com.novell.application.console.snapin

Interface MapObjectEntrySnapin

All Superinterfaces:

Snapin

public interface MapObjectEntrySnapin
extends Snapin

Describes the mapping between two namespaces.

The MapObjectEntrySnapin interface, along with the ExtendChildrenSnapin interface, provides for bridging between two namespaces. This bridging is called Federation of namespaces.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ObjectEntry	mapObjectEntry(ObjectEntry entry) Maps an ObjectEntry in one namespace to a ObjectEntry in another namespace.

Methods inherited from interface com.novell.application.console.snapin.Snapin

getSnapinDescription, getSnapinName, initSnapin, shutdownSnapin

Method Detail

mapObjectEntry

ObjectEntry mapObjectEntry(ObjectEntry entry)
                    throws SnapinException

Maps an ObjectEntry in one namespace to a ObjectEntry in another namespace. If there is no mapping into the target namespace, it returns null.

Parameters:

entry - The source ObjectEntry to map to another namespace.

Returns:

ObjectEntry from the target namespace that corresponds to the ObjectEntry in the source namespace. Return null if there is no corresponding entry mapped.

Throws:

SnapinException - Thrown when the snapin is unable to complete the mapping. This exception should only be thrown in error conditions when there normally is a mapped entry. If there is no mapped entry in the target namespace, return null.