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package javax.naming;
/**
* <code>Binding</code> represents the name-object mapping of a
* binding in a context.
* <p>
* Bindings are mappings of a name to an object and this class is used to
* specify such mappings. The bindings of a context are retrieved by the
* <code>Context#listBindings()</code> methods.
* </p>
*
* @author Tom Tromey (tromey@redhat.com)
* @since 1.3
*/
public class Binding extends NameClassPair
{
private static final long serialVersionUID = 8839217842691845890L;
/**
* Constructs an instance with the given name and object.
*
* @param name the name of the binding relative to the target context
* (may not be <code>null</code>)
* @param obj the bound object
*/
public Binding (String name, Object obj)
{
super (name, null);
boundObj = obj;
}
/**
* Constructs an instance with the given name and object and a
* flag indicating if the name is relative to the target context.
*
* @param name the name of the binding relative to the target context
* (may not be <code>null</code>)
* @param obj the bound object
* @param isRelative flag indicating if the name is relative or not
*/
public Binding (String name, Object obj, boolean isRelative)
{
super (name, null, isRelative);
boundObj = obj;
}
/**
* Constructs an instance with the given name, classname and object.
*
* @param name the name of the binding relative to the target context
* (may not be <code>null</code>)
* @param className the classname to set (maybe <code>null</code>)
* @param obj the bound object
*/
public Binding (String name, String className, Object obj)
{
super (name, className);
boundObj = obj;
}
/**
* Constructs an instance with the given name, classname, object and a
* flag indicating if the name is relative to the target context.
*
* @param name the name of the binding relative to the target context
* (may not be <code>null</code>)
* @param className the classname to set (maybe <code>null</code>)
* @param isRelative flag indicating if the name is relative or not
* @param obj the bound object
*/
public Binding (String name, String className, Object obj,
boolean isRelative)
{
super (name, className, isRelative);
boundObj = obj;
}
/**
* Returns the classname of the bound object.
* <p>
* Returns the classname if set explicitly. If not and the bound object is
* not <code>null</code> the classname of the bound object is used.
* </p>
*
* @return The fully qualified classname (may be <code>null</code>).
*/
public String getClassName ()
{
String r = super.getClassName ();
if (r != null)
return r;
return boundObj == null ? null : boundObj.getClass ().getName ();
}
/**
* Returns the bound object of this binding.
* @return The bound object (maybe <code>null</code>).
*/
public Object getObject ()
{
return boundObj;
}
/**
* Sets the bound object of this binding.
* @param obj the bound object.
*/
public void setObject (Object obj)
{
boundObj = obj;
}
/**
* Returns the string representation.
* @return The string as given by the NameClassPair superclass plus
* the bound objects string representation seperated by a colon.
*/
public String toString ()
{
// Format specified by the documentation.
return super.toString () + ":" + boundObj.toString ();
}
// This name is fixed by the serialization spec.
private Object boundObj;
}