is the PBinder instance of the persistent class
34      * @param key is the key value permitting to identify the persistent class
35      * @throws PException if the class is already exported in this
36      * PNamingContext.
37      */

38     void exportClass(PBinder binder, Object JavaDoc key) throws PException;
39
40     /**
41      * Unexport a persistent class from this PNamingContext
42      * @param key is the key value permitting to identify the persistent class
43      * @throws PException if the persistent class is not managed by this
44      * PNamingContext.
45      */

46     void unexportClass(Object JavaDoc key) throws PException;
47
48     /**
49      * @param key is the persistent class identifier
50      * @return the Pbinder instance corresponding a persistent class
51      */

52     PBinder lookup(Object JavaDoc key);
53
54     /**
55      * @return an unmodifiable map representing the associations between
56      * a persistent class identifiers (key) and the binder of the persistent
57      * class.
58      */

59     Map JavaDoc entries();
60
61     /**
62      * Evaluate the Expression/filter on a PNameGetter
63      * @param png is a PNameGetter permitting to fill the expression parameters
64      * @return value of the expression. This value should be a key value of a
65      * persistent class.
66      */

67     Object JavaDoc evaluate(Object JavaDoc png, Object JavaDoc ctx) throws PException;
68
69     void setExpressionType(PType type);
70
71     PType getExpressionType();
72
73 }
74
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