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+package org.gcube.informationsystem.registry.impl.util;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.rmi.RemoteException;
+
+import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceException;
+
+import org.diligentproject.informationservice.disic.stubs.DISICServiceLocator;
+import org.diligentproject.informationservice.disic.stubs.DISICServicePortType;
+import org.diligentproject.informationservice.disic.stubs.DeleteProfileParams;
+import org.gcube.common.core.scope.GCUBEScope;
+import org.gcube.common.core.scope.GCUBEScopeNotSupportedException;
+import org.gcube.common.core.scope.ServiceMap;
+import org.gcube.common.core.scope.ServiceMap.ServiceType;
+import org.gcube.common.core.utils.logging.GCUBELog;
+import org.gcube.common.informationsystem.publisher.impl.GCUBEPublisherException;
+import org.gcube.common.informationsystem.publisher.impl.ProfileManager.ResourceTypes;
+import org.gcube.informationsystem.registry.impl.core.ServiceContext;
+import org.gridforum.jgss.ExtendedGSSCredential;
+import org.ietf.jgss.GSSCredential;
+
+public class ProfileManager {
+
+	protected static  final GCUBELog logger=new GCUBELog(ProfileManager.class);
+
+	protected static final String ISICpostfix = "ISICService";
+	
+	protected URL isIcAddress;
+	
+	protected String VOMapName;
+
+	public ProfileManager() throws Exception {
+	
+		GCUBEScope scope = ServiceContext.getContext().getScope();
+		
+		ServiceMap map;		
+		try {
+			map = scope.getServiceMap();
+		} catch (GCUBEScopeNotSupportedException e1) {
+			logger.error("error retrieving service map for scope " + scope.toString(), e1);
+			throw new Exception(e1);
+		}
+		isIcAddress = this.getICRegistratinAddress(map);		
+		VOMapName = scope.getName();
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Removes from IS-IC a GCUBEResource profile ( not knowing the Resurce Type the removal has been done once for every type of GCUBE Resource
+	 * 
+	 * @param uniqueID the uniqueID to of the GCUBEResource to remove
+	 * @param type the type of Profile
+
+	 * @throws Exception if the unregistration fails
+	 */
+
+	public void removeFromISIC(String uniqueID, String type, GSSCredential ... credentials) throws Exception {
+
+
+		logger.debug(" Removing profile from IS-IC " + isIcAddress.toString());
+		
+		//check if the type has been specified
+		DISICServiceLocator locator_disic = new DISICServiceLocator();
+		DeleteProfileParams params = new DeleteProfileParams();
+		params.setDILIGENTResourceID(uniqueID);
+		if (type != null && type.compareTo("") !=0) {
+			params.setProfileType(type);									
+			try {
+				DISICServicePortType dis_ic = locator_disic.getDISICServicePortTypePort(isIcAddress);
+				dis_ic.deleteProfile(params);			
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				logger.error("An error occurs while trying to remove the GCUBE Profile with ID " + uniqueID, e);
+				throw new Exception("Unregistration failed for the GCUBE Profile with ID " + uniqueID);
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			try {
+				//the typeof the resource to delete is not specified, try all the resource types 
+				logger.debug(" trying to remove profile with UniqueID" + uniqueID);
+				for ( int n = 0 ; n < ResourceTypes.values().length ;n++) {
+					params.setProfileType(ResourceTypes.values()[n].toString());					
+					logger.debug(" Removing profile from IS-IC  " + isIcAddress.toString());
+					DISICServicePortType dis_ic = locator_disic.getDISICServicePortTypePort(isIcAddress);
+					dis_ic.deleteProfile(params);
+				}
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				logger.error(" An error occurs while trying to remove the GCUBE Profile with ID "
+						+ uniqueID, e);
+				throw new Exception("Unregistration failed for the GCUBE Profile with ID " + uniqueID);
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private URL getICRegistratinAddress(ServiceMap map) throws MalformedURLException {
+		
+		String addressISIC = (String) map.getEndpoint(ServiceType.ISPublishService).getAddress().toString();
+		addressISIC = addressISIC.substring(0, addressISIC.lastIndexOf("/") + 1) + ISICpostfix;		
+		return new URL(addressISIC);
+	}
+}