*/
    public String toString() {
	return (impl.toString());
    }

    /**
      * Determines whether obj is syntactically equal to this compound name.
      * If obj is null or not a CompoundName, false is returned.
      * Two compound names are equal if each component in one is "equal"
      * to the corresponding component in the other. 
      *<p>
      * Equality is also defined in terms of the syntax of this compound name.
      * The default implementation of CompoundName uses the syntax properties
      * jndi.syntax.ignorecase and jndi.syntax.trimblanks when comparing
      * two components for equality.  If case is ignored, two strings
      * with the same sequence of characters but with different cases
      * are considered equal. If blanks are being trimmed, leading and trailing
      * blanks are ignored for the purpose of the comparison.
      *<p>
      * Both compound names must have the same number of components.
      *<p>
      * Implementation note: Currently the syntax properties of the two compound
      * names are not compared for equality. They might be in the future.
      *
      * @param	obj	The possibly null object to compare against.
      * @return	true if obj is equal to this compound name, false otherwise.
      * @see #compareTo(java.lang.Object obj)
      */
    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
	// %%% check syntax too?
	return (obj != null &&
		obj instanceof CompoundName &&
		impl.equals(((CompoundName)obj).impl));
    }

    /**
      * Computes the hash code of this compound name.
      * The hash code is the sum of the hash codes of the "canonicalized" 
      * forms of individual components of this compound name.
      * Each component is "canonicalized" according to the 
      * compound name's syntax before its hash code is computed.
      * For a case-insensitive name, for example, the uppercased form of 
      * a name has the same hash code as its lowercased equivalent.
      * 
      * @return An int representing the hash code of this name.
      */
    public int hashCode() {
	return impl.hashCode();
    }

    /**
      * Creates a copy of this compound name.
      * Changes to the components of this compound name won't
      * affect the new copy and vice versa.
      * The clone and this compound name share the same syntax.
      *
      * @return	A non-null copy of this compound name.
      */
    public Object clone() {
	return (new CompoundName(getAll(), mySyntax));
    }

    /**
     * Compares this CompoundName with the specified Object for order.  
     * Returns a
     * negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Name is less
     * than, equal to, or greater than the given Object. 
     * <p>
     * If obj is null or not an instance of CompoundName, ClassCastException
     * is thrown.
     * <p>
     * See equals() for what it means for two compound names to be equal.
     * If two compound names are equal, 0 is returned.
     *<p>
     * Ordering of compound names depend on the syntax of the compound name.
     * By default, they follow lexicographical rules for string comparison
     * with the extension that this applies to all the components in the
     * compound name and that comparison of individual components is
     * affected by the jndi.syntax.ignorecase and jndi.syntax.trimblanks
     * properties, identical to how they affect equals().
     * If this compound name is "lexicographically" lesser than obj,
     * a negative number is returned.
     * If this compound name is "lexicographically" greater than obj,
     * a positive number is returned.
     *<p>
     * Implementation note: Currently the syntax properties of the two compound
     * names are not compared when checking order. They might be in the future.
     * @param	obj	The non-null object to compare against.
     * @return  a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer as this Name
     *		is less than, equal to, or greater than the given Object.
     * @exception ClassCastException if obj is not a CompoundName.
     * @see #equals(java.lang.Object)
     */
    public int compareTo(Object obj) {
	if (!(obj instanceof CompoundName)) {
	    throw new ClassCastException("Not a CompoundName");
	}
	return impl.compareTo(((CompoundName)obj).impl);
    }