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package com.sun.enterprise.admin.wsmgmt.registry;

/**
 ** RegistryAccessObject is based on DataAccessObject pattern. It facilitates
 * access to the registry operations. A new RegistryAccessObject is created
 * for each publishToRegistry, unpublishFromRegistry and listRegistryLocations
 * operation from asadmin.
 * 
 * A RAO encapsulates connection objects to each of the listed registry locations
 * specificed by registryJndiNames
 *
 * @author Harpreet Singh
 */
public interface RegistryAccessObject {
     
     /**
     * publish a web service to a set of registries
     * @param String[] list of registry-locations specified by the jndi name 
     * of the connector-connection-pool. The list of names can be obtained by 
     * using the listRegistryLocations method
     * @param String web service name 
     * @param String load balancer host where this webservice is (optionally)
     * hosted. A null string signifies that the host is optional and is to be 
     * ignored while publishing this web service
     * @param int load balancer port where this webservice is (optionally) 
     * hosted. A value of -1 indicates that this is optional and is to be 
     * ignored
     * @param int load balancer ssl port where this webservice is (optionally) 
     * hosted. A value of -1 indicates that this is optional and is to be 
     * ignored
     * @param String[] an (optional) list of categories that can qualify this 
     * webservice. A null value indicates that this optional and is to be 
     * ignored
     * @param String description an (optional) description. A null value 
     * indicates that this is to be ignored
     * @param String wsdl WSDL File to publish
     * @return boolean true if published, false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean publish(String[] registryLocations, String webServiceName, 
            String lbhost, int lbport, int lbsslport, String[] categories, String organization, 
            String description, String wsdl);
    
    /**
     * Unpublishes a web service wsdl from a list of registries
     * @param String[] list of registry-locations
     * @param String web service name whose wsdl needs to be unpublised
     * @return boolean true if unpublished successfully
     */   
    public boolean unpublishFromRegistry(String[] registryJndiNames, 
           String webServiceName);
       
    /**
     * List the RegistryLocations. A registry location is the jndi name of a
     * connection pool that points to a registry determined by the
     * connector connection definition of the type JAXR_REGISTRY_TYPE
     * @return String[] list of registry-location
     */
    public String[] listRegistryLocations ();
    
}