Resolver.java

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package org.jboss.com.sun.corba.se.spi.resolver;

import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Resolver defines the operations needed to support ORB operations for resolve_initial_references and
 * list_initial_services.
 */
public interface Resolver
{
    /**
     * Look up the name using this resolver and return the CORBA object reference bound to this name, if any. Returns
     * null if no object is bound to the name.
     */
    org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve(String name);

    /**
     * Return the entire collection of names that are currently bound by this resolver. Resulting collection contains
     * only strings for which resolve does not return null. Some resolvers may not support this method, in which case
     * they return an empty set.
     */
    Set<Object> list();
}