001/** 002 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. 003 * 004 * Copyright (c) 2005 Sun Microsystems Inc. All Rights Reserved 005 * 006 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms 007 * of the Common Development and Distribution License 008 * (the License). You may not use this file except in 009 * compliance with the License. 010 * 011 * You can obtain a copy of the License at 012 * https://opensso.dev.java.net/public/CDDLv1.0.html or 013 * opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt 014 * See the License for the specific language governing 015 * permission and limitations under the License. 016 * 017 * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL 018 * Header Notice in each file and include the License file 019 * at opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. 020 * If applicable, add the following below the CDDL Header, 021 * with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by 022 * your own identifying information: 023 * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" 024 * 025 * $Id: IClassResolver.java,v 1.3 2008/06/25 05:41:45 qcheng Exp $ 026 * 027 */ 028 029package com.iplanet.ums; 030 031import com.iplanet.services.ldap.AttrSet; 032 033/** 034 * Interface for a class that can resolve the Java class to instantiate for a 035 * specific collection of attributes. 036 * 037 * @see com.iplanet.ums.TemplateManager 038 * 039 * @supported.api 040 */ 041public interface IClassResolver { 042 /** 043 * Resolves a set of attributes to a subclass of PersistentObject and 044 * returns the class for it. 045 * 046 * @param id 047 * ID of the entry 048 * @param set 049 * a set of attributes of an object 050 * @return a class for a corresponding object, or <code>null</code> if no 051 * class could be resolved 052 * 053 * @supported.api 054 */ 055 public Class resolve(String id, AttrSet set); 056}