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8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster *
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * $Id: IClassResolver.java,v 1.3 2008/06/25 05:41:45 qcheng Exp $
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8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Fosterpackage com.iplanet.ums;
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Fosterimport com.iplanet.services.ldap.AttrSet;
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster/**
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * Interface for a class that can resolve the Java class to instantiate for a
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * specific collection of attributes.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster *
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * @see com.iplanet.ums.TemplateManager
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster *
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * @supported.api
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster */
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Fosterpublic interface IClassResolver {
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster /**
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * Resolves a set of attributes to a subclass of PersistentObject and
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * returns the class for it.
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster *
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * @param id
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * ID of the entry
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * @param set
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * a set of attributes of an object
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * @return a class for a corresponding object, or <code>null</code> if no
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * class could be resolved
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster *
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster * @supported.api
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster */
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster public Class resolve(String id, AttrSet set);
8af80418ba1ec431c8027fa9668e5678658d3611Allan Foster}