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package com.netscape.certsrv.publish;

import java.util.Vector;

import com.netscape.certsrv.base.EBaseException;
import com.netscape.certsrv.base.IConfigStore;

/**
 * Interface for publishing rule which associates a Publisher with a Mapper.
 *
 * @version $Revision$ $Date$
 */
public interface ILdapRule extends ILdapPlugin {
    public static final String PROP_PREDICATE = "predicate";
    public static final String PROP_ENABLE = "enable";
    public static final String PROP_IMPLNAME = "implName";

    /**
     * Initialize the plugin.
     *
     * @exception EBaseException Initialization failed.
     */
    public void init(IPublisherProcessor processor, IConfigStore
            config) throws EBaseException;

    /**
     * Returns the implementation name.
     */
    public String getImplName();

    /**
     * Returns the description of the ldap publisher.
     */
    public String getDescription();

    /**
     * Sets the instance name.
     */
    public void setInstanceName(String name);

    /**
     * Returns the instance name.
     */
    public String getInstanceName();

    /**
     * Returns the current instance parameters.
     */
    public Vector<String> getInstanceParams();

    /**
     * Returns the initial default parameters.
     */
    public Vector<String> getDefaultParams();

    /**
     * Returns true if the rule is enabled, false if it's disabled.
     */
    public boolean enabled();
}