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--                  POLYORB.DSA_P.NAME_SERVICE.COS_NAMING                   --
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pragma Ada_2005;

--  This package represents the CORBA COS Naming context, that uses the
--  concept of a centralized name server.

with PolyORB.References;
with PolyORB.DSA_P.Name_Service;
with PolyORB.Services.Naming;
package PolyORB.DSA_P.Name_Service.COS_Naming is

   type COS_Name_Server is new Name_Server with null record;

   overriding procedure Nameserver_Register
     (Name_Ctx : access COS_Name_Server;
      Name : String;
      Kind : String;
      Obj  : PolyORB.References.Ref);
   --  Register object with the specified (Name, Kind) pair into the
   --  DSA naming context.

   overriding function Nameserver_Lookup
     (Name_Ctx : access COS_Name_Server;
      Name     : String;
      Kind     : String;
      Initial  : Boolean := True) return PolyORB.References.Ref;
   --  Look up the specified (Name, Kind) pair from the DSA naming context.
   --  If Initial is True, repeat lookup until a valid reference is obtained,
   --  and raise an exception if maximum retry count is reached, else just
   --  return an empty ref if name server retruns an empty or invalid result.

   function To_Name (Id, Kind : String) return PolyORB.Services.Naming.Name;
   --  Construct a name consisting of a single name component with the given
   --  id and kind.

end PolyORB.DSA_P.Name_Service.COS_Naming;
