org.objectweb.jonas_ejb.container.jorm
Interface Coder

public interface Coder

This interface specifies two methods to translate a PName into a PK or the opposite action.

Author:

Sebastien Chassande-Barrioz

Method Summary

org.objectweb.jorm.naming.api.PName	decode(java.lang.Object pk) This method build a PName with the primary key specifed in parameter.
java.lang.Object	encode(org.objectweb.jorm.naming.api.PName pn) This method build a primary key with the PName specifed in parameter.

Method Detail

decode

public org.objectweb.jorm.naming.api.PName decode(java.lang.Object pk)
                                           throws org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException,
                                                  java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

This method build a PName with the primary key specifed in parameter.

Parameters:

pk - the primary key

Returns:

the PName

Throws:

org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException - the operation has failed

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - operation not supported.

encode

public java.lang.Object encode(org.objectweb.jorm.naming.api.PName pn)
                        throws org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException,
                               java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException

This method build a primary key with the PName specifed in parameter.

Parameters:

pn - the Jorm PName

Returns:

the primary key

Throws:

org.objectweb.jorm.api.PException - the operation has failed

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - operation not supported.