/*
 * @(#)NamingManager.java	1.18 03/05/09
 *
 * Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package javax.naming.spi;

import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;

import javax.naming.*;
import com.sun.naming.internal.VersionHelper;
import com.sun.naming.internal.ResourceManager;
import com.sun.naming.internal.FactoryEnumeration;

/**
 * This class contains methods for creating context objects
 * and objects referred to by location information in the naming
 * or directory service.
 *<p>
 * This class cannot be instantiated.  It has only static methods.
 *<p>
 * The mention of URL in the documentation for this class refers to
 * a URL string as defined by RFC 1738 and its related RFCs. It is
 * any string that conforms to the syntax described therein, and
 * may not always have corresponding support in the java.net.URL
 * class or Web browsers. 
 *<p>
 * NamingManager is safe for concurrent access by multiple threads.
 *<p>
 * Except as otherwise noted,
 * a <tt>Name</tt> or environment parameter
 * passed to any method is owned by the caller.
 * The implementation will not modify the object or keep a reference
 * to it, although it may keep a reference to a clone or copy.
 *
 * @author Rosanna Lee
 * @author Scott Seligman
 * @version 1.18 03/05/09
 * @since 1.3
 */

public class NamingManager {

    /*
     * Disallow anyone from creating one of these.
     * Made package private so that DirectoryManager can subclass.
     */

    NamingManager() {}

    // should be protected and package private
    static final VersionHelper helper = VersionHelper.getVersionHelper();

// --------- object factory stuff
    
    /**
     * Package-private; used by DirectoryManager and NamingManager.
     */
    private static ObjectFactoryBuilder object_factory_builder = null;

    /**
     * The ObjectFactoryBuilder determines the policy used when
     * trying to load object factories.
     * See getObjectInstance() and class ObjectFactory for a description
     * of the default policy.
     * setObjectFactoryBuilder() overrides this default policy by installing
     * an ObjectFactoryBuilder. Subsequent object factories will
     * be loaded and created using the installed builder.
     *<p>
     * The builder can only be installed if the executing thread is allowed
     * (by the security manager's checkSetFactory() method) to do so.
     * Once installed, the builder cannot be replaced.
     *<p> 
     * @param builder The factory builder to install. If null, no builder
     *			is installed.
     * @exception SecurityException builder cannot be installed
     *		for security reasons.
     * @exception NamingException builder cannot be installed for
     *         a non-security-related reason.
     * @exception IllegalStateException If a factory has already been installed.
     * @see #getObjectInstance
     * @see ObjectFactory
     * @see ObjectFactoryBuilder
     * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkSetFactory
     */
    public static synchronized void setObjectFactoryBuilder(
	    ObjectFactoryBuilder builder) throws NamingException {
	if (object_factory_builder != null)
	    throw new IllegalStateException("ObjectFactoryBuilder already set");

	SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
	if (security != null) {
	    security.checkSetFactory();
	}
	object_factory_builder = builder;
    }

    /**
     * Used for accessing object factory builder.
     */
    static synchronized ObjectFactoryBuilder getObjectFactoryBuilder() {
	return object_factory_builder;
    }


    /**
     * Retrieves the ObjectFactory for the object identified by a reference, 
     * using the reference's factory class name and factory codebase
     * to load in the factory's class.
     * @param ref The non-null reference to use.
     * @param factoryName The non-null class name of the factory.
     * @return The object factory for the object identified by ref; null
     * if unable to load the factory.
     */
    static ObjectFactory getObjectFactoryFromReference(
	Reference ref, String factoryName)
	throws IllegalAccessException, 
	InstantiationException, 
	MalformedURLException {
	Class clas = null;

	// Try to use current class loader
	try {
	     clas = helper.loadClass(factoryName);
	} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
	    // ignore and continue
	    // e.printStackTrace();
	}
	// All other exceptions are passed up.

	// Not in class path; try to use codebase
	String codebase;
	if (clas == null &&
		(codebase = ref.getFactoryClassLocation()) != null) { 
	    try {
		clas = helper.loadClass(factoryName, codebase);
	    } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
	    }
	}

	return (clas != null) ? (ObjectFactory) clas.newInstance() : null;
    }


    /**
     * Creates an object using the factories specified in the
     * <tt>Context.OBJECT_FACTORIES</tt> property of the environment
     * or of the provider resource file associated with <tt>nameCtx</tt>.
     *
     * @return factory created; null if cannot create
     */
    private static Object createObjectFromFactories(Object obj, Name name,
	    Context nameCtx, Hashtable environment) throws Exception {

        FactoryEnumeration factories = ResourceManager.getFactories(
	    Context.OBJECT_FACTORIES, environment, nameCtx);

	if (factories == null)
	    return null;

	// Try each factory until one succeeds
	ObjectFactory factory;
	Object answer = null;
	while (answer == null && factories.hasMore()) {
	    factory = (ObjectFactory)factories.next();
	    answer = factory.getObjectInstance(obj, name, nameCtx, environment);
	}
	return answer;
    }

    private static String getURLScheme(String str) {
	int colon_posn = str.indexOf(':');
	int slash_posn = str.indexOf('/');

	if (colon_posn > 0 && (slash_posn == -1 || colon_posn < slash_posn))
	    return str.substring(0, colon_posn);
	return null;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an instance of an object for the specified object 
     * and environment.
     * <p>
     * If an object factory builder has been installed, it is used to
     * create a factory for creating the object.
     * Otherwise, the following rules are used to create the object:
     *<ol>
     * <li>If <code>refInfo</code> is a <code>Reference</code> 
     *    or <code>Referenceable</code> containing a factory class name,
     *    use the named factory to create the object.
     *    Return <code>refInfo</code> if the factory cannot be created.
     *    Under JDK 1.1, if the factory class must be loaded from a location
     *    specified in the reference, a <tt>SecurityManager</tt> must have
     *    been installed or the factory creation will fail.
     *    If an exception is encountered while creating the factory,
     *    it is passed up to the caller.
     * <li>If <tt>refInfo</tt> is a <tt>Reference</tt> or
     *    <tt>Referenceable</tt> with no factory class name,
     *    and the address or addresses are <tt>StringRefAddr</tt>s with
     *    address type "URL",
     *    try the URL context factory corresponding to each URL's scheme id
     *    to create the object (see <tt>getURLContext()</tt>).
     *    If that fails, continue to the next step.
     * <li> Use the object factories specified in 
     *    the <tt>Context.OBJECT_FACTORIES</tt> property of the environment,
     *    and of the provider resource file associated with
     *    <tt>nameCtx</tt>, in that order.
     *    The value of this property is a colon-separated list of factory
     *    class names that are tried in order, and the first one that succeeds
     *    in creating an object is the one used.
     *    If none of the factories can be loaded,
     *    return <code>refInfo</code>.
     *    If an exception is encountered while creating the object, the
     *    exception is passed up to the caller.
     *</ol>
     *<p>
     * Service providers that implement the <tt>DirContext</tt>
     * interface should use
     * <tt>DirectoryManager.getObjectInstance()</tt>, not this method.
     * Service providers that implement only the <tt>Context</tt>
     * interface should use this method.
     * <p>
     * Note that an object factory (an object that implements the ObjectFactory
     * interface) must be public and must have a public constructor that 
     * accepts no arguments.
     * <p>
     * The <code>name</code> and <code>nameCtx</code> parameters may
     * optionally be used to specify the name of the object being created.
     * <code>name</code> is the name of the object, relative to context
     * <code>nameCtx</code>.  This information could be useful to the object
     * factory or to the object implementation.
     *	If there are several possible contexts from which the object
     *	could be named -- as will often be the case -- it is up to
     *	the caller to select one.  A good rule of thumb is to select the
     * "deepest" context available.
     * If <code>nameCtx</code> is null, <code>name</code> is relative
     * to the default initial context.  If no name is being specified, the
     * <code>name</code> parameter should be null.
     *
     * @param refInfo The possibly null object for which to create an object.
     * @param name The name of this object relative to <code>nameCtx</code>.
     *		Specifying a name is optional; if it is
     *		omitted, <code>name</code> should be null.
     * @param nameCtx The context relative to which the <code>name</code>
     *		parameter is specified.  If null, <code>name</code> is
     *		relative to the default initial context.
     * @param environment The possibly null environment to 
     *		be used in the creation of the object factory and the object.
     * @return An object created using <code>refInfo</code> or
     *		<code>refInfo</code> if an object cannot be created using
     *		the algorithm described above.
     * @exception NamingException if a naming exception was encountered
     * 	while attempting to get a URL context, or if one of the
     *		factories accessed throws a NamingException.
     * @exception Exception if one of the factories accessed throws an
     *		exception, or if an error was encountered while loading
     *	        and instantiating the factory and object classes.
     *		A factory should only throw an exception if it does not want
     *		other factories to be used in an attempt to create an object.
     * 	See ObjectFactory.getObjectInstance().
     * @see #getURLContext
     * @see ObjectFactory
     * @see ObjectFactory#getObjectInstance
     */
    public static Object getObjectInstance(Object refInfo, Name name,
	    Context nameCtx, Hashtable environment) throws Exception {

	ObjectFactory factory;

	// Use builder if installed
	ObjectFactoryBuilder builder = getObjectFactoryBuilder();
	if (builder != null) {
	    // builder must return non-null factory
	    factory = builder.createObjectFactory(refInfo, environment);
	    return factory.getObjectInstance(refInfo, name, nameCtx,
		environment);
	}

	// Use reference if possible
	Reference ref = null;
	if (refInfo instanceof Reference) {
	    ref = (Reference) refInfo;
	} else if (refInfo instanceof Referenceable) {
	    ref = ((Referenceable)(refInfo)).getReference();
	}

	Object answer;

	if (ref != null) {
	    String f = ref.getFactoryClassName();
	    if (f != null) {
		// if reference identifies a factory, use exclusively

		factory = getObjectFactoryFromReference(ref, f);
		if (factory != null) {
		    return factory.getObjectInstance(ref, name, nameCtx,
						     environment);
		}
		// No factory found, so return original refInfo.
		// Will reach this point if factory class is not in
		// class path and reference does not contain a URL for it
		return refInfo;

	    } else {
		// if reference has no factory, check for addresses
		// containing URLs

		answer = processURLAddrs(ref, name, nameCtx, environment);
		if (answer != null) {
		    return answer;
		}
	    }
	}

	// try using any specified factories
	answer =
	    createObjectFromFactories(refInfo, name, nameCtx, environment);
	return (answer != null) ? answer : refInfo;
    }

    /*
     * Ref has no factory.  For each address of type "URL", try its URL
     * context factory.  Returns null if unsuccessful in creating and
     * invoking a factory.
     */
    static Object processURLAddrs(Reference ref, Name name, Context nameCtx,
				  Hashtable environment)
	    throws NamingException {

	for (int i = 0; i < ref.size(); i++) {
	    RefAddr addr = ref.get(i);
	    if (addr instanceof StringRefAddr &&
		addr.getType().equalsIgnoreCase("URL")) {

		String url = (String)addr.getContent();
		Object answer = processURL(url, name, nameCtx, environment);
		if (answer != null) {
		    return answer;
		}
	    }
	}
	return null;
    }

    private static Object processURL(Object refInfo, Name name,
				     Context nameCtx, Hashtable environment)
	    throws NamingException {
	Object answer;

	// If refInfo is a URL string, try to use its URL context factory
	// If no context found, continue to try object factories.
	if (refInfo instanceof String) {
	    String url = (String)refInfo;
	    String scheme = getURLScheme(url);
	    if (scheme != null) {
		answer = getURLObject(scheme, refInfo, name, nameCtx,
				      environment);
		if (answer != null) {
		    return answer;
		}
	    }
	}

	// If refInfo is an array of URL strings, 
	// try to find a context factory for any one of its URLs.
	// If no context found, continue to try object factories.
	if (refInfo instanceof String[]) {
	    String[] urls = (String[])refInfo;
	    for (int i = 0; i <urls.length; i++) {
		String scheme = getURLScheme(urls[i]);
		if (scheme != null) {
		    answer = getURLObject(scheme, refInfo, name, nameCtx,
					  environment);
		    if (answer != null)
			return answer;
		}
	    }
	}
	return null;
    }


    /**
     * Retrieves a context identified by <code>obj</code>, using the specified
     * environment.
     * Used by ContinuationContext.
     *
     * @param obj	The object identifying the context.
     * @param name	The name of the context being returned, relative to
     *			<code>nameCtx</code>, or null if no name is being
     *			specified.
     *			See the <code>getObjectInstance</code> method for
     *			details.
     * @param ctx	The context relative to which <code>name</code> is
     *			specified, or null for the default initial context.
     *			See the <code>getObjectInstance</code> method for
     *			details.
     * @param environment Environment specifying characteristics of the
     *			resulting context.
     * @return A context identified by <code>obj</code>.
     *
     * @see #getObjectInstance
     */
    static Context getContext(Object obj, Name name, Context nameCtx,
			      Hashtable environment) throws NamingException {
	Object answer;

	if (obj instanceof Context) {
	    // %%% Ignore environment for now.  OK since method not public.
	    return (Context)obj;
	}

	try {
	    answer = getObjectInstance(obj, name, nameCtx, environment);
	} catch (NamingException e) {
	    throw e;
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    NamingException ne = new NamingException();
	    ne.setRootCause(e);
	    throw ne;
	}

	return (answer instanceof Context)
	    ? (Context)answer
	    : null;
    }

    // Used by ContinuationContext
    static Resolver getResolver(Object obj, Name name, Context nameCtx,
				Hashtable environment) throws NamingException {
	Object answer;

	if (obj instanceof Resolver) {
	    // %%% Ignore environment for now.  OK since method not public.
	    return (Resolver)obj;
	}

	try {
	    answer = getObjectInstance(obj, name, nameCtx, environment);
	} catch (NamingException e) {
	    throw e;
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    NamingException ne = new NamingException();
	    ne.setRootCause(e);
	    throw ne;
	}

	return (answer instanceof Resolver)
	    ? (Resolver)answer
	    : null;
    }


    /***************** URL Context implementations ***************/

    /**
     * Creates a context for the given URL scheme id. 
     * <p>
     * The resulting context is for resolving URLs of the
     * scheme <code>scheme</code>. The resulting context is not tied
     * to a specific URL. It is able to handle arbitrary URLs with 
     * the specified scheme.  
     *<p>
     * The class name of the factory that creates the resulting context 
     * has the naming convention <i>scheme-id</i>URLContextFactory 
     * (e.g. "ftpURLContextFactory" for the "ftp" scheme-id), 
     * in the package specified as follows.
     * The <tt>Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES</tt> environment property (which
     * may contain values taken from applet parameters, system properties,
     * or application resource files)
     * contains a colon-separated list of package prefixes. 
     * Each package prefix in
     * the property is tried in the order specified to load the factory class.
     * The default package prefix is "com.sun.jndi.url" (if none of the
     * specified packages work, this default is tried).
     * The complete package name is constructed using the package prefix,
     * concatenated with the scheme id.
     *<p>
     * For example, if the scheme id is "ldap", and the 
     * <tt>Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES</tt> property
     * contains "com.widget:com.wiz.jndi",
     * the naming manager would attempt to load the following classes
     * until one is successfully instantiated:
     *<ul>
     * <li>com.widget.ldap.ldapURLContextFactory
     *	<li>com.wiz.jndi.ldap.ldapURLContextFactory
     *	<li>com.sun.jndi.url.ldap.ldapURLContextFactory
     *</ul>
     * If none of the package prefixes work, null is returned.
     *<p>
     * If a factory is instantiated, it is invoked with the following
     * parameters to produce the resulting context.
     * <p>
     * <code>factory.getObjectInstance(null, environment);</code>
     * <p>
     * For example, invoking getObjectInstance() as shown above
     * on a LDAP URL context factory would return a
     * context that can resolve LDAP urls
     * (e.g. "ldap://ldap.wiz.com/o=wiz,c=us",
     * "ldap://ldap.umich.edu/o=umich,c=us", ...).
     *<p>
     * Note that an object factory (an object that implements the ObjectFactory
     * interface) must be public and must have a public constructor that 
     * accepts no arguments.
     *
     * @param scheme 	The non-null scheme-id of the URLs supported by the context.
     * @param environment The possibly null environment properties to be 
     *		 used in the creation of the object factory and the context.
     * @return A context for resolving URLs with the 
     *         scheme id <code>scheme</code> 
     * 	<code>null</code> if the factory for creating the 
     *         context is not found.
     * @exception NamingException If a naming exception occurs while creating
     *  	the context.
     * @see #getObjectInstance
     * @see ObjectFactory#getObjectInstance
     */
    public static Context getURLContext(String scheme, 
	Hashtable environment) throws NamingException {
	// pass in 'null' to indicate creation of generic context for scheme
	// (i.e. not specific to a URL).

	    Object answer = getURLObject(scheme, null, null, null, environment);
	    if (answer instanceof Context) {
		return (Context)answer;
	    } else {
		return null;
	    }
    }

    private static final String defaultPkgPrefix = "com.sun.jndi.url";

    /**
     * Creates an object for the given URL scheme id using
     * the supplied urlInfo. 
     * <p>
     * If urlInfo is null, the result is a context for resolving URLs
     * with the scheme id 'scheme'.
     * If urlInfo is a URL, the result is a context named by the URL.
     * Names passed to this context is assumed to be relative to this
     * context (i.e. not a URL). For example, if urlInfo is
     * "ldap://ldap.wiz.com/o=Wiz,c=us", the resulting context will
     * be that pointed to by "o=Wiz,c=us" on the server 'ldap.wiz.com'.
     * Subsequent names that can be passed to this context will be
     * LDAP names relative to this context (e.g. cn="Barbs Jensen").
     * If urlInfo is an array of URLs, the URLs are assumed
     * to be equivalent in terms of the context to which they refer.
     * The resulting context is like that of the single URL case.
     * If urlInfo is of any other type, that is handled by the
     * context factory for the URL scheme.
     * @param scheme the URL scheme id for the context
     * @param urlInfo information used to create the context
     * @param name name of this object relative to <code>nameCtx</code>
     * @param nameCtx Context whose provider resource file will be searched
     *		for package prefix values (or null if none)
     * @param environment Environment properties for creating the context
     * @see javax.naming.InitialContext
     */
    private static Object getURLObject(String scheme, Object urlInfo,
				       Name name, Context nameCtx,
				       Hashtable environment)
	    throws NamingException {

	// e.g. "ftpURLContextFactory"
	ObjectFactory factory = (ObjectFactory)ResourceManager.getFactory(
	    Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, environment, nameCtx,
	    "." + scheme + "." + scheme + "URLContextFactory", defaultPkgPrefix);
	
	if (factory == null)
	  return null;

	// Found object factory
	try {
	    return factory.getObjectInstance(urlInfo, name, nameCtx, environment);
	} catch (NamingException e) {
	    throw e;
	} catch (Exception e) {
	    NamingException ne = new NamingException();
	    ne.setRootCause(e);
	    throw ne;
	}

    }


// ------------ Initial Context Factory Stuff
    private static InitialContextFactoryBuilder initctx_factory_builder = null;

    /**
     * Use this method for accessing initctx_factory_builder while
     * inside an unsynchronized method.
     */
    private static synchronized InitialContextFactoryBuilder
    getInitialContextFactoryBuilder() {
	return initctx_factory_builder;
    }

    /**
     * Creates an initial context using the specified environment 
     * properties. 
     *<p>
     * If an InitialContextFactoryBuilder has been installed, 
     * it is used to create the factory for creating the initial context.
     * Otherwise, the class specified in the 
     * <tt>Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY</tt> environment property is used.
     * Note that an initial context factory (an object that implements the 
     * InitialContextFactory interface) must be public and must have a 
     * public constructor that accepts no arguments.
     *
     * @param env The possibly null environment properties used when 
     * 			creating the context.
     * @return A non-null initial context.
     * @exception NoInitialContextException If the
     *		<tt>Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY</tt> property
     *         is not found or names a nonexistent
     *         class or a class that cannot be instantiated,
     *		or if the initial context could not be created for some other
     *		reason.
     * @exception NamingException If some other naming exception was encountered.
     * @see javax.naming.InitialContext
     * @see javax.naming.directory.InitialDirContext
     */
    public static Context getInitialContext(Hashtable env)
	throws NamingException {
	InitialContextFactory factory; 

	InitialContextFactoryBuilder builder = getInitialContextFactoryBuilder();
	if (builder == null) {
	    // No factory installed, use property
	    // Get initial context factory class name

	    String className = env != null ?
	        (String)env.get(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY) : null;
	    if (className == null) {
		NoInitialContextException ne = new NoInitialContextException(
		    "Need to specify class name in environment or system " +
		    "property, or as an applet parameter, or in an " +
		    "application resource file:  " + 
		    Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY);
		throw ne;
	    }

	    try {
		factory = (InitialContextFactory)
		    helper.loadClass(className).newInstance();
	    } catch(Exception e) {
		NoInitialContextException ne = 
		    new NoInitialContextException(
			"Cannot instantiate class: " + className);
		ne.setRootCause(e);
		throw ne;
	    }
	} else {
	    factory = builder.createInitialContextFactory(env);
	}

	return factory.getInitialContext(env);
    }


    /**
     * Sets the InitialContextFactory builder to be builder.
     *
     *<p>
     * The builder can only be installed if the executing thread is allowed by
     * the security manager to do so. Once installed, the builder cannot 
     * be replaced.
     * @param builder The initial context factory builder to install. If null,
     *                no builder is set.
     * @exception SecurityException builder cannot be installed for security
     *			reasons.
     * @exception NamingException builder cannot be installed for
     *         a non-security-related reason.
     * @exception IllegalStateException If a builder was previous installed.
     * @see #hasInitialContextFactoryBuilder
     * @see java.lang.SecurityManager#checkSetFactory
     */
    public static synchronized void setInitialContextFactoryBuilder(
	InitialContextFactoryBuilder builder)
	throws NamingException {
	    if (initctx_factory_builder != null)
		throw new IllegalStateException(
		    "InitialContextFactoryBuilder already set");

	    SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
	    if (security != null) {
		security.checkSetFactory();
	    }
	    initctx_factory_builder = builder;
    }

    /**
     * Determines whether an initial context factory builder has
     * been set.
     * @return true if an initial context factory builder has
     *		 been set; false otherwise.
     * @see #setInitialContextFactoryBuilder
     */
    public static boolean hasInitialContextFactoryBuilder() {
	return (getInitialContextFactoryBuilder() != null);
    }

// -----  Continuation Context Stuff

    /**
     * Constant that holds the name of the environment property into
     * which <tt>getContinuationContext()</tt> stores the value of its
     * <tt>CannotProceedException</tt> parameter.
     * This property is inherited by the continuation context, and may
     * be used by that context's service provider to inspect the
     * fields of the exception.
     *<p>
     * The value of this constant is "java.naming.spi.CannotProceedException".
     *
     * @see #getContinuationContext
     * @since 1.3
     */
    public static final String CPE = "java.naming.spi.CannotProceedException";

    /**
     * Creates a context in which to continue a context operation.
     *<p>
     * In performing an operation on a name that spans multiple
     * namespaces, a context from one naming system may need to pass
     * the operation on to the next naming system.  The context
     * implementation does this by first constructing a
     * <code>CannotProceedException</code> containing information
     * pinpointing how far it has proceeded.  It then obtains a
     * continuation context from JNDI by calling
     * <code>getContinuationContext</code>.  The context
     * implementation should then resume the context operation by
     * invoking the same operation on the continuation context, using
     * the remainder of the name that has not yet been resolved.
     *<p>
     * Before making use of the <tt>cpe</tt> parameter, this method
     * updates the environment associated with that object by setting
     * the value of the property <a href="#CPE"><tt>CPE</tt></a>
     * to <tt>cpe</tt>.  This property will be inherited by the
     * continuation context, and may be used by that context's
     * service provider to inspect the fields of this exception.
     *
     * @param cpe
     *		The non-null exception that triggered this continuation.
     * @return A non-null Context object for continuing the operation.
     * @exception NamingException If a naming exception occurred.
     */
    public static Context getContinuationContext(CannotProceedException cpe)
	    throws NamingException {

	Hashtable env = cpe.getEnvironment();
        if (env == null) {
            env = new Hashtable(7);
        } else {
            // Make a (shallow) copy of the environment.
            env = (Hashtable) env.clone();
        }
	env.put(CPE, cpe);

	ContinuationContext cctx = new ContinuationContext(cpe, env);
	return cctx.getTargetContext();
    }

// ------------ State Factory Stuff 

    /**
     * Retrieves the state of an object for binding.
     * <p>
     * Service providers that implement the <tt>DirContext</tt> interface
     * should use <tt>DirectoryManager.getStateToBind()</tt>, not this method.
     * Service providers that implement only the <tt>Context</tt> interface
     * should use this method.
     *<p>
     * This method uses the specified state factories in 
     * the <tt>Context.STATE_FACTORIES</tt> property from the environment
     * properties, and from the provider resource file associated with
     * <tt>nameCtx</tt>, in that order.
     *    The value of this property is a colon-separated list of factory
     *    class names that are tried in order, and the first one that succeeds
     *    in returning the object's state is the one used.
     * If no object's state can be retrieved in this way, return the
     * object itself.
     *    If an exception is encountered while retrieving the state, the
     *    exception is passed up to the caller.
     * <p>
     * Note that a state factory 
     * (an object that implements the StateFactory
     * interface) must be public and must have a public constructor that 
     * accepts no arguments.
     * <p>
     * The <code>name</code> and <code>nameCtx</code> parameters may
     * optionally be used to specify the name of the object being created.
     * See the description of "Name and Context Parameters" in
     * {@link ObjectFactory#getObjectInstance
     *		ObjectFactory.getObjectInstance()}
     * for details.
     * <p>
     * This method may return a <tt>Referenceable</tt> object.  The
     * service provider obtaining this object may choose to store it
     * directly, or to extract its reference (using
     * <tt>Referenceable.getReference()</tt>) and store that instead.
     *
     * @param obj The non-null object for which to get state to bind.
     * @param name The name of this object relative to <code>nameCtx</code>,
     *		or null if no name is specified.
     * @param nameCtx The context relative to which the <code>name</code>
     *		parameter is specified, or null if <code>name</code> is
     *		relative to the default initial context.
     *	@param environment The possibly null environment to 
     *		be used in the creation of the state factory and 
     * 	the object's state.
     * @return The non-null object representing <tt>obj</tt>'s state for
     * 	binding.  It could be the object (<tt>obj</tt>) itself.
     * @exception NamingException If one of the factories accessed throws an
     *		exception, or if an error was encountered while loading
     *	        and instantiating the factory and object classes.
     *		A factory should only throw an exception if it does not want
     *		other factories to be used in an attempt to create an object.
     * 	See <tt>StateFactory.getStateToBind()</tt>.
     * @see StateFactory
     * @see StateFactory#getStateToBind
     * @see DirectoryManager#getStateToBind
     * @since 1.3
     */
    public static Object getStateToBind(Object obj, Name name, Context nameCtx,
	Hashtable environment) throws NamingException {

	FactoryEnumeration factories = ResourceManager.getFactories(
	    Context.STATE_FACTORIES, environment, nameCtx);

	if (factories == null) {
	    return obj;
	}

	// Try each factory until one succeeds
	StateFactory factory;
	Object answer = null;
	while (answer == null && factories.hasMore()) {
	    factory = (StateFactory)factories.next();
	    answer = factory.getStateToBind(obj, name, nameCtx, environment);
	}

	return (answer != null) ? answer : obj;
    }
}