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+/**
+ * This file is part of the CRISTAL-iSE kernel.
+ * Copyright (c) 2001-2014 The CRISTAL Consortium. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+ * your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; with out even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+ *
+ * http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/lgpl.html
+ */
+package org.cristalise.kernel.lookup;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.cristalise.kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;
+import org.cristalise.kernel.process.auth.Authenticator;
+import org.cristalise.kernel.property.Property;
+import org.cristalise.kernel.property.PropertyDescriptionList;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author abranson
+ *
+ */
+public interface Lookup {
+
+ /**
+ * Connect to the directory using the credentials supplied in the Authenticator.
+ *
+ * @param user The connected Authenticator. The Lookup implementation may use the AuthObject in this to communicate with the database.
+ */
+ public void open(Authenticator user);
+
+ /**
+ * Shutdown the lookup
+ */
+ public void close();
+
+ // Path resolution
+ /**
+ * Fetch the correct subclass class of ItemPath for a particular Item, derived from its lookup entry.
+ * This is used by the CORBA Server to make sure the correct Item subclass is used.
+ *
+ * @param sysKey The system key of the Item
+ * @return an ItemPath or AgentPath
+ * @throws InvalidItemPathException When the system key is invalid/out-of-range
+ * @throws ObjectNotFoundException When the Item does not exist in the directory.
+ */
+ public ItemPath getItemPath(String sysKey) throws InvalidItemPathException, ObjectNotFoundException;
+
+ /**
+ * Find the ItemPath for which a DomainPath is an alias.
+ *
+ * @param domainPath The path to resolve
+ * @return The ItemPath it points to (should be an AgentPath if the path references an Agent)
+ * @throws InvalidItemPathException
+ * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+ */
+ public ItemPath resolvePath(DomainPath domainPath) throws InvalidItemPathException, ObjectNotFoundException;
+
+ /**
+ * Resolve a path to a CORBA Object Item or Agent
+ *
+ * @param path The path to be resolved
+ * @return The CORBA Object
+ * @throws ObjectNotFoundException When the Path doesn't exist, or doesn't have an IOR associated with it
+ */
+ public org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve(Path path) throws ObjectNotFoundException;
+
+ // Path finding and searching
+
+ /**
+ * Checks if a particular Path exists in the directory
+ * @param path The path to check
+ * @return boolean true if the path exists, false if it doesn't
+ */
+ public boolean exists(Path path);
+
+ /**
+ * List the next-level-deep children of a Path
+ *
+ * @param path The parent Path
+ * @return An Iterator of child Paths
+ */
+ public Iterator<Path> getChildren(Path path);
+
+ /**
+ * Find a path with a particular name (last component)
+ *
+ * @param start Search root
+ * @param name The name to search for
+ * @return An Iterator of matching Paths. Should be an empty Iterator if there are no matches.
+ */
+ public Iterator<Path> search(Path start, String name);
+
+ /**
+ * Search for Items in the specified path with the given property name and value
+ * @param start Search root
+ * @param propname Property name
+ * @param propvalue The property value to search for
+ * @return An Iterator of matching Paths
+ */
+ public Iterator<Path> search(Path start, Property... props);
+
+ /**
+ * Search for Items of a particular type, based on its PropertyDescription outcome
+ * @param start Search root
+ * @param props Properties unmarshalled from an ItemDescription's property description outcome.
+ * @return An Iterator of matching Paths
+ */
+ public Iterator<Path> search(Path start, PropertyDescriptionList props);
+
+ /**
+ * Find all DomainPaths that are aliases for a particular Item or Agent
+ * @param itemPath The ItemPath
+ * @return An Iterator of DomainPaths that are aliases for that Item
+ */
+ public Iterator<Path> searchAliases(ItemPath itemPath);
+
+ // Role and agent management
+
+ /**
+ * @param agentName
+ * @return
+ * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+ */
+ public AgentPath getAgentPath(String agentName) throws ObjectNotFoundException;
+
+ /**
+ * @param roleName
+ * @return
+ * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+ */
+ public RolePath getRolePath(String roleName) throws ObjectNotFoundException;
+
+ /**
+ * @param rolePath
+ * @return
+ * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+ */
+ public AgentPath[] getAgents(RolePath rolePath) throws ObjectNotFoundException;
+
+ /**
+ * @param agentPath
+ * @return
+ */
+ public RolePath[] getRoles(AgentPath agentPath);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns all of the Agents in this centre who hold this role (including sub-roles)
+ *
+ * @param agentPath
+ * @param role
+ * @return
+ */
+ public boolean hasRole(AgentPath agentPath, RolePath role);
+
+ /**
+ * @param agentPath
+ * @return
+ * @throws ObjectNotFoundException
+ */
+ public String getAgentName(AgentPath agentPath) throws ObjectNotFoundException;
+
+}