PartialCompositeContext

Binds a name to an object. All intermediate contexts and the target context (that named by all but terminal atomic component of the name) must already exist.

Binds a name to an object. See bind(Name, Object) for details.

Composes the name of this context with a name relative to this context. See composeName(Name, Name) for details.

This default implementation simply concatenates the two names. There's one twist when the "java.naming.provider.compose.elideEmpty" environment setting is set to "true": if each name contains a nonempty component, and if 'prefix' ends with an empty component or 'name' starts with one, then one empty component is dropped. For example:

                            elideEmpty=false     elideEmpty=true
 {"a"} + {"b"}          =>  {"a", "b"}           {"a", "b"}
 {"a"} + {""}           =>  {"a", ""}            {"a", ""}
 {"a"} + {"", "b"}      =>  {"a", "", "b"}       {"a", "b"}
 {"a", ""} + {"b", ""}  =>  {"a", "", "b", ""}   {"a", "b", ""}
 {"a", ""} + {"", "b"}  =>  {"a", "", "", "b"}   {"a", "", "b"}
 

Creates and binds a new context. Creates a new context with the given name and binds it in the target context (that named by all but terminal atomic component of the name). All intermediate contexts and the target context must already exist.

Creates and binds a new context. See createSubcontext(Name) for details.

Destroys the named context and removes it from the namespace. Any attributes associated with the name are also removed. Intermediate contexts are not destroyed.

This method is idempotent. It succeeds even if the terminal atomic name is not bound in the target context, but throws NameNotFoundException if any of the intermediate contexts do not exist.

In a federated naming system, a context from one naming system may be bound to a name in another. One can subsequently look up and perform operations on the foreign context using a composite name. However, an attempt destroy the context using this composite name will fail with NotContextException, because the foreign context is not a "subcontext" of the context in which it is bound. Instead, use unbind() to remove the binding of the foreign context. Destroying the foreign context requires that the destroySubcontext() be performed on a context from the foreign context's "native" naming system.

Destroys the named context and removes it from the namespace. See destroySubcontext(Name) for details.

Retrieves the parser associated with the named context. In a federation of namespaces, different naming systems will parse names differently. This method allows an application to get a parser for parsing names into their atomic components using the naming convention of a particular naming system. Within any single naming system, NameParser objects returned by this method must be equal (using the equals() test).

Retrieves the parser associated with the named context. See getNameParser(Name) for details.

Enumerates the names bound in the named context, along with the class names of objects bound to them. See list(Name) for details.

Enumerates the names bound in the named context, along with the class names of objects bound to them. The contents of any subcontexts are not included.

If a binding is added to or removed from this context, its effect on an enumeration previously returned is undefined.

Enumerates the names bound in the named context, along with the objects bound to them. The contents of any subcontexts are not included.

If a binding is added to or removed from this context, its effect on an enumeration previously returned is undefined.

Enumerates the names bound in the named context, along with the objects bound to them. See listBindings(Name) for details.

Retrieves the named object. See lookup(Name) for details.

Retrieves the named object. If name is empty, returns a new instance of this context (which represents the same naming context as this context, but its environment may be modified independently and it may be accessed concurrently).

Retrieves the named object, following links except for the terminal atomic component of the name. See lookupLink(Name) for details.

Retrieves the named object, following links except for the terminal atomic component of the name. If the object bound to name is not a link, returns the object itself.

Binds a name to an object, overwriting any existing binding. See rebind(Name, Object) for details.

Binds a name to an object, overwriting any existing binding. All intermediate contexts and the target context (that named by all but terminal atomic component of the name) must already exist.

If the object is a DirContext, any existing attributes associated with the name are replaced with those of the object. Otherwise, any existing attributes associated with the name remain unchanged.

Binds a new name to the object bound to an old name, and unbinds the old name. See rename(Name, Name) for details.

Binds a new name to the object bound to an old name, and unbinds the old name. Both names are relative to this context. Any attributes associated with the old name become associated with the new name. Intermediate contexts of the old name are not changed.

Partially resolves a name. Stops at the first context that is an instance of a given subtype of Context.

Partially resolves a name. See resolveToClass(Name, Class) for details.

Unbinds the named object. Removes the terminal atomic name in name from the target context--that named by all but the terminal atomic part of name.

This method is idempotent. It succeeds even if the terminal atomic name is not bound in the target context, but throws NameNotFoundException if any of the intermediate contexts do not exist.

Any attributes associated with the name are removed. Intermediate contexts are not changed.

Unbinds the named object. See unbind(Name) for details.

Tests whether a name contains a nonempty component.

Retrieves a PartialCompositeContext for the resolved object in cont. Throws CannotProceedException if not successful.

A cheap way of getting the environment. Default implemenation is NOT cheap because it simply calls getEnvironment(), which most implementations clone before returning. Subclass should ALWAYS override this with the cheapest possible way. The toolkit knows to clone when necessary.