electric.directory
Interface IContainer

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDirectory

All Known Implementing Classes:

Directory, ObjectService

public interface IContainer

IContainer is the interface that must be implemented by all entities that can contain objects, and is used indirectly by Registry.getPath() when determining an object's path.

Author:

webMethods

Method Summary

java.lang.String

getPath(java.lang.Object object) Return the path of the specified object relative to this container, or null if the object is not found.

Method Detail

getPath

public java.lang.String getPath(java.lang.Object object)
                         throws DirectoryException

Return the path of the specified object relative to this container, or null if the object is not found.

Parameters:

object - The object to find.

Throws:

DirectoryException - If an internal exception occurs.