package org.omg.PortableInterceptor;
/**
* org/omg/PortableInterceptor/PolicyFactoryOperations.java .
* Generated by the IDL-to-Java compiler (portable), version "3.2"
* from ../../../../src/share/classes/org/omg/PortableInterceptor/Interceptors.idl
* Friday, May 25, 2007 3:39:56 o'clock PM GMT-05:00
*/
/**
* Enables policy types to be constructed using
* <code>CORBA.ORB.create_policy</code>.
* <p>
* A portable ORB service implementation registers an instance of the
* <code>PolicyFactory</code> interface during ORB initialization in order
* to enable its policy types to be constructed using
* <code>CORBA.ORB.create_policy</code>. The POA is required to preserve
* any policy which is registered with <code>ORBInitInfo</code> in this
* manner.
*
* @see ORBInitInfo#register_policy_factory
*/
public interface PolicyFactoryOperations
{
/**
* Returns an instance of the appropriate interface derived from
* <code>CORBA.Policy</code> whose value corresponds to the
* specified any.
* <p>
* The ORB calls <code>create_policy</code> on a registered
* <code>PolicyFactory</code> instance when
* <code>CORBA.ORB.create_policy</code> is called for the
* <code>PolicyType</code> under which the <code>PolicyFactory</code> has
* been registered. The <code>create_policy</code> operation then
* returns an instance of the appropriate interface derived from
* <code>CORBA.Policy</code> whose value corresponds to the specified
* any. If it cannot, it shall throw an exception as described for
* <code>CORBA.ORB.create_policy</code>.
*
* @param type An int specifying the type of policy being created.
* @param value An any containing data with which to construct the
* <code>CORBA.Policy</code>.
* @return A <code>CORBA.Policy<code> object of the specified type and
* value.
*/
org.omg.CORBA.Policy create_policy (int type, org.omg.CORBA.Any value) throws org.omg.CORBA.PolicyError;
} // interface PolicyFactoryOperations