com.novell.application.console.snapin
Interface MapObjectEntrySnapin
- All Superinterfaces:
- Snapin
- public interface MapObjectEntrySnapin
- extends Snapin
Describes the mapping between two namespaces.
The MapObjectEntrySnapin interface, along with the ExtendChildrenSnapin
interface, provides for bridging between two namespaces. This bridging is
called Federation of namespaces.
mapObjectEntry
public ObjectEntry mapObjectEntry(ObjectEntry entry)
throws SnapinException
- Maps an ObjectEntry in one namespace to a ObjectEntry in another namespace. If
there is no mapping into the target namespace, it returns null.
- Parameters:
entry
- The source ObjectEntry to map to another namespace.- Returns:
- ObjectEntry from the target namespace that corresponds to the
ObjectEntry in the source namespace. Return null if there is no corresponding
entry mapped.
- Throws:
- SnapinException - Thrown when the snapin is unable to complete the
mapping. This exception should only be thrown in error
conditions when there normally is a mapped entry. If there is no mapped
entry in the target namespace, return null.
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