001/**
002 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER.
003 *
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005 *
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009 * compliance with the License.
010 *
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013 * opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt
014 * See the License for the specific language governing
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016 *
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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}