NAME

       lname - Interface that supports the name pseudo-objects.

DESCRIPTION

       This  interface  is  a  part  of  the names library which is used to hide the representation of names. In
       Orbers Erlang mapping the pseudo-object names and the real IDL names have the same representation but  it
       is desirable that the clients uses the names library so they will not be dependent of the representation.
       The lname interface supports handling of names e.g. adding and removing name components.

       Note that the lname interface in orber does  not  contain  a  destroy  function  because  the  Names  are
       represented  as  standard  Erlang lists and therefor will be removed by the garbage collector when not in
       use.

       The type NameComponent used below is defined as:

             -record('CosNaming_NameComponent', {id, kind=""}).

       id and kind are strings.

       The record is defined in the file CosNaming.hrl and it is included with:

             -include_lib("orber/COSS/CosNaming/CosNaming.hrl").

EXPORTS

       create() -> Return

              Types:

                 Return = [NameComponent]

              This function returns a new name.

       insert_component(Name, N, NameComponent) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name = [NameComponent]
                 N = int()
                 Return = Name

              This function returns a name where the new name component has been  inserted  as  component  N  in
              Name.

       get_component(Name, N) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name = [NameComponent]
                 N = int()
                 Return = NameComponent

              This function returns the N:th name component in Name.

       delete_component(Name, N) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name = [NameComponent]
                 N = int()
                 Return = Name

              This function deletes the N:th name component from Name and returns the new name.

       num_component(Name) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name = [NameComponent]
                 Return = int()

              This function returns a the number of name components in Name.

       equal(Name1, Name2) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name1 = Name2 = [NameComponent]
                 Return = bool()

              This function returns true if the two names are equal and false otherwise.

       less_than(Name1, Name2) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name1 = Name2 = [NameComponent]
                 Return = bool()

              This function returns true if Name1 are lesser than Name2 and false otherwise.

       to_idl_form(Name) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name = [NameComponent]
                 Return = Name

              This  function  just  checks  if  Name  is a correct IDL name before returning it because the name
              representation is the same for pseudo and IDL names in orber.

       from_idl_form(Name) -> Return

              Types:

                 Name = [NameComponent]
                 Return = Name

              This function just returns the Name because the name representation is the same for pseudo and IDL
              names in orber.