#### 6.9.2 `PolyORB.CORBA_P.Naming_Tools`

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    --  Wrappers for the COS Naming service to facilitate retrievel of object
    --  references by IOR or by name.

    with Ada.Finalization;

    with CORBA.Object;
    with CosNaming.NamingContext;

    package PolyORB.CORBA_P.Naming_Tools is

       function Locate (Name : CosNaming.Name) return CORBA.Object.Ref;

       function Locate
         (Context : CosNaming.NamingContext.Ref;
          Name    : CosNaming.Name) return CORBA.Object.Ref;
       --  Locate an object given its name, given as an array of name components.

       function Locate
         (IOR_Or_Name : String; Sep : Character := '/') return CORBA.Object.Ref;

       function Locate
         (Context     : CosNaming.NamingContext.Ref;
          IOR_Or_Name : String;
          Sep         : Character := '/') return CORBA.Object.Ref;
       --  Locate an object by IOR or name. If the string does not start with
       --  "IOR:", the name will be parsed before it is looked up, using
       --  Parse_Name below.

       procedure Register
         (Name   : String;
          Ref    : CORBA.Object.Ref;
          Rebind : Boolean := False;
          Sep    : Character := '/');
       --  Register an object by its name by binding or rebinding.
       --  The name will be parsed by Parse_Name below; any necessary contexts
       --  will be created on the name server.
       --  If Rebind is True, then a rebind will be performed if the name
       --  is already bound.

       procedure Unregister (Name : String);
       --  Unregister an object by its name by unbinding it

       type Server_Guard is limited private;
       procedure Register
         (Guard  : in out Server_Guard;
          Name   : String;
          Ref    : CORBA.Object.Ref;
          Rebind : Boolean := False;
          Sep    : Character := '/');
       --  A Server_Guard object is an object which is able to register a server
       --  reference in a naming service (see Register above), and destroy this
       --  name using Unregister when the object disappears (the program terminates
       --  or the Server_Guard object lifetime has expired).

       function Parse_Name
         (Name : String;
          Sep : Character := '/') return CosNaming.Name;
       --  Split a sequence of name component specifications separated with Sep
       --  characters into a name component array. Any leading Sep is ignored.

    private
       --  implementation removed
    end PolyORB.CORBA_P.Naming_Tools;