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1 /**
2  * JORM: an implementation of a generic mapping system for persistent Java
3  * objects. Two mapping are supported: to RDBMS and to binary files.
4  * Copyright (C) 2001-2003 France Telecom R&D - INRIA
5  *
6  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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19  *
20  * Contact: jorm-team@objectweb.org
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22  */
23
24 package org.objectweb.jorm.naming.api;
25
26 import org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException;
27 import org.objectweb.jorm.api.PExceptionIO;
28
29 /**
30  * The <b>PNamingContext</b> interface adds a means to retrieves the information
31  * item attached to a PName it manages.
32  * @author R. Basset, P. D?chamboux
33  */
34 public interface PNamingContext extends PNameManager {
35     /**
36      * It retrieves the information item associated to the given PName (if any
37      * exists).
38      * @param conn The connection that can be used to access the data store.
39      * @param pn The PName to be looked up.
40      * @return The information item associated with the given PName within
41      * a naming context.
42      * @exception PExceptionNaming Raised in case of problem within the
43      * naming context.
44      * @exception PExceptionIO Raised in case of problem during the access of
45      * the data store
46      */
47     PName resolve(Object JavaDoc conn, PName pn) throws PException;
48 }
49
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