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Interface java.naming.NameParser

public interface NameParser
The NameParser class is used to parse names from a hierarchical namespace. The NameParser contains knowledge of the syntactic information (like left-to-right orientation, name separator, etc.) needed to parse names. The equals() method, when used to compare two NameParsers, returns true if and only if they serve the same namespace.

See Also:
CompoundName, Name

Method Index

o parse(String)
Parses a name into its components.

Methods

o parse 
 public abstract Name parse(String name) throws NamingException
Parses a name into its components.

Parameters:
name - The string name to parse.
Returns:
A parsed form of the name using the naming convention of this parser. 
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