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  25 
  26 package com.sun.corba.se.spi.resolver ;
  27 
  28 /** Resolver defines the operations needed to support ORB operations for
  29  * resolve_initial_references and list_initial_services.
  30  */
  31 public interface Resolver {
  32     /** Look up the name using this resolver and return the CORBA object
  33      * reference bound to this name, if any.  Returns null if no object
  34      * is bound to the name.
  35      */
  36     org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve( String name ) ;
  37 
  38     /** Return the entire collection of names that are currently bound
  39      * by this resolver.  Resulting collection contains only strings for
  40      * which resolve does not return null.  Some resolvers may not support
  41      * this method, in which case they return an empty set.
  42      */
  43     java.util.Set list() ;
  44 }