NameParser (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.naming, package: javax.naming, interface: NameParser
Keywords: javax.naming.NameParser interface

# Interface NameParser

public interface NameParser
This interface is used for parsing names from a hierarchical namespace. The NameParser contains knowledge of the syntactic information (like left-to-right orientation, name separator, etc.) needed to parse names. The equals() method, when used to compare two NameParsers, returns true if and only if they serve the same namespace.

Since:
  1.3
See Also:
  - `CompoundName`
  - `Name`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Name`
  `parse(String name)`
  Parses a name into its components.

- ## Method Details

  - ### parse

    Name parse(String name) throws NamingException
    Parses a name into its components.
    Parameters:
      `name` - The non-null string name to parse.
    Returns:
      A non-null parsed form of the name using the naming convention of this parser.
    Throws:
      `InvalidNameException` - If name does not conform to syntax defined for the namespace.
      `NamingException` - If a naming exception was encountered.