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// $Id: AttacheableService.java,v 1.1.2.3 2004/08/08 21:27:33 tdiesler Exp $

package org.jboss.net.axis;

import javax.naming.Reference;
import javax.naming.Referenceable;
import javax.naming.StringRefAddr;

/**
 * <p>The attacheable service implementation 
 * allows to bind axis service instances into JNDI 
 * without loosing the configuration link to their engine/deployer.</p> 
 * <p>Configuration pointers are reinstalled 
 * by a dedicated context attribute that allows to identify a 
 * target configuration when deserialized by the associated 
 * ServiceFactory.</p>
 * @see ServiceFactory
 * @since  26.04.02
 * @author <a href="mailto:Christoph.Jung@infor.de">Christoph G. Jung</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.1.2.3 $
 */

public class AttacheableService implements Referenceable
{

   //
   // Attributes
   //

   /** 
    * the real axis service implementation that 
    * regularly looses its configuration
    */

   protected String serviceClass;

   /** this is what we need to find the important part, which is the
    *  engine configuration, again. 
    */
   protected String rootContext;

   //
   // Constructors
   //

   /** 
    * Creates a new ServiceFactory.
    * @param service the axis service
    */

   public AttacheableService(String serviceClass, String rootContext)
   {
      this.serviceClass = serviceClass;
      this.rootContext = rootContext;
   }

   //
   // Naming API
   //

   public Reference getReference()
   {
      Reference myRef =
         new Reference(serviceClass, ServiceFactory.class.getName(), null);
      myRef.add(new StringRefAddr(Constants.CONFIGURATION_CONTEXT, rootContext));
      return myRef;
   }

}
