org.jacorb.naming
Class Name

java.lang.Object
  org.jacorb.naming.Name

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Name
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

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

Version:

$Id: Name.java,v 1.15 2008-11-14 08:55:30 nick.cross Exp $

Author:

Gerald Brose, FU Berlin

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Name()

Name(NameComponent n)
create a name from a singleNameComponent

Name(NameComponent[] n)
create a name from an array of NameComponents

Name(java.lang.String string_name)
create a name from a stringified name

Method Summary

NameComponent	baseNameComponent()
NameComponent[]	components()
Name	ctxName()
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj)
Name	fullName()
int	hashCode()
java.lang.String	kind()
static NameComponent[]	toName(java.lang.String sn)
java.lang.String	toString()
static java.lang.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(java.lang.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 java.lang.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(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

fullName

public Name fullName()
              throws InvalidName

Throws:

InvalidName

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation of this name

toName

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

Returns:

an a array of NameComponents

Throws:

InvalidName

toString

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

Returns:

the string representation of this NameComponent array

Throws:

InvalidName