org.jacorb.naming

Class Name

java.lang.Object

org.jacorb.naming.Name

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Name
extends Object
implements Serializable

A convenience class for names and converting between Names and their string representation

Author:

Gerald Brose, FU Berlin

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Name()
Name(NameComponent n) create a name from a singleNameComponent
Name(NameComponent[] n) create a name from an array of NameComponents
Name(String string_name) create a name from a stringified name

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
NameComponent	baseNameComponent()
NameComponent[]	components()
Name	ctxName()
boolean	equals(Object obj)
Name	fullName()
int	hashCode()
String	kind()
static NameComponent[]	toName(String sn)
String	toString()
static String	toString(NameComponent[] n)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Name

public Name()

Name

public Name(NameComponent[] n)
     throws InvalidName

create a name from an array of NameComponents

Throws:

InvalidName

Name

public Name(String string_name)
     throws InvalidName

create a name from a stringified name

Throws:

InvalidName

Name

public Name(NameComponent n)
     throws InvalidName

create a name from a singleNameComponent

Throws:

InvalidName

Method Detail

baseNameComponent

public NameComponent baseNameComponent()

Returns:

a NameComponent object representing the unstructured base name of this structured name

kind

public String kind()

components

public NameComponent[] components()

Returns:

this name as an array of org.omg.CosNaming.NameComponent, neccessary for a number of operations on naming context

ctxName

public Name ctxName()

Returns:

a Name object representing the name of the enclosing context

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

fullName

public Name fullName()
              throws InvalidName

Throws:

InvalidName

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the string representation of this name

toName

public static NameComponent[] toName(String sn)
                              throws InvalidName

Returns:

an a array of NameComponents

Throws:

InvalidName

toString

public static String toString(NameComponent[] n)
                       throws InvalidName

Returns:

the string representation of this NameComponent array

Throws:

InvalidName