---
name: "ACE_Name_Options"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libace-doc"
version: "5.0.7-4"
release: "Debian 2.2 (Potato)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ACE_Name_Options"
---

# ACE\_Name\_Options(3)

Manages the options for the ACE Name\_Server.

## NAME

ACE\_Name\_Options -  Manages the options for the ACE Name\_Server.

## SYNOPSIS

```
#include <ACE/Naming_Context.h>
class ACE_Name_Options
{
  public:
    ACE_Name_Options (void);
    ~ACE_Name_Options (void);
    void parse_args (int argc, ASYS_TCHAR *argv[]);
    void nameserver_port (int port);
    int nameserver_port (void);
    ACE_Naming_Context::Context_Scope_Type context (void);
    void context (ACE_Naming_Context::Context_Scope_Type);
    void nameserver_host (const ASYS_TCHAR *host);
    const ASYS_TCHAR *nameserver_host (void);
    void namespace_dir (LPCTSTR dir);
    LPCTSTR namespace_dir (void);
    void process_name (LPCTSTR dir);
    LPCTSTR process_name (void);
    void database (LPCTSTR);
    LPCTSTR database (void);
    void base_address (char *address);
    char *base_address (void);
    int use_registry (void);
    void use_registry (int);
    int debug (void);
    int verbose (void);
  private:
    int debugging_;
    int verbosity_;
    int use_registry_;
    int nameserver_port_;
    const ASYS_TCHAR *nameserver_host_;
    LPCTSTR namespace_dir_;
    LPCTSTR process_name_;
    LPCTSTR database_;
    char *base_address_;
    ACE_Naming_Context::Context_Scope_Type context_;
};
```

## Initialization and termination methods.

```
ACE_Name_Options (void);
```

```
~ACE_Name_Options (void);
```

```
void parse_args (int argc, ASYS_TCHAR *argv[]);
```

Parse arguments.

## Set/Get port number

```
void nameserver_port (int port);
```

```
int nameserver_port (void);
```

## Set/Get the context

```
ACE_Naming_Context::Context_Scope_Type context (void);
```

```
void context (ACE_Naming_Context::Context_Scope_Type);
```

## Set/Get host name

```
void nameserver_host (const ASYS_TCHAR *host);
```

```
const ASYS_TCHAR *nameserver_host (void);
```

## Set/Get name space directory

```
void namespace_dir (LPCTSTR dir);
```

```
LPCTSTR namespace_dir (void);
```

## Set/Get process name

```
void process_name (LPCTSTR dir);
```

```
LPCTSTR process_name (void);
```

## Set/Get database name

```
void database (LPCTSTR);
```

```
LPCTSTR database (void);
```

## Set/Get base address of the underlying allocator

```
void base_address (char *address);
```

```
char *base_address (void);
```

Set/Get use of registry in naming

```
int use_registry (void);
```

```
void use_registry (int);
```

```
int debug (void);
```

Return debug status

```
int verbose (void);
```

Return verbose status

## AUTHOR

Gerhard Lenzer, Douglas C. Schmidt, and Prashant Jain

## LIBRARY

ACE