Resolver.java revision 608:7e06bf1dcb09 
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25
26package com.sun.corba.se.spi.resolver ;
27
28/** Resolver defines the operations needed to support ORB operations for
29 * resolve_initial_references and list_initial_services.
30 */
31public interface Resolver {
32    /** Look up the name using this resolver and return the CORBA object
33     * reference bound to this name, if any.  Returns null if no object
34     * is bound to the name.
35     */
36    org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve( String name ) ;
37
38    /** Return the entire collection of names that are currently bound
39     * by this resolver.  Resulting collection contains only strings for
40     * which resolve does not return null.  Some resolvers may not support
41     * this method, in which case they return an empty set.
42     */
43    java.util.Set list() ;
44}
45