Source for org.omg.CORBA.DynValue

   1: /* 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;