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package com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior;
import com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb.ORB ;
/** TaggedProfile represents a tagged profile in an IOR.
* A profile contains all of the information necessary for an invocation.
* It contains one or more endpoints that may be used for an invocation.
* A TaggedProfile conceptually has three parts: A TaggedProfileTemplate,
* an ObjectKeyTemplate, and an ObjectId.
*/
public interface TaggedProfile extends Identifiable, MakeImmutable
{
TaggedProfileTemplate getTaggedProfileTemplate() ;
ObjectId getObjectId() ;
ObjectKeyTemplate getObjectKeyTemplate() ;
ObjectKey getObjectKey() ;
/** Return true is prof is equivalent to this TaggedProfile.
* This means that this and prof are indistinguishable for
* the purposes of remote invocation. Typically this means that
* the profile data is identical and both profiles contain exactly
* the same components (if components are applicable).
* isEquivalent( prof ) should imply that getObjectId().equals(
* prof.getObjectId() ) is true, and so is
* getObjectKeyTemplate().equals( prof.getObjectKeyTemplate() ).
*/
boolean isEquivalent( TaggedProfile prof ) ;
/** Return the TaggedProfile as a CDR encapsulation in the standard
* format. This is required for Portable interceptors.
*/
org.omg.IOP.TaggedProfile getIOPProfile();
/** Return true if this TaggedProfile was created in orb.
* Caches the result.
*/
boolean isLocal() ;
}