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package org.jboss.as.naming.context.external;
import org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceName;
/**
* The external contexts which exist in Wildfly's Naming subsystem.
* @author Eduardo Martins
*/
public interface ExternalContexts {
/**
* Adds an external context.
* @param serviceName the external context's service name
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if there is already an external context with such service name, or if there is already an external context which is a child or parent of the one to add
*/
void addExternalContext(ServiceName serviceName) throws IllegalArgumentException;
/**
* Removes an external context.
* @param serviceName the external context's service name
* @return true if an external context with the specified jndi name was found and removed.
*/
boolean removeExternalContext(ServiceName serviceName);
/**
* Retrieves the external context that is a parent of the specified child service name.
* @param childServiceName a external context's child service name
* @return null if there is currently no external context, which is a parent of the specified service name.
*/
ServiceName getParentExternalContext(ServiceName childServiceName);
}