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package javax.naming;

import org.apache.harmony.jndi.internal.nls.Messages;

/**
 * This is a type of <code>Reference</code> used to point to an address of type
 * "LinkAddress" where the address given is actually the string representation 
 * of a valid <code>Name</code>.
 *
 * @see Reference
 * 
 */
public class LinkRef extends Reference {

    /*
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Constants
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     */

    /*
     * This constant is used during deserialization to check the J2SE version which
     * created the serialized object.
     */
    static final long serialVersionUID = -5386290613498931298L; //J2SE 1.4.2

    /*
     * The type name of the address this LinkRef points to.
     */
    private static final String ADDR_TYPE = "LinkAddress"; //$NON-NLS-1$

    /*
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Constructors
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     */

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>LinkRef</code> instance using the supplied <code>name
     * </code> of <code>Name</code> representation.
     * The class name is set to the name of this <code>LinkRef</code> class. 
     * The factory class and location default to null. There is one address 
     * entry which has "LinkAddress" as the address type and the string 
     * representation of the supplied name as the address.
     * 
     * @param name          the <code>Name</code> to be used as a link which
     *                      cannot be null
     */
    public LinkRef(Name name) {
        this(name.toString());
    }

    /**
     * Constructs a <code>LinkRef</code> instance using the supplied <code>name
     * </code> of <code>String</code> representation.
     * The class name is set to the name of this <code>LinkRef</code> class. 
     * The factory class and location default to null. There is one address 
     * entry which has "LinkAddress" as the address type and the string 
     * representation of the supplied name as the address.
     * 
     * @param s          the name to be used as a link which cannot be null
     */
    public LinkRef(String s) {
        super(LinkRef.class.getName(), new StringRefAddr(ADDR_TYPE, s));
    }

    /*
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Methods
     * -------------------------------------------------------------------
     */

    /**
     * Gets the string representation of the name used as a link which cannot be
     * null.
     * 
     * @return              the string representation of the name used as a link
     * @throws MalformedLinkException 
     *                      If this is not a <code>Reference</code> with a class 
     *                      name which matches the name of this LinkRef class.
     * @throws NamingException
     *                      If other <code>NamingException</code> is encountered.
     */
    public String getLinkName() throws NamingException {
        if (!LinkRef.class.getName().equals(this.getClassName())) {
            // jndi.11=This is an invalid LinkRef object\!
            throw new MalformedLinkException(Messages.getString("jndi.11"));  //$NON-NLS-1$
        }
        try {
            RefAddr addr = get(ADDR_TYPE);
            if (null == addr) {
                // jndi.12=There is no address with type: {0}
                throw new MalformedLinkException(
                        Messages.getString("jndi.12", ADDR_TYPE));  //$NON-NLS-1$
            }
            return (String) addr.getContent();
        } catch (NullPointerException e) {
            throw new MalformedLinkException(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}