old_trunk/schema-registries/src/main/java/org/apache/directory/server/schema/registries/AttributeTypeRegistry.java

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package org.apache.directory.server.schema.registries;


import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.schema.AttributeType;
import org.apache.directory.shared.ldap.schema.OidNormalizer;

import javax.naming.NamingException;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;


/**
 * An AttributeType registry service interface.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 * @version $Rev$
 */
public interface AttributeTypeRegistry extends SchemaObjectRegistry
{
    /**
     * Registers a new AttributeType with this registry.
     *
     * @param attributeType the AttributeType to register
     * @throws NamingException if the AttributeType is already registered or
     * the registration operation is not supported
     */
    void register( AttributeType attributeType ) throws NamingException;


    /**
     * Gets a set of Strings representing the aliases, and numeric identifiers of
     * all binary attributes.  The set will contain all the aliases for a binary
     * attributeType (one whose syntax is not human readible) along with its numeric
     * identifier.
     *
     * @return set of aliases and numeric ids for binary attributeTypes
     * @throws NamingException if there are issues resolving type information
     */
    Set<String> getBinaryAttributes() throws NamingException;

    /**
     * Looks up an AttributeType by its unique Object Identifier or by its
     * unique name.
     * 
     * @param id the object identifier or name of the AttributeType
     * @return the AttributeType instance for the oid
     * @throws NamingException if the AttributeType does not exist
     */
    AttributeType lookup( String id ) throws NamingException;


    /**
     * Checks to see if an AttributeType exists.
     * 
     * @param id the object identifier or name of the AttributeType
     * @return true if an AttributeType definition exists for the oid, false
     * otherwise
     */
    boolean hasAttributeType( String id );


    /**
     * Gets an Iterator over the AttributeTypes within this registry.
     *
     * @return an iterator over all AttributeTypes in registry
     */
    Iterator<AttributeType> iterator();
    
    
    /**
     * Gets an oid/name to normalizer mapping used to normalize distinguished 
     * names.
     *
     * @return a map of OID Strings to OidNormalizer instances
     * @throws NamingException if for some reason this information cannot be returned
     */
    Map<String, OidNormalizer> getNormalizerMapping() throws NamingException; 
    
    /**
     * Quick lookup to see if an attribute has descendants.
     * 
     * @param ancestorId the name alias or OID for an attributeType
     * @return an Iterator over the AttributeTypes which have the ancestor
     * within their superior chain to the top
     * @throws NamingException if the ancestor attributeType cannot be 
     * discerned from the ancestorId supplied
     */
    boolean hasDescendants( String ancestorId ) throws NamingException;
    
    /**
     * Get's an iterator over the set of descendant attributeTypes for
     * some ancestor's name alias or their OID.
     * 
     * @param ancestorId the name alias or OID for an attributeType
     * @return an Iterator over the AttributeTypes which have the ancestor
     * within their superior chain to the top
     * @throws NamingException if the ancestor attributeType cannot be 
     * discerned from the ancestorId supplied
     */
    Iterator<AttributeType> descendants( String ancestorId ) throws NamingException;
}