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:  * @deprecated by {@link org.omg.DynamicAny.DynValue}
  55:  *
  56:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  57:  */
  58: public interface DynValue
  59:   extends DynAny, org.omg.CORBA.Object
  60: {
  61:   /**
  62:    * Get the kind of the member, pointed by the internal pointer.
  63:    *
  64:    * @return the kind of the member.
  65:    */
  66:   TCKind current_member_kind();
  67: 
  68:   /**
  69:    * Get the name of the member, pointed by the internal pointer.
  70:    *
  71:    * @return the name of the member.
  72:    */
  73:   String current_member_name();
  74: 
  75:   /**
  76:    * Get all members of the enclosed value type object.
  77:    * @return members, as an array of the name - value pairs.
  78:    */
  79:   NameValuePair[] get_members();
  80: 
  81:   /**
  82:    * Set all members for the enclosed value type object.
  83:    *
  84:    * @param value an array of members to set.
  85:    *
  86:    * @throws InvalidSeq if the passed sequence is not valid.
  87:    */
  88:   void set_members(NameValuePair[] value)
  89:             throws InvalidSeq;
  90: }