001/* Name.java -- Name build up from different components 002 Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 003 004This file is part of GNU Classpath. 005 006GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify 007it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by 008the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) 009any later version. 010 011GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but 012WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 013MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU 014General Public License for more details. 015 016You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License 017along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. 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Components can be added as <code>String</code>s or 049 * <code>Name</code>s and a component can be removed from any position in the 050 * <code>Name</code>. 051 * A <code>Name</code> can be compared to another <code>Name</code> and it can 052 * be checked if a particular <code>Name</code> starts or ends with the same 053 * components as another <code>Name</code>. Finally <code>Name</code>s can be 054 * serialized and cloned. 055 * <p> 056 * Since <code>Name</code>s can be empty (have no components) methods that 057 * return a <code>Name</code> will never return <code>null</code>. 058 * 059 * @since 1.3 060 * @author Anthony Green (green@redhat.com) 061 * @author Mark Wielaard (mark@klomp.org) 062 */ 063public interface Name extends Cloneable, Serializable, Comparable<Object> 064{ 065 // This class is implemented as gnu.javax.naming.ictxImpl.trans.GnuName 066 067 long serialVersionUID = -3617482732056931635L; 068 069 /** 070 * Returns the number of components of this <code>Name</code>. 071 * The returned number can be zero. 072 */ 073 int size(); 074 075 /** 076 * Returns <code>true</code> if the number of components of this 077 * <code>Name</code> is zero, <code>false</code> otherwise. 078 */ 079 boolean isEmpty(); 080 081 /** 082 * Returns a non-null (but possibly empty) <code>Enumeration</code> of the 083 * components of the <code>Name</code> as <code>String</code>s. 084 */ 085 Enumeration<String> getAll(); 086 087 /** 088 * Gets the component at the given index. 089 * 090 * @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller 091 * then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>. 092 */ 093 String get(int i); 094 095 /** 096 * Returns the components till the given index as a <code>Name</code>. 097 * The returned <code>Name</code> can be modified without changing the 098 * original. 099 * 100 * @param posn the ending position, exclusive 101 * 102 * @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller 103 * then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>. 104 */ 105 Name getPrefix(int posn); 106 107 /** 108 * Returns the components from the given index till the end as a 109 * <code>Name</code>. 110 * The returned <code>Name</code> can be modified without changing the 111 * original. 112 * 113 * @param posn the starting position, inclusive. If it is equal to the size 114 * of the name, the empty name is returned. 115 * 116 * @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller 117 * then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>. 118 */ 119 Name getSuffix(int posn); 120 121 /** 122 * Adds the given <code>String</code> component to the end of this 123 * <code>Name</code>. The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and 124 * then returns it. 125 * 126 * @exception InvalidNameException if the given <code>String</code> is not a 127 * valid component for this <code>Name</code>. 128 */ 129 Name add(String comp) throws InvalidNameException; 130 131 /** 132 * Inserts the given <code>String</code> component to this <code>Name</code> 133 * at the given index. The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and 134 * then returns it. 135 * 136 * @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller 137 * then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>. 138 * @exception InvalidNameException if the given <code>String</code> is not a 139 * valid component for this <code>Name</code>. 140 */ 141 Name add(int posn, String comp) throws InvalidNameException; 142 143 /** 144 * Adds all the components of the given <code>Name</code> to the end of this 145 * <code>Name</code>. The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and 146 * then returns it. 147 * 148 * @exception InvalidNameException if any of the given components is not a 149 * valid component for this <code>Name</code>. 150 */ 151 Name addAll(Name suffix) throws InvalidNameException; 152 153 /** 154 * Inserts all the components of the given <code>Name</code> to this 155 * <code>Name</code> at the given index. Components after this index 156 * (if any) are shifted up. The method modifies the current 157 * <code>Name</code> and then returns it. 158 * 159 * @exception ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException if the given index is smaller 160 * then zero or greater then or equal to <code>size()</code>. 161 * @exception InvalidNameException if any of the given components is not a 162 * valid component for this <code>Name</code>. 163 */ 164 Name addAll(int posn, Name n) throws InvalidNameException; 165 166 /** 167 * Removes the component at the given index from this <code>Name</code>. 168 * The method modifies the current <code>Name</code> and then returns it. 169 * 170 * @exception InvalidNameException if the given <code>String</code> is not a 171 * valid component for this <code>Name</code>. 172 */ 173 Object remove(int posn) throws InvalidNameException; 174 175 /** 176 * Returns <code>true</code> if this <code>Name</code> starts with the 177 * components of the given <code>Name</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise. 178 */ 179 boolean startsWith(Name name); 180 181 /** 182 * Returns <code>true</code> if this <code>Name</code> ends with the 183 * components of the given <code>Name</code>, <code>false</code> otherwise. 184 */ 185 boolean endsWith(Name name); 186 187 /** 188 * Compares the given object to this <code>Name</code>. 189 * Returns a negative value if the given <code>Object</code> is smaller then 190 * this <code>Name</code>, a positive value if the <code>Object</code> is 191 * bigger, and zero if the are equal. If the <code>Object</code> is not of 192 * a class that can be compared to the class of this <code>Name</code> then 193 * a <code>ClassCastException</code> is thrown. Note that it is not 194 * guaranteed that <code>Name</code>s implemented in different classes can 195 * be compared. The definition of smaller, bigger and equal is up to the 196 * actual implementing class. 197 */ 198 int compareTo(Object obj); 199 200 /** 201 * Returns a clone of this <code>Name</code>. It will be a deep copy of 202 * all the components of the <code>Name</code> so that changes to components 203 * of the components does not change the component in this <code>Name</code>. 204 */ 205 Object clone(); 206}