79  * Property name patterns are used in the context clause of
  80  * an operation definition and as a parameter for the
  81  * method <code>Context.get_values</code>.
  82  * <P>
  83  * <code>Context</code> objects may be "chained" together to achieve a
  84  * particular defaulting behavior.  A <code>Context</code>
  85  * object created with the method <code>create_child</code> will
  86  * be chained to its parent (the <code>Context</code> object
  87  * that created it), and that means that the parent will be searched
  88  * after the child in a search for property names.
  89  *<P>
  90  * Properties defined in a particular <code>Context</code> object
  91  * effectively override those properties in the next higher level.
  92  * The scope used in a search for properties may be restricted by specifying a
  93  * starting scope and by using the flag <code>CTX_RESTRICT_SCOPE</code>
  94  * when invoking the method <code>get_values</code>.
  95  * <P>
  96  * A <code>Context</code> object may be named for purposes of specifying
  97  * a starting search scope.
  98  *
  99  * @since   JDK1.2
 100  */
 101 
 102 public abstract class Context {
 103 
 104     /**
 105      * Retrieves the name of this <code>Context</code> object.
 106      *
 107      * @return                  the name of this <code>Context</code> object
 108      */
 109 
 110     public abstract String context_name();
 111 
 112 
 113     /**
 114      * Retrieves the parent of this <code>Context</code> object.
 115      *
 116      * @return                  the <code>Context</code> object that is the
 117      *                    parent of this <code>Context</code> object
 118      */
 119 

  79  * Property name patterns are used in the context clause of
  80  * an operation definition and as a parameter for the
  81  * method <code>Context.get_values</code>.
  82  * <P>
  83  * <code>Context</code> objects may be "chained" together to achieve a
  84  * particular defaulting behavior.  A <code>Context</code>
  85  * object created with the method <code>create_child</code> will
  86  * be chained to its parent (the <code>Context</code> object
  87  * that created it), and that means that the parent will be searched
  88  * after the child in a search for property names.
  89  *<P>
  90  * Properties defined in a particular <code>Context</code> object
  91  * effectively override those properties in the next higher level.
  92  * The scope used in a search for properties may be restricted by specifying a
  93  * starting scope and by using the flag <code>CTX_RESTRICT_SCOPE</code>
  94  * when invoking the method <code>get_values</code>.
  95  * <P>
  96  * A <code>Context</code> object may be named for purposes of specifying
  97  * a starting search scope.
  98  *
  99  * @since   1.2
 100  */
 101 
 102 public abstract class Context {
 103 
 104     /**
 105      * Retrieves the name of this <code>Context</code> object.
 106      *
 107      * @return                  the name of this <code>Context</code> object
 108      */
 109 
 110     public abstract String context_name();
 111 
 112 
 113     /**
 114      * Retrieves the parent of this <code>Context</code> object.
 115      *
 116      * @return                  the <code>Context</code> object that is the
 117      *                    parent of this <code>Context</code> object
 118      */
 119