ManagedObjectPathSerializer.java revision bccd35904bb6c244e7eae5b7ddb28e5c295e856b
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package org.opends.server.admin;
/**
* A strategy for serializing managed object paths.
* <p>
* This interface provides a generic means for serializing managed object paths
* into application specific forms. For example, a JNDI client would use this
* interface to construct <code>LdapName</code> objects from a path. Similarly,
* on the server side, a serialization strategy is used to construct
* <code>DN</code> instances from a path.
* <p>
* During serialization the serializer is invoked for each element in the
* managed object path in big-endian order, starting from the root and
* proceeding down to the leaf element.
*/
public interface ManagedObjectPathSerializer {
/**
* Append a managed object path element identified by an instantiable
* relation and an instance name.
*
* @param <C>
* The type of client managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param <S>
* The type of server managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param r
* The instantiable relation.
* @param d
* The managed object definition.
* @param name
* The instance name.
*/
<C extends ConfigurationClient, S extends Configuration> void appendManagedObjectPathElement(
InstantiableRelationDefinition<? super C, ? super S> r, AbstractManagedObjectDefinition<C, S> d, String name);
/**
* Append a managed object path element identified by an optional relation.
*
* @param <C>
* The type of client managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param <S>
* The type of server managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param r
* The optional relation.
* @param d
* The managed object definition.
*/
<C extends ConfigurationClient, S extends Configuration> void appendManagedObjectPathElement(
OptionalRelationDefinition<? super C, ? super S> r, AbstractManagedObjectDefinition<C, S> d);
/**
* Append a managed object path element identified by a singleton relation.
*
* @param <C>
* The type of client managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param <S>
* The type of server managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param r
* The singleton relation.
* @param d
* The managed object definition.
*/
<C extends ConfigurationClient, S extends Configuration> void appendManagedObjectPathElement(
SingletonRelationDefinition<? super C, ? super S> r, AbstractManagedObjectDefinition<C, S> d);
/**
* Append a managed object path element identified by a set relation.
*
* @param <C>
* The type of client managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param <S>
* The type of server managed object configuration that this path
* element references.
* @param r
* The set relation.
* @param d
* The managed object definition.
*/
<C extends ConfigurationClient, S extends Configuration> void appendManagedObjectPathElement(
SetRelationDefinition<? super C, ? super S> r, AbstractManagedObjectDefinition<C, S> d);
}