package org.omg.DynamicAny;
/**
* org/omg/DynamicAny/DynAnyFactoryOperations.java .
* Generated by the IDL-to-Java compiler (portable), version "3.2"
* from ../../../../src/share/classes/org/omg/DynamicAny/DynamicAny.idl
* Friday, May 25, 2007 3:39:58 o'clock PM GMT-05:00
*/
/**
* DynAny objects can be created by invoking operations on the DynAnyFactory object.
* Generally there are only two ways to create a DynAny object:
* <UL>
* <LI>invoking an operation on an existing DynAny object
* <LI>invoking an operation on a DynAnyFactory object
* </UL>
* A constructed DynAny object supports operations that enable the creation of new DynAny
* objects encapsulating access to the value of some constituent.
* DynAny objects also support the copy operation for creating new DynAny objects.
* A reference to the DynAnyFactory object is obtained by calling ORB.resolve_initial_references()
* with the identifier parameter set to the string constant "DynAnyFactory".
* <P>Dynamic interpretation of an any usually involves creating a DynAny object using create_dyn_any()
* as the first step. Depending on the type of the any, the resulting DynAny object reference can be narrowed
* to a DynFixed, DynStruct, DynSequence, DynArray, DynUnion, DynEnum, or DynValue object reference.
* <P>Dynamic creation of an any involves creating a DynAny object using create_dyn_any_from_type_code(),
* passing the TypeCode associated with the value to be created. The returned reference is narrowed to one of
* the complex types, such as DynStruct, if appropriate. Then, the value can be initialized by means of
* invoking operations on the resulting object. Finally, the to_any operation can be invoked
* to create an any value from the constructed DynAny.
*/
public interface DynAnyFactoryOperations
{
/**
* Creates a new DynAny object from an any value.
* A copy of the TypeCode associated with the any value is assigned to the resulting DynAny object.
* The value associated with the DynAny object is a copy of the value in the original any.
* The current position of the created DynAny is set to zero if the passed value has components,
* to -1 otherwise
*
* @exception InconsistentTypeCode if value has a TypeCode with a TCKind of tk_Principal,
* tk_native, or tk_abstract_interface
*/
org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny create_dyn_any (org.omg.CORBA.Any value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage.InconsistentTypeCode;
/**
* Creates a DynAny from a TypeCode. Depending on the TypeCode, the created object may be of type DynAny,
* or one of its derived types, such as DynStruct. The returned reference can be narrowed to the derived type.
* In all cases, a DynAny constructed from a TypeCode has an initial default value.
* The default values of basic types are:
* <UL>
* <LI>false for boolean
* <LI>zero for numeric types
* <LI>zero for types octet, char, and wchar
* <LI>the empty string for string and wstring
* <LI>null for object references
* <LI>a type code with a TCKind value of tk_null for type codes
* <LI>for any values, an any containing a type code with a TCKind value of tk_null type and no value
* </UL>
* For complex types, creation of the corresponding DynAny assigns a default value as follows:
* <UL>
* <LI>For DynSequence it sets the current position to -1 and creates an empty sequence.
* <LI>For DynEnum it sets the current position to -1 and sets the value of the enumerator
* to the first enumerator value indicated by the TypeCode.
* <LI>For DynFixed it sets the current position to -1 and sets the value zero.
* <LI>For DynStruct it sets the current position to -1 for empty exceptions
* and to zero for all other TypeCodes. The members (if any) are (recursively) initialized
* to their default values.
* <LI>For DynArray sets the current position to zero and (recursively) initializes elements
* to their default value.
* <LI>For DynUnion sets the current position to zero. The discriminator value is set
* to a value consistent with the first named member of the union. That member is activated and (recursively)
* initialized to its default value.
* <LI>For DynValue and DynValueBox it initializes to a null value.
* </UL>
*/
org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny create_dyn_any_from_type_code (org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage.InconsistentTypeCode;
} // interface DynAnyFactoryOperations