libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA/DynValue.java

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  37
  38
  39 package org.omg.CORBA;
  40
  41 import org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage.InvalidSeq;
  42
  43 /**
  44  * Represents the {@link DynAny}, holding a value type.
  45  *
  46  * A value type is something between CORBA structure and CORBA object.
  47  * Like CORBA object, it can have methods, supporting some IDL-defined
  48  * interface. However, like structures, they are always local and passed by
  49  * value, not by IOR reference.
  50  *
  51  * The value types can have both public and private members. They support
  52  * inheritance. Value types can also be abstract.
  53  *
  54  * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  55  */
  56 public interface DynValue
  57   extends DynAny, org.omg.CORBA.Object
  58 {
  59   /**
  60    * Get the kind of the member, pointed by the internal pointer.
  61    *
  62    * @return the kind of the member.
  63    */
  64   TCKind current_member_kind();
  65
  66   /**
  67    * Get the name of the member, pointed by the internal pointer.
  68    *
  69    * @return the name of the member.
  70    */
  71   String current_member_name();
  72
  73   /**
  74    * Get all members of the enclosed value type object.
  75    * @return
  76    */
  77   NameValuePair[] get_members();
  78
  79   /**
  80    * Set all members for the enclosed value type object.
  81    *
  82    * @param value an array of members to set.
  83    *
  84    * @throws InvalidSeq if the passed sequence is not valid.
  85    */
  86   void set_members(NameValuePair[] value)
  87             throws InvalidSeq;
  88 }