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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
+ * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
+ * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ */
+
+
+package javax.naming.spi;
+
+import javax.naming.Context;
+import javax.naming.Name;
+import javax.naming.NamingException;
+
+/**
+  * This interface represents an "intermediate context" for name resolution.
+  *<p>
+  * The Resolver interface contains methods that are implemented by contexts
+  * that do not support subtypes of Context, but which can act as
+  * intermediate contexts for resolution purposes.
+  *<p>
+  * A <tt>Name</tt> parameter passed to any method is owned
+  * by the caller.  The service provider will not modify the object
+  * or keep a reference to it.
+  * A <tt>ResolveResult</tt> object returned by any
+  * method is owned by the caller.  The caller may subsequently modify it;
+  * the service provider may not.
+  *
+  * @author Rosanna Lee
+  * @author Scott Seligman
+  * @since 1.3
+  */
+
+public interface Resolver {
+
+    /**
+     * Partially resolves a name.  Stops at the first
+     * context that is an instance of a given subtype of
+     * <code>Context</code>.
+     *
+     * @param name
+     *          the name to resolve
+     * @param contextType
+     *          the type of object to resolve.  This should
+     *          be a subtype of <code>Context</code>.
+     * @return  the object that was found, along with the unresolved
+     *          suffix of <code>name</code>.  Cannot be null.
+     *
+     * @throws  javax.naming.NotContextException
+     *          if no context of the appropriate type is found
+     * @throws  NamingException if a naming exception was encountered
+     *
+     * @see #resolveToClass(String, Class)
+     */
+    public ResolveResult resolveToClass(Name name,
+                                        Class<? extends Context> contextType)
+            throws NamingException;
+
+    /**
+     * Partially resolves a name.
+     * See {@link #resolveToClass(Name, Class)} for details.
+     *
+     * @param name
+     *          the name to resolve
+     * @param contextType
+     *          the type of object to resolve.  This should
+     *          be a subtype of <code>Context</code>.
+     * @return  the object that was found, along with the unresolved
+     *          suffix of <code>name</code>.  Cannot be null.
+     *
+     * @throws  javax.naming.NotContextException
+     *          if no context of the appropriate type is found
+     * @throws  NamingException if a naming exception was encountered
+     */
+    public ResolveResult resolveToClass(String name,
+                                        Class<? extends Context> contextType)
+            throws NamingException;
+};