public interface Organization extends RegistryObject {
// Property Accessor Methods (by property name)
    public abstract int getChildOrganizationCount(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract Collection getChildOrganizations(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract Collection getDescendantOrganizations(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract Organization getParentOrganization(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract PostalAddress getPostalAddress(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract void setPostalAddress(PostalAddress address)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract User getPrimaryContact(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void setPrimaryContact(User primaryContact)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract Organization getRootOrganization(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract Collection getServices(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract Collection getUsers(  )
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
// Public Instance Methods
    public abstract void addChildOrganization(Organization organization)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract void addChildOrganizations(Collection organizations)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract void addService(javax.xml.registry.infomodel.Service service) 
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void addServices(Collection services)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void addUser(User user)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void addUsers(Collection users)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract Collection getTelephoneNumbers(String phoneType)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void removeChildOrganization(Organization organization)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract void removeChildOrganizations(Collection organizations)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L1
    public abstract void removeService(javax.xml.registry.infomodel.Service service) 
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void removeServices(Collection services)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void removeUser(User user)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void removeUsers(Collection users)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
    public abstract void setTelephoneNumbers(Collection phoneNumbers)
       throws javax.xml.registry.JAXRException;             //L0
}

The Organization interface represents a company or another type of provider that wants to publish details about itself and its services in the registry. The Organization object, an instance of which can be created by calling the createOrganization( ) method of LifeCycleManager, is the root from which all other information regarding the organization can be found. Like all RegistryObjects, it has an associated name and description, and can have associated Classifications that should be chosen to allow potential clients to locate it based on searches that use criteria that relate to its activities, along with links to external specifications and so on. The following information can be accessed directly from the Organization object:

Services

The Service objects representing the services that the organization wishes to publish. The getServices( ) method returns a Collection containing all of the services, whereas addService( ), addServices( ), removeService( ), and removeServices( ) can be used to add to or remove from this set.

Primary Contact

A User object that represents the person responsible for maintaining the information published by the Organization in the registry. Use the getPrimaryContact( ) method to access this attribute and the setPrimaryContact( ) method to change it.

Users

An additional set of Users associated with the Organization. This set should always contain at least the user designated as the primary contact. When the primary contact is set, her entry is automatically included in this list. Note that the JAXR reference implementation does not prevent duplicate entries from appearing in this list, which can be modified using the addUser( ), addUsers( ), removeUser( ), and removeUsers( ) methods.

Telephone Numbers

A collection of TelephoneNumbers for the organization, manipulated as a group using the getTelephoneNumbers( ) and setTelephoneNumbers( ) methods.

Postal Address

A postal address for the organization, set using setPostalAddress( ) and read using getPostalAddress( ), which are both level 1 methods. The principal address for an organization in a level 0 registry is that of the primary contact.

Level 1 registry providers allow hierarchies of Organizations to be constructed that mirror the business or ownership relationships between parent and subsidiary organizations, or other business structures that should be visible to the outside world. The addChildOrganization( ) and addChildOrganizations( ) methods let you add subsidiary organization nodes below their parent, while getParentOrganization( ), getChildOrganizations( ), and getDescendentOrganizations( ) allow you to traverse the hierarchy from any node or from the root, which can be obtained by calling getRootOrganization( ) on any of its nodes. To remove nodes, use the removeChildOrganization( ) or removeChildOrganizations( ) method.

Passed To

Organization.{addChildOrganization( ), removeChildOrganization( )}, javax.xml.registry.infomodel.Service.setProvidingOrganization( )

Returned By

javax.xml.registry.LifeCycleManager.createOrganization( ), Organization.{getParentOrganization( ), getRootOrganization( )}, RegistryObject.getSubmittingOrganization( ), javax.xml.registry.infomodel.Service.getProvidingOrganization( ), User.getOrganization( )