1. /*

  2.  * @(#)IORFactory.java	1.6 03/12/19

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.

  5.  * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.

  6.  */

  7. 

  8. package com.sun.corba.se.spi.ior ;

  9. 

  10. import com.sun.corba.se.spi.orb.ORB ;

  11. 

  12. /** An IORFactory provides the capability of creating IORs.  It contains

  13.  * some collection of TaggedProfileTemplates, which can be iterated over

  14.  * for portable interceptors.

  15.  */

  16. public interface IORFactory extends Writeable, MakeImmutable {

  17.     /** Construct an IOR containing the given ORB, typeid, and ObjectId.

  18.      * The same ObjectId will be used for all TaggedProfileTemplates in

  19.      * the IORFactory.

  20.      */

  21.     IOR makeIOR( ORB orb, String typeid, ObjectId oid ) ;

  22. 

  23.     /** Return true iff this.makeIOR(orb,typeid,oid).isEquivalent(

  24.      * other.makeIOR(orb,typeid,oid) for all orb, typeid, and oid.

  25.      */

  26.     boolean isEquivalent( IORFactory other ) ;

  27. }