/*
 * @(#)Binding.java	1.9 05/11/17
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.naming;

/**
  * This class represents a name-to-object binding found in a context.
  *<p>
  * A context consists of name-to-object bindings.
  * The Binding class represents such a binding.  It consists
  * of a name and an object. The <code>Context.listBindings()</code>
  * method returns an enumeration of Binding.
  *<p>
  * Use subclassing for naming systems that generate contents of 
  * a binding dynamically.
  *<p>
  * A Binding instance is not synchronized against concurrent access by multiple
  * threads. Threads that need to access a Binding concurrently should
  * synchronize amongst themselves and provide the necessary locking.
  *
  * @author Rosanna Lee
  * @author Scott Seligman
  * @version 1.9 05/11/17
  * @since 1.3
  */

public class Binding extends NameClassPair {
    /**
     * Contains this binding's object.
     * It is initialized by the constuctor and can be updated using
     * <tt>setObject</tt>.
     * @serial
     * @see #getObject
     * @see #setObject
     */
    private Object boundObj;

    /**
      * Constructs an instance of a Binding given its name and object. 
      *<p>
      * <tt>getClassName()</tt> will return
      * the class name of <tt>obj</tt> (or null if <tt>obj</tt> is null) 
      * unless the class name has been explicitly set using <tt>setClassName()</tt>
      *
      * @param	name	The non-null name of the object. It is relative
      *             to the <em>target context</em> (which is
      * named by the first parameter of the <code>listBindings()</code> method)
      * @param	obj	The possibly null object bound to name.
      * @see NameClassPair#setClassName
      */
    public Binding(String name, Object obj) {
	super(name, null);
	this.boundObj = obj;
    }

    /**
      * Constructs an instance of a Binding given its name, object, and whether
      * the name is relative.
      *<p>
      * <tt>getClassName()</tt> will return the class name of <tt>obj</tt> 
      * (or null if <tt>obj</tt> is null) unless the class name has been
      * explicitly set using <tt>setClassName()</tt>
      *
      * @param	name	The non-null string name of the object.
      * @param	obj	The possibly null object bound to name.
      * @param isRelative true if <code>name</code> is a name relative
      *		to the target context (which is named by
      *         the first parameter of the <code>listBindings()</code> method);
      *         false if <code>name</code> is a URL string.
      * @see NameClassPair#isRelative
      * @see NameClassPair#setRelative
      * @see NameClassPair#setClassName
      */
    public Binding(String name, Object obj, boolean isRelative) {
	super(name, null, isRelative);
	this.boundObj = obj;
    }

    /**
      * Constructs an instance of a Binding given its name, class name, and object. 
      *
      * @param	name	The non-null name of the object. It is relative
      *             to the <em>target context</em> (which is
      * named by the first parameter of the <code>listBindings()</code> method)
      * @param	className	The possibly null class name of the object 
      * 	bound to <tt>name</tt>. If null, the class name of <tt>obj</tt> is
      *		returned by <tt>getClassName()</tt>. If <tt>obj</tt> is also
      *		null, <tt>getClassName()</tt> will return null.
      * @param	obj	The possibly null object bound to name.
      * @see NameClassPair#setClassName
      */
    public Binding(String name, String className, Object obj) {
	super(name, className);
	this.boundObj = obj;
    }