/*
 * Lookup.java
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2013, The CRISTAL Consortium. All rights reserved.
 *
 * CRISTAL kernel 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; without 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, see:
 * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/
 */

package com.c2kernel.lookup;

import java.util.Enumeration;

import org.omg.CORBA.Object;

import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectAlreadyExistsException;
import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectCannotBeUpdated;
import com.c2kernel.common.ObjectNotFoundException;

public interface Lookup {

	/**
	 * @param path
	 * @return
	 */
	public Class<?> getEntityClass(Path path) throws ObjectNotFoundException;

	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	public NextKeyManager getNextKeyManager();

	/**
	 * @return
	 */
	public RoleManager getRoleManager();

	/**
	 * @param path
	 * @return
	 */
	public Object resolve(Path path) throws ObjectNotFoundException;

	/**
	 * @param path
	 * @param name
	 * @return
	 */
	public Enumeration<Path> search(Path path, String name);

	/**
	 * @param newPath
	 */
	public void add(Path newPath) throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated, ObjectAlreadyExistsException;

	/**
	 * @param domainPath
	 * @return
	 */
	public Enumeration<Path> searchEntities(Path path);

	/**
	 * @param path
	 */
	public void delete(Path path) throws ObjectCannotBeUpdated;

	/**
	 * @param path
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean exists(Path path);

	/**
	 * @param domainPath
	 * @return
	 */
	public EntityPath resolvePath(DomainPath domainPath) throws InvalidEntityPathException, ObjectNotFoundException;

	/**
	 * 
	 */
	public void disconnect();

	/**
	 * 
	 */
	public void install() throws ObjectNotFoundException;	

}