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/* DynSequenceOperations.java --

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package org.omg.DynamicAny;

import org.omg.CORBA.Any;

import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch;

/**

 * Defines operations, applicable to DynSequence. These are basically the same

 * operations as for {@link DynArrayOperations} with additional possibility to

 * change the length of the sequence. If the

 * {@link org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode#length()} method of the sequence typecode

 * returns positive value, it is treated as a sequence bound. An attempt to

 * extend the sequence above its bound raises {@link InvalidValue}.

 *

 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)

 */

public interface DynSequenceOperations

  extends DynAnyOperations

{

  /**

   * Get the length of the sequence.

   *

   * @return the current sequence length that was taken from typecode or changed

   * with set_length.

   */

  int get_length();

  /**

   * Set the length of the sequence. If the sequence is shortened, the tailing

   * members are discarded, but the remaining content is not affected. If the

   * new length is larger than the previous one, the new members are added to

   * the end of the sequence. These new members are initialised to they default

   * values.

   *

   * @param length the new length of the sequence.

   *

   * @throws InvalidValue if this is a bounded sequence, and the size being set

   * exceeds the sequence bound.

   */

  public void set_length(int length)

    throws InvalidValue;

  /**

   * Returns the array, containing the sequence elements.

   *

   * @return the array of elements as an array of DynAny's.

   */

  DynAny[] get_elements_as_dyn_any();

  /**

   * Returns the array, containing the sequence elements.

   *

   * @return the array of elements as an array of Any's.

   */

  Any[] get_elements();

  /**

   * Sets the sequence elements from the array. The length of the sequence is

   * set to the length of the passed array.

   *

   * @param value the array of elements an DynAny's.

   *

   * @throws TypeMismatch if the members of the passed array does not match

   * sequence component type.

   *

   * @throws InvalidValue if this is a bounded sequence and the number of

   * elements in the passed array exceeds the sequence bound.

   */

  void set_elements_as_dyn_any(DynAny[] value)

    throws TypeMismatch, InvalidValue;

  /**

   * Sets the sequence elements from the array. The length of the sequence is

   * set to the length of the passed array.

   *

   * @param value the array of elements as Any's.

   *

   *

   * @throws TypeMismatch if the members of the passed array does not match

   * sequence component type.

   *

   * @throws InvalidValue if this is a bounded sequence and the number of

   * elements in the passed array exceeds the sequence bound.

   */

  void set_elements(Any[] value)

    throws TypeMismatch, InvalidValue;

}