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6.9.2 PolyORB.CORBA_P.Naming_Tools

     
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     --  Wrappers for the COS Naming service to facilitate retrievel of object
     --  references by IOR or by name.
     
     with Ada.Finalization;
     
     with CORBA.Object;
     with CosNaming.NamingContext;
     
     package PolyORB.CORBA_P.Naming_Tools is
     
        function Locate (Name : CosNaming.Name) return CORBA.Object.Ref;
     
        function Locate
          (Context : CosNaming.NamingContext.Ref;
           Name    : CosNaming.Name) return CORBA.Object.Ref;
        --  Locate an object given its name, given as an array of name components.
     
        function Locate
          (IOR_Or_Name : String; Sep : Character := '/') return CORBA.Object.Ref;
     
        function Locate
          (Context     : CosNaming.NamingContext.Ref;
           IOR_Or_Name : String;
           Sep         : Character := '/') return CORBA.Object.Ref;
        --  Locate an object by IOR or name. If the string does not start with
        --  "IOR:", the name will be parsed before it is looked up, using
        --  Parse_Name below.
     
        procedure Register
          (Name   : String;
           Ref    : CORBA.Object.Ref;
           Rebind : Boolean := False;
           Sep    : Character := '/');
        --  Register an object by its name by binding or rebinding.
        --  The name will be parsed by Parse_Name below; any necessary contexts
        --  will be created on the name server.
        --  If Rebind is True, then a rebind will be performed if the name
        --  is already bound.
     
        procedure Unregister (Name : String);
        --  Unregister an object by its name by unbinding it
     
        type Server_Guard is limited private;
        procedure Register
          (Guard  : in out Server_Guard;
           Name   : String;
           Ref    : CORBA.Object.Ref;
           Rebind : Boolean := False;
           Sep    : Character := '/');
        --  A Server_Guard object is an object which is able to register a server
        --  reference in a naming service (see Register above), and destroy this
        --  name using Unregister when the object disappears (the program terminates
        --  or the Server_Guard object lifetime has expired).
     
        function Parse_Name
          (Name : String;
           Sep : Character := '/') return CosNaming.Name;
        --  Split a sequence of name component specifications separated with Sep
        --  characters into a name component array. Any leading Sep is ignored.
     
     private
        --  implementation removed
     end PolyORB.CORBA_P.Naming_Tools;