1 package org.apache.turbine.services.naming;
2
3
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22
23
24 import javax.naming.Context;
25
26 import org.apache.turbine.services.Service;
27
28 /**
29 * Implementations of the NamingService interface provide JNDI naming
30 * contexts.
31 *
32 * @author <a href="mailto:greg@shwoop.com">Greg Ritter</a>
33 * @version $Id$
34 */
35 public interface NamingService
36 extends Service
37 {
38 /**
39 * The service name
40 */
41 String SERVICE_NAME = "NamingService";
42
43 /**
44 * Return the Context with the specified name.
45 *
46 * @param name The name of the context.
47 * @return The context with the specified name, or null if no context
48 * exists with that name.
49 */
50 Context getContext(String name);
51 }