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Interface edu.cmu.owl.so.nameservice.NameServer

public interface interface NameServer

This interface provides a simple naming service to two types of objects.

Strings
Remote objects which implement the

See Also:
Nameable, bindNameable

bindName(String, String)
This method stores a mapping between the name and the information.
bindNameable(Object, Nameable)
This method stores a mapping between the key and a
lookupName(String)
This method looks up a binding on the server
lookupNameable(Object)
This method looks up a binding on the server
rebindName(String, String)
This method allows atomic modification of a previously bound name.
rebindNameable(Object, Nameable)
This method allows atomic modification of a previously bound name.
unBindName(String)
This method removes a binding from the server.
unBindNameable(Object)
This method removes a binding from the server.

bindName
```
 public abstract void bindName(String name,
                               String information) throws RemoteException, AlreadyBoundException
```
This method stores a mapping between the name and the information. An example of usage for this would be to map a help file to a URL. Specifically if a particular help file called "Main Help" is constantly changing and being moved around, then it could be mapped, using the naming service, to a particular URL (say, "http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~freddy/class/owl/mainhelp.html") This is most useful for debugging purposes where files and servers may exist on any of a number of machines.

rebindName
```
 public abstract void rebindName(String name,
                                 String newInformation) throws RemoteException
```
This method allows atomic modification of a previously bound name. This is preferable to the sequence of: 1) unBind(), 2) bind() since rebind is atomic.

unBindName
```
 public abstract void unBindName(String name) throws RemoteException, NoBindingException
```
This method removes a binding from the server.

lookupName
```
 public abstract String lookupName(String name) throws RemoteException, NoBindingException
```
This method looks up a binding on the server

bindNameable
```
 public abstract void bindNameable(Object key,
                                   Nameable target) throws RemoteException, AlreadyBoundException, NotAccessibleException
```
This method stores a mapping between the key and a

See Also:
Nameable, Nameable

rebindNameable
```
 public abstract void rebindNameable(Object key,
                                     Nameable newTarget) throws RemoteException, NotAccessibleException
```
This method allows atomic modification of a previously bound name. This is preferable to the sequence of: 1) unBind(), 2) bind() since rebind is atomic.

unBindNameable
```
 public abstract void unBindNameable(Object key) throws RemoteException, NoBindingException
```
This method removes a binding from the server.

lookupNameable
```
 public abstract Nameable lookupNameable(Object key) throws RemoteException, NoBindingException
```
This method looks up a binding on the server
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