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| package javax.naming.spi; |
| |
| import java.util.Hashtable; |
| |
| import javax.naming.*; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface represents a factory for creating an object. |
| *<p> |
| * The JNDI framework allows for object implementations to |
| * be loaded in dynamically via <em>object factories</em>. |
| * For example, when looking up a printer bound in the name space, |
| * if the print service binds printer names to References, the printer |
| * Reference could be used to create a printer object, so that |
| * the caller of lookup can directly operate on the printer object |
| * after the lookup. |
| * <p>An <tt>ObjectFactory</tt> is responsible |
| * for creating objects of a specific type. In the above example, |
| * you may have a PrinterObjectFactory for creating Printer objects. |
| *<p> |
| * An object factory must implement the <tt>ObjectFactory</tt> interface. |
| * In addition, the factory class must be public and must have a |
| * public constructor that accepts no parameters. |
| *<p> |
| * The <tt>getObjectInstance()</tt> method of an object factory may |
| * be invoked multiple times, possibly using different parameters. |
| * The implementation is thread-safe. |
| *<p> |
| * The mention of URL in the documentation for this class refers to |
| * a URL string as defined by RFC 1738 and its related RFCs. It is |
| * any string that conforms to the syntax described therein, and |
| * may not always have corresponding support in the java.net.URL |
| * class or Web browsers. |
| * |
| * @author Rosanna Lee |
| * @author Scott Seligman |
| * |
| * @see NamingManager#getObjectInstance |
| * @see NamingManager#getURLContext |
| * @see ObjectFactoryBuilder |
| * @see StateFactory |
| * @since 1.3 |
| */ |
| |
| public interface ObjectFactory { |
| /** |
| * Creates an object using the location or reference information |
| * specified. |
| * <p> |
| * Special requirements of this object are supplied |
| * using <code>environment</code>. |
| * An example of such an environment property is user identity |
| * information. |
| *<p> |
| * <tt>NamingManager.getObjectInstance()</tt> |
| * successively loads in object factories and invokes this method |
| * on them until one produces a non-null answer. When an exception |
| * is thrown by an object factory, the exception is passed on to the caller |
| * of <tt>NamingManager.getObjectInstance()</tt> |
| * (and no search is made for other factories |
| * that may produce a non-null answer). |
| * An object factory should only throw an exception if it is sure that |
| * it is the only intended factory and that no other object factories |
| * should be tried. |
| * If this factory cannot create an object using the arguments supplied, |
| * it should return null. |
| *<p> |
| * A <em>URL context factory</em> is a special ObjectFactory that |
| * creates contexts for resolving URLs or objects whose locations |
| * are specified by URLs. The <tt>getObjectInstance()</tt> method |
| * of a URL context factory will obey the following rules. |
| * <ol> |
| * <li>If <code>obj</code> is null, create a context for resolving URLs of the |
| * scheme associated with this factory. The resulting context is not tied |
| * to a specific URL: it is able to handle arbitrary URLs with this factory's |
| * scheme id. For example, invoking <tt>getObjectInstance()</tt> with |
| * <code>obj</code> set to null on an LDAP URL context factory would return a |
| * context that can resolve LDAP URLs |
| * such as "ldap://ldap.wiz.com/o=wiz,c=us" and |
| * "ldap://ldap.umich.edu/o=umich,c=us". |
| * <li> |
| * If <code>obj</code> is a URL string, create an object (typically a context) |
| * identified by the URL. For example, suppose this is an LDAP URL context |
| * factory. If <code>obj</code> is "ldap://ldap.wiz.com/o=wiz,c=us", |
| * getObjectInstance() would return the context named by the distinguished |
| * name "o=wiz, c=us" at the LDAP server ldap.wiz.com. This context can |
| * then be used to resolve LDAP names (such as "cn=George") |
| * relative to that context. |
| * <li> |
| * If <code>obj</code> is an array of URL strings, the assumption is that the |
| * URLs are equivalent in terms of the context to which they refer. |
| * Verification of whether the URLs are, or need to be, equivalent is up |
| * to the context factory. The order of the URLs in the array is |
| * not significant. |
| * The object returned by getObjectInstance() is like that of the single |
| * URL case. It is the object named by the URLs. |
| * <li> |
| * If <code>obj</code> is of any other type, the behavior of |
| * <tt>getObjectInstance()</tt> is determined by the context factory |
| * implementation. |
| * </ol> |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * The <tt>name</tt> and <tt>environment</tt> parameters |
| * are owned by the caller. |
| * The implementation will not modify these objects or keep references |
| * to them, although it may keep references to clones or copies. |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * <b>Name and Context Parameters.</b> |
| * <a name=NAMECTX></a> |
| * |
| * The <code>name</code> and <code>nameCtx</code> parameters may |
| * optionally be used to specify the name of the object being created. |
| * <code>name</code> is the name of the object, relative to context |
| * <code>nameCtx</code>. |
| * If there are several possible contexts from which the object |
| * could be named -- as will often be the case -- it is up to |
| * the caller to select one. A good rule of thumb is to select the |
| * "deepest" context available. |
| * If <code>nameCtx</code> is null, <code>name</code> is relative |
| * to the default initial context. If no name is being specified, the |
| * <code>name</code> parameter should be null. |
| * If a factory uses <code>nameCtx</code> it should synchronize its use |
| * against concurrent access, since context implementations are not |
| * guaranteed to be thread-safe. |
| * <p> |
| * |
| * @param obj The possibly null object containing location or reference |
| * information that can be used in creating an object. |
| * @param name The name of this object relative to <code>nameCtx</code>, |
| * or null if no name is specified. |
| * @param nameCtx The context relative to which the <code>name</code> |
| * parameter is specified, or null if <code>name</code> is |
| * relative to the default initial context. |
| * @param environment The possibly null environment that is used in |
| * creating the object. |
| * @return The object created; null if an object cannot be created. |
| * @exception Exception if this object factory encountered an exception |
| * while attempting to create an object, and no other object factories are |
| * to be tried. |
| * |
| * @see NamingManager#getObjectInstance |
| * @see NamingManager#getURLContext |
| */ |
| public Object getObjectInstance(Object obj, Name name, Context nameCtx, |
| Hashtable<?,?> environment) |
| throws Exception; |
| } |