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// ================================================================
/**
 * @file IORTable.pidl
 *
 * $Id$
 *
 * @author Carlos O'Ryan <coryan@uci.edu>
 *
 * @brief Pre-compiled IDL source for the IORTable module.
 *
 * This file was used to generate the code in
 * IORTable{C,S,S_T}.{h,i,cpp}
 *
 *   The command used to generate code from this file is:
 *
 *     tao_idl -o orig -Ge 1 -Sa -St \
 *          -Wb,export_macro=TAO_IORTable_Export \
 *          -Wb,export_include=iortable_export.h \
 *          -Wb,pre_include="ace/pre.h" \
 *          -Wb,post_include="ace/post.h" \
 *          IORTable.pidl
 *
 */
// ================================================================

/// Define a module to avoid namespace pollution
module IORTable
{
  local interface Locator;

  /// The object key is already in the IORTable
  exception AlreadyBound {};

  /// Cannot find the object key in the IORTable
  exception NotFound {};

  /// Define the IORTable interface
  /**
   *
   *  Any TAO server can be configured as an corbaloc agent.
   *  Such agents forward requests generated using a simple
   *  ObjectKey in a corbaloc specifcation to the real location
   *  of the object.
   *  In TAO we implement this feature by dynamically (or
   *  statically) adding a new Object Adapter to the ORB, that
   *  handles any sort of request.
   */
  local interface Table
  {
    /// Bind <object_key> to the <IOR>
    void bind (in string object_key,
               in string IOR)
      raises (AlreadyBound);

    /// Bind <object_key> to the <IOR>
    void rebind (in string object_key,
                 in string IOR);

    /// Remove the binding for <object_key>
    void unbind (in string object_key)
      raises (NotFound);

    /// Set the locator, if no binding is set for an object_key we try
    /// to use the locator to resolve it
    void set_locator (in Locator the_locator);
  };

  /// Callback interface to locate  object keys dynamically
  /**
   * The application can provide a callback interface to locate object
   * keys dynamically.
   */
  local interface Locator
  {
    /// Returns an IOR to use for <object_key>
    string locate (in string object_key)
      raises (NotFound);
  };
};