org.objectweb.jonathan.model
Interface name

public interface name

A name is always related to a given naming context, and unambiguously designates a given object or object interface in that context.

In Jonathan, names may take very diverse forms:

• an object reference is a name designating a specific object in the context of a Java virtual machine;
• an integer i may be the name of an object in the context of an array of objects, considering that it represents the object at offset i in the array;

Jonathan also defines special types for different kinds of names:

• Identifier to designate applicative object interfaces that need to be designated in specific ways (e.g., distributed or persistent); these identifiers are associated with naming contexts of type NamingContext.
• SessionIdentifier to designate interfaces used at the protocol level; These identifiers are associated with naming contexts of type Protocol.