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package com.asper.sources.javax.naming;
/**
* This interface is used for parsing 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.
*
* @author Rosanna Lee
* @author Scott Seligman
*
* @see CompoundName
* @see Name
* @since 1.3
*/
public interface NameParser {
/**
* Parses a name into its components.
*
* @param name The non-null string name to parse.
* @return A non-null parsed form of the name using the naming convention
* of this parser.
* @exception InvalidNameException If name does not conform to
* syntax defined for the namespace.
* @exception NamingException If a naming exception was encountered.
*/
Name parse(String name) throws NamingException;
}