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### class:NameParser [NONE]
-     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:parse(java.lang.String) [NONE]
- #### 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.