#ifndef _CosNaming_IDL_
#define _CosNaming_IDL_

#pragma prefix "omg.org"

//. a CosNaming module
module CosNaming
{
  //. an Istring typedef
  typedef string Istring;
  //. a NameComponent struct.
  //. with a multi-line comment.
  struct NameComponent
  {
    //. an id member
    Istring id;
    //. a kind member
    Istring kind;
  };

  //. a Name type.
  //. This is a sequence of NameComponents
  //. so it forms a scoped name of sorts
  typedef sequence<NameComponent> Name;
  //. a BindingType enum
  enum BindingType
  {
    nobject,
    ncontext
  };

  //. a Binding struct
  struct Binding
  {
    //. a binding_name member
    Name binding_name;
    //. a binding_type member
    BindingType binding_type;
  };

  //. a BindingList type
  typedef sequence<Binding> BindingList;

  interface BindingIterator;

  //. a NamingContext interface
  interface NamingContext
    {
      //. a NotFoundReason enum
      enum NotFoundReason
      {
	missing_node,
	not_context,
	not_object
      };

      //. an exception
      exception NotFound
	{
	  NotFoundReason why;
	  Name rest_of_name;
	};
      
      exception CannotProceed
	{
	  NamingContext ctx;
	  Name rest_of_name;
	};
      
      exception InvalidName{};
      exception AlreadyBound{};
      exception NotEmpty{};
      
      //. and the bind method...
      void bind(in Name n, in Object obj)
	raises(NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound);
      void rebind(in Name n, in Object obj)
	raises(NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName);
      void bind_context(in Name n, in NamingContext nc)
	raises(NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName, AlreadyBound);
      void rebind_context(in Name n, in NamingContext nc)
	raises(NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName);
      Object resolve(in Name n)
	raises(NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName);
      void unbind(in Name n)
	raises(NotFound, CannotProceed, InvalidName);
      NamingContext new_context();
      NamingContext bind_new_context(in Name n)
	raises(NotFound, AlreadyBound, CannotProceed, InvalidName);
      void destroy()
	raises(NotEmpty);
      void list(in unsigned long how_many, out BindingList bl, out BindingIterator bi);
    };
  
  interface BindingIterator
    {
      boolean next_one(out Binding b);
      boolean next_n(in unsigned long how_many, out BindingList bl);
      void destroy();
    };
};

#endif /* !_CosNaming_IDL_ */