jdk/src/java.naming/share/classes/javax/naming/spi/DirObjectFactory.java
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+
+package javax.naming.spi;
+
+import java.util.Hashtable;
+import javax.naming.*;
+import javax.naming.directory.Attributes;
+
+/**
+  * This interface represents a factory for creating an object given
+  * an object and attributes about the object.
+  *<p>
+  * The JNDI framework allows for object implementations to
+  * be loaded in dynamically via <em>object factories</em>. See
+  * <tt>ObjectFactory</tt> for details.
+  * <p>
+  * A <tt>DirObjectFactory</tt> extends <tt>ObjectFactory</tt> by allowing
+  * an <tt>Attributes</tt> instance
+  * to be supplied to the <tt>getObjectInstance()</tt> method.
+  * <tt>DirObjectFactory</tt> implementations are intended to be used by <tt>DirContext</tt>
+  * service providers. The service provider, in addition reading an
+  * object from the directory, might already have attributes that
+  * are useful for the object factory to check to see whether the
+  * factory is supposed to process the object. For instance, an LDAP-style
+  * service provider might have read the "objectclass" of the object.
+  * A CORBA object factory might be interested only in LDAP entries
+  * with "objectclass=corbaObject". By using the attributes supplied by
+  * the LDAP service provider, the CORBA object factory can quickly
+  * eliminate objects that it need not worry about, and non-CORBA object
+  * factories can quickly eliminate CORBA-related LDAP entries.
+  *
+  * @author Rosanna Lee
+  * @author Scott Seligman
+  *
+  * @see NamingManager#getObjectInstance
+  * @see DirectoryManager#getObjectInstance
+  * @see ObjectFactory
+  * @since 1.3
+  */
+
+public interface DirObjectFactory extends ObjectFactory {
+/**
+ * Creates an object using the location or reference information, and attributes
+ * 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>DirectoryManager.getObjectInstance()</tt>
+ * successively loads in object factories. If it encounters a <tt>DirObjectFactory</tt>,
+ * it will invoke <tt>DirObjectFactory.getObjectInstance()</tt>;
+ * otherwise, it invokes
+ * <tt>ObjectFactory.getObjectInstance()</tt>. It does this until a factory
+ * produces a non-null answer.
+ * <p> When an exception
+ * is thrown by an object factory, the exception is passed on to the caller
+ * of <tt>DirectoryManager.getObjectInstance()</tt>. The search for other factories
+ * that may produce a non-null answer is halted.
+ * 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>Since <tt>DirObjectFactory</tt> extends <tt>ObjectFactory</tt>, it
+  * effectively
+  * has two <tt>getObjectInstance()</tt> methods, where one differs from the other by
+  * the attributes argument. Given a factory that implements <tt>DirObjectFactory</tt>,
+  * <tt>DirectoryManager.getObjectInstance()</tt> will only
+  * use the method that accepts the attributes argument, while
+  * <tt>NamingManager.getObjectInstance()</tt> will only use the one that does not accept
+  * the attributes argument.
+ *<p>
+ * See <tt>ObjectFactory</tt> for a description URL context factories and other
+ * properties of object factories that apply equally to <tt>DirObjectFactory</tt>.
+ *<p>
+ * The <tt>name</tt>, <tt>attrs</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.
+ *
+ * @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.
+ * @param attrs The possibly null attributes containing some of <tt>obj</tt>'s
+ * attributes. <tt>attrs</tt> might not necessarily have all of <tt>obj</tt>'s
+ * attributes. If the object factory requires more attributes, it needs
+ * to get it, either using <tt>obj</tt>, or <tt>name</tt> and <tt>nameCtx</tt>.
+ *      The factory must not modify attrs.
+ * @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 DirectoryManager#getObjectInstance
+ * @see NamingManager#getURLContext
+ */
+    public Object getObjectInstance(Object obj, Name name, Context nameCtx,
+                                    Hashtable<?,?> environment,
+                                    Attributes attrs)
+        throws Exception;
+}