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/* GiopNamingServiceURLContext.java -- handles corbaname: urls
   Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GNU Classpath.

GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
any later version.

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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
02110-1301 USA.

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this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
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exception statement from your version. */


package gnu.javax.naming.giop;

import gnu.CORBA.NamingService.Ext;
import gnu.CORBA.NamingService.NameTransformer;

import java.util.Hashtable;

import javax.naming.Binding;
import javax.naming.Context;
import javax.naming.ContextNotEmptyException;
import javax.naming.InvalidNameException;
import javax.naming.Name;
import javax.naming.NameAlreadyBoundException;
import javax.naming.NameClassPair;
import javax.naming.NameNotFoundException;
import javax.naming.NameParser;
import javax.naming.NamingEnumeration;
import javax.naming.NamingException;
import javax.naming.OperationNotSupportedException;
import javax.naming.directory.InvalidAttributesException;

import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Delegate;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl;
import org.omg.CosNaming.BindingIteratorHolder;
import org.omg.CosNaming.BindingListHolder;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NameComponent;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContext;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExt;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtHelper;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextHelper;
import org.omg.CosNaming._NamingContextExtStub;
import org.omg.CosNaming._NamingContextStub;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.AlreadyBound;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.CannotProceed;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.InvalidName;
import org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage.NotFound;

/**
 * The context to represent the corba naming service. Being the naming service,
 * the returned context supports creating the subcontexts, forwarding this task
 * to the existing naming service. When listing bindings, it uses the
 * {@link Context#BATCHSIZE} property to determine, how many bindings should
 * be returned at once (the process is transparend)
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (audriusa@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public class GiopNamingServiceURLContext extends CorbalocParser implements
    Context
{
  /**
   * This number of bindings will be requested from the naming server at once,
   * while the subsequent bindings will be requested via binding iterator one by
   * one. Use {@link Context#BATCHSIZE} to override the value of this constant.
   */
  public int DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE = 20;

  /**
   * The object request broker, used to access the naming service. This field
   * is only initialised when the context is constructed from the URL.
   */
  ORB orb;

  /**
   * The properties.
   */
  Hashtable properties;

  /**
   * The parent factory.
   */
  GiopNamingServiceFactory factory;

  /**
   * The name transformer to obtain the name from its string representation. The
   * to_name method of the naming service is avoided as it may be remote and
   * hence expensive. The conversion rules are standard and cannot be service
   * specific.
   */
  static NameTransformer transformer = new NameTransformer();

  /**
   * The batch size for list operations - how many to return at once.
   */
  public final int howMany;

  /**
   * Creates a new naming context that uses naming service, represented by the
   * given CORBA object.
   *
   * @param props
   *          the environment table.
   * @param aFactory
   *          parent factory. This reference is used during cleanup.
   * @param anOrb
   *          the associated ORB. This reference is used during cleanup.
   */
  public GiopNamingServiceURLContext(Hashtable props,
                                     GiopNamingServiceFactory aFactory,
                                     ORB anOrb)
  {
    factory = aFactory;
    orb = anOrb;

    properties = props;
    howMany = getBatchSize();
  }

  public NamingContextExt getService(String address)
  {
    org.omg.CORBA.Object nsObject = orb.string_to_object(address);
    Delegate delegate = ((ObjectImpl) nsObject)._get_delegate();

    // If the IOR provides the IDL ID, we can check if our name
    // service is old NamingContext or new NamingContextExt.
    // Not all forms of the URL always provide the IDL id.
    if (!nsObject._is_a(NamingContextExtHelper.id())
        && nsObject._is_a(NamingContextHelper.id()))
      {
        // We are surely working with the old version.
        _NamingContextStub stub = new _NamingContextStub();
        stub._set_delegate(delegate);
        // The Ext object will add the necessary extensions.
        return new Ext(stub);
      }
    else
      {
        // We expecte the service to be the NamingContextExt (this is true
        // for both Sun's and our implementations). There is no easy way
        // to check the version.
        _NamingContextExtStub stub = new _NamingContextExtStub();
        stub._set_delegate(delegate);
        return stub;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Split the corbaname name into the address of the naming service (first
   * part) and the name of the object in the naming service (second part)
   */
  public String[] split(String corbaloc) throws InvalidNameException
  {
    if (corbaloc.endsWith("#"))
      corbaloc = corbaloc.substring(0, corbaloc.length() - 1);

    // No name part - parse as corbaname.
    if (corbaloc.indexOf('#') < 0)
      {
        if (!corbaloc.regionMatches(true, 0, pxCORBANAME, 0,
                                    pxCORBANAME.length()))
          throw new InvalidNameException(corbaloc + " must start with "
                                         + pxCORBANAME);
        corbaloc = pxCORBALOC + corbaloc.substring(pxCORBANAME.length());
        return new String[] { corbaloc, "" };
      }

    return corbaloc(corbaloc, orb);
  }

  /**
   * Give the specified name for the specified object. The passed name must not
   * be already bound to some other object. The components of the name are
   * mapped into the components of the CORBA name.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name that will be given to the object (in the scope of this
   *          context).
   * @param obj
   *          the object being named.
   * @throws NameAlreadyBoundException
   *           if this name is already used to name some object.
   * @throws InvalidAttributesException
   *           if the object does not supply all required attributes.
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void bind(Name name, Object obj) throws NamingException
  {
    bind(name.toString(), obj);
  }

  /**
   * Give the specified name for the specified object. The passed name must not
   * be already bound to some other object.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name that will be given to the object (in the scope of this
   *          context).
   * @param obj
   *          the object being named.
   * @throws NameAlreadyBoundException
   *           if this name is already used to name some object.
   * @throws InvalidAttributesException
   *           if the object does not supply all required attributes.
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void bind(String name, Object obj) throws NamingException
  {
    try
      {
        String[] n = split(name);
        org.omg.CORBA.Object object = (org.omg.CORBA.Object) obj;
        getService(n[0]).bind(transformer.toName(n[1]), object);
      }
    catch (ClassCastException e)
      {
        throw new NamingException(org.omg.CORBA.Object.class + " required ");
      }
    catch (InvalidName e)
      {
        throw new InvalidNameException();
      }
    catch (AlreadyBound e)
      {
        throw new NameAlreadyBoundException();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
        throw new NamingException(e.toString());
      }
  }

  /**
   * Releases all resources, associated with this context. The close() method
   * can be called several times, but after it has been once invoked, it is not
   * allowed to call any other method of this context. This method destroys
   * the ORB, if we have one.
   *
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public void close() throws NamingException
  {
    if (orb != null && factory != null)
      {
        factory.checkIfReferenced(orb);
      }
  }

  /**
   * Not supported.
   */
  public Name composeName(Name name, Name prefix) throws NamingException
  {
    throw new OperationNotSupportedException();
  }

  /**
   * Not supported
   */
  public String composeName(String name1, String name2) throws NamingException
  {
    throw new OperationNotSupportedException();
  }

  /**
   * Creates the new naming subcontext and binds it to the current (this)
   * context. The returned object will wrap around the newly created CORBA
   * subcontext
   *
   * @param subContext
   *          the name of the new context being created
   * @return the newly created context, bound to the instance of the context on
   *         that the method has been called
   * @throws NameAlreadyBoundException
   *           if this name is already bound
   * @throws InvalidAttributesException
   *           if the creation of the new context requires the missing mandatory
   *           attributes
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public Context createSubcontext(Name subContext) throws NamingException
  {
    return createSubcontext(subContext.toString());
  }

  /**
   * Creates the new naming subcontext and binds it to the current (this)
   * context. The returned object will wrap around the newly created CORBA
   * subcontext
   *
   * @param subContext
   *          the name of the new context being created
   * @return the newly created context, bound to the instance of the context on
   *         that the method has been called
   * @throws NameAlreadyBoundException
   *           if this name is already bound
   * @throws InvalidAttributesException
   *           if the creation of the new context requires the missing mandatory
   *           attributes
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public Context createSubcontext(String subContext) throws NamingException
  {
    try
      {
        String[] n = split(subContext);
        org.omg.CORBA.Object subcontext = getService(n[0]).bind_new_context(
                                            transformer.toName(n[1]));
        Hashtable clonedProps = new Hashtable();
        clonedProps.putAll(properties);

        // Nulls are passed both for orb and factory, as the child contexts
        // need not to do any cleanup.
        return new ContextContinuation(subcontext, clonedProps, null, null);
      }
    catch (AlreadyBound e)
      {
        throw new NameAlreadyBoundException(subContext);
      }
    catch (InvalidName e)
      {
        throw new InvalidNameException(subContext);
      }
    catch (Exception ex)
      {
        throw new NamingException(ex.toString());
      }
  }

  /**
   * Removes the naming subcontext from this naming context. Returns without
   * action if such subcontext does not exist. The context being destroyed must
   * be empty.
   *
   * @param subContext
   *          the name of the subcontext beig removed.
   * @throws ContextNotEmptyException
   *           if the named context is not empty.
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public void destroySubcontext(Name subContext) throws NamingException
  {
    unbind(subContext);
  }

  /**
   * Removes the naming subcontext from this naming context. Returns without
   * action if such subcontext does not exist. The context being destroyed must
   * be empty.
   *
   * @param subContext
   *          the name of the subcontext beig removed.
   * @throws ContextNotEmptyException
   *           if the named context is not empty.
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public void destroySubcontext(String subContext) throws NamingException
  {
    unbind(subContext);
  }

  /**
   * Returs the empty string.
   */
  public String getNameInNamespace() throws NamingException
  {
    return "";
  }

  /**
   * Not supported.
   */
  public NameParser getNameParser(Name name) throws NamingException
  {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * Not supported.
   */
  public NameParser getNameParser(String name) throws NamingException
  {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * Creates and returns the enumeration over the name bindings that are present
   * the given subcontext. The enumeration elements have the type of
   * {@link NameClassPair}, providing also information about the class of the
   * bound object. The behaviour in the case if the bindings are added or
   * removed later is not defined. The contents of the subcontexts are not
   * included.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name of the subcontext
   * @return the enumeration over the names, known for the given subcontext.
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public NamingEnumeration list(Name name) throws NamingException
  {
    return list(name.toString());
  }

  /**
   * Creates and returns the enumeration over the name bindings that are present
   * the given subcontext. The enumeration elements have the type of
   * {@link NameClassPair}, providing also information about the class of the
   * bound object. The behaviour in the case if the bindings are added or
   * removed later is not defined. The contents of the subcontexts are not
   * included.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name of the subcontext
   * @return the enumeration over the names, known for the given subcontext.
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public NamingEnumeration list(String name) throws NamingException
  {
    BindingIteratorHolder bi = new BindingIteratorHolder();
    BindingListHolder bl = new BindingListHolder();

    NamingContext subcontext;

    String [] n = split(name);
    NamingContextExt service = getService(n[0]);

    if (n[1].length() == 0)
      subcontext = service;
    else
      {
        try
          {
            subcontext = (NamingContextHelper.narrow(service.resolve_str(n[1])));
          }
        catch (Exception e)
          {
            throw new NamingException(e.toString());
          }

      }

    subcontext.list(howMany, bl, bi);

    return new ListEnumeration(bl, bi, howMany);
  }

  /**
   * Creates and returns the enumeration over the name - object bindings that
   * are present the given subcontext. The enumeration elements have the type of
   * {@link Binding}, providing also information about the class of the bound
   * object. The behaviour in the case if the bindings are added or removed
   * later is not defined. The contents of the subcontexts are not included.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name of the subcontext
   * @return the enumeration over the names, known for the given subcontext.
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public NamingEnumeration listBindings(Name name) throws NamingException
  {
    return listBindings(name.toString());
  }

  /**
   * Creates and returns the enumeration over the name - object bindings that
   * are present the given subcontext. The enumeration elements have the type of
   * {@link Binding}, providing also information about the class of the bound
   * object. The behaviour in the case if the bindings are added or removed
   * later is not defined. The contents of the subcontexts are not included.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name of the subcontext
   * @return the enumeration over the names, known for the given subcontext.
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public NamingEnumeration listBindings(String name) throws NamingException
  {
    BindingIteratorHolder bi = new BindingIteratorHolder();
    BindingListHolder bl = new BindingListHolder();

    NamingContext subcontext;

    String [] n = split(name);
    NamingContextExt service = getService(n[0]);

    if (n[1].length() == 0)
      subcontext = service;
    else
      {
        try
          {
            subcontext = (NamingContextHelper.narrow(service.resolve_str(n[1])));
          }
        catch (Exception e)
          {
            throw new NamingException(e.toString());
          }

      }

    subcontext.list(howMany, bl, bi);

    return new ListBindingsEnumeration(bl, bi, howMany, subcontext);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the previously named object by name. If the passed name is empty, the
   * method should return a cloned instance of this naming context.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name of the object being searched in this context
   * @return the named object
   * @throws NameNotFoundException
   *           if the name is not found
   */
  public Object lookup(Name name) throws NamingException
  {
    return lookup(name.toString());
  }

  /**
   * Gets the previously named object by name. If the passed name is empty, the
   * method should return a cloned instance of this naming context.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name of the object being searched in this context
   * @return the named object
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming fails.
   */
  public Object lookup(String name) throws NamingException
  {
    try
      {
        String [] n = split(name);
        NamingContextExt service = getService(n[0]);
        return service.resolve_str(n[1]);
      }
    catch (NotFound e)
      {
        throw new NameNotFoundException();
      }
    catch (InvalidName e)
      {
        throw new InvalidNameException();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
        throw new NamingException(e.toString());
      }
  }

  /**
   * Not supported.
   */
  public Object lookupLink(Name name) throws NamingException
  {
    throw new OperationNotSupportedException();
  }

  /**
   * Not supported.
   */
  public Object lookupLink(String name) throws NamingException
  {
    throw new OperationNotSupportedException();
  }

  /**
   * Give the specified name for the specified object. Unlike bind, this method
   * silently replaces the existing binding for this name, if one exists.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name that will be given to the object (in the scope of this
   *          context).
   * @param obj
   *          the object being named.
   * @throws InvalidAttributesException
   *           if the object does not supply all required attributes.
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void rebind(Name name, Object obj) throws NamingException
  {
    rebind(name.toString(), obj);
  }

  /**
   * Give the specified name for the specified object. Unlike bind, this method
   * silently replaces the existing binding for this name, if one exists.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name that will be given to the object (in the scope of this
   *          context).
   * @param obj
   *          the object being named.
   * @throws InvalidAttributesException
   *           if the object does not supply all required attributes.
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void rebind(String name, Object obj) throws NamingException
  {
    try
      {
        String[] n = split(name);
        NamingContextExt service = getService(n[0]);

        org.omg.CORBA.Object object = (org.omg.CORBA.Object) obj;
        service.rebind(transformer.toName(n[1]), object);
      }
    catch (ClassCastException e)
      {
        throw new NamingException(org.omg.CORBA.Object.class + " required ");
      }
    catch (InvalidName e)
      {
        throw new InvalidNameException();
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
        throw new NamingException(e.toString());
      }
  }

  /**
   * Renames the existing binding, removing the existing and giving the new name
   * for the same object.
   *
   * @param oldName
   *          the existing name of the known object
   * @param newName
   *          the new name of the same object
   * @throws NameNotFoundException
   *           if the oldName is unknown for this context
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void rename(Name oldName, Name newName) throws NamingException
  {
    Object object = lookup(oldName);
    unbind(oldName);
    bind(newName, object);
  }

  /**
   * Renames the existing binding, removing the existing and giving the new name
   * for the same object.
   *
   * @param oldName
   *          the existing name of the known object
   * @param newName
   *          the new name of the same object
   * @throws NameNotFoundException
   *           if the oldName is unknown for this context
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void rename(String oldName, String newName) throws NamingException
  {
    Object object = lookup(oldName);
    unbind(oldName);
    bind(newName, object);
  }

  /**
   * Removes the name - object mapping from the current context. This method
   * returns without action if the name is not bound to an object in the
   * terminal context, but throws {@link NameNotFoundException} if one of the
   * intermadiate contexts does not exist.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name to be removed
   * @throws NameNotFoundException
   *           if one of the intermediate naming contexts does not exist. Will
   *           not be thrown if just the terminal binding is missing.
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void unbind(Name name) throws NamingException
  {
    unbind(name.toString());
  }

  /**
   * Removes the name - object mapping from the current context. This method
   * returns without action if the name is not bound to an object in the
   * terminal context, but throws {@link NameNotFoundException} if one of the
   * intermadiate contexts does not exist.
   *
   * @param name
   *          the name to be removed
   * @throws NameNotFoundException
   *           if one of the intermediate naming contexts does not exist. Will
   *           not be thrown if just the terminal binding is missing.
   * @throws NamingException
   *           if the naming operation has failed due other reasons.
   */
  public void unbind(String name) throws NamingException
  {
    try
      {
        String[] n = split(name);
        NamingContextExt service = getService(n[0]);

        service.unbind(transformer.toName(n[1]));
      }
    catch (NotFound e)
      {
        throw new NameNotFoundException(name);
      }
    catch (CannotProceed e)
      {
        throw new ContextNotEmptyException(name);
      }
    catch (InvalidName e)
      {
        throw new InvalidNameException(name);
      }
  }

  /**
   * Add new environment property to the environment of this context. Both name
   * and value of the new property must not be null. If the property is already
   * defined, is current value is replaced by the propVal.
   *
   * @param key
   *          the name of the new property
   * @param value
   *          the value of the new property
   * @return the previous value of this property or null if the property has not
   *         been previously defined
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public Object addToEnvironment(String key, Object value)
      throws NamingException
  {
    if (key == null || value == null)
      throw new NullPointerException();
    return properties.put(key, value);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the environment, associated with this naming context. The returned
   * table should never be modified by the caller. Use {@link #addToEnvironment}
   * and {@link #removeFromEnvironment} to modify the environement, if needed.
   *
   * @return the table, representing the environment of this context
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public Hashtable getEnvironment() throws NamingException
  {
    return properties;
  }

  /**
   * Removes the property with the given name from the environment. Returns
   * without action if this property is not defined.
   *
   * @param propName
   *          the name of the property being removed.
   * @return the value of the property that has been removed or null if the
   *         property was not defined.
   * @throws NamingException
   */
  public Object removeFromEnvironment(String propName) throws NamingException
  {
    return properties.remove(propName);
  }

  /**
   * Convert the {@link Name} into array of the name components, required to the
   * CORBA naming service. First the string representation is obtained, then
   * it is converted using parsing rules of the CORBA name.
   *
   * @param name
   *          then name to convert
   * @return the converted array of components.
   */
  public NameComponent[] toGiop(Name name) throws InvalidName
  {
    return transformer.toName(name.toString());
  }

  /**
   * Get the batch size from the environment properties. The batch size is used
   * for listing operations.
   *
   * @return the batch size, or some default value if not specified.
   */
  public int getBatchSize()
  {
    int batchSize = DEFAULT_BATCH_SIZE;
    Object bs = properties.get(Context.BATCHSIZE);
    if (bs != null)
      {
        try
          {
            int b = Integer.parseInt(bs.toString());
            if (b >= 0)
              batchSize = b;
          }
        catch (NumberFormatException e)
          {
            // OK, use default value.
          }
      }
    return batchSize;
  }

}