001 /* 002 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 003 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 004 * distributed with this work for additional information 005 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 006 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 007 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 008 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 009 * 010 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 011 * 012 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 013 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 014 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 015 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 016 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 017 * under the License. 018 * 019 */ 020 021 package org.apache.directory.server.protocol.shared.catalog; 022 023 024 /** 025 * The interface for resolving search-base DN's from zone or realm names. 026 * 027 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a> 028 * @version $Rev: 542104 $, $Date: 2007-05-28 06:18:59 +0200 (Mon, 28 May 2007) $ 029 */ 030 public interface Catalog 031 { 032 /** 033 * Returns the base DN for searches, given a zone or realm name. 034 * 035 * @param name 036 * @return The base DN for searches. 037 */ 038 public String getBaseDn( String name ); 039 }