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/* RequestInfoOperations.java --
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package org.omg.PortableInterceptor;
 
import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_PARAM;
import org.omg.CORBA.NO_RESOURCES;
import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
import org.omg.Dynamic.Parameter;
import org.omg.IOP.ServiceContext;
 
/**
 * Defines operations that are applicable for both server and client request.
 * The additional operations, specific to the server and client request are
 * defined in the derived interfaces {@link ServerRequestInfoOperations} and
 * {@link ClientRequestInfoOperations}.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public interface RequestInfoOperations
{
  /**
   * Return the parameters of the operation being invoked.
   *
   * @return the array, containing parameters of the operations or an empty
   * array for the operations with no parameters.
   *
   * @throws NO_RESOURCES if the parameters are not available. The parameters
       * are only available for DII (via {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request} or DSI calls.
   * They are not available for calls via IDL - generated stubs.
   */
  Parameter[] arguments();
 
  /**
   * Returns the names of all contexts of the operation being invoked.
   *
   * @return the array of strings, defining contexts.
   *
   * @throws NO_RESOURCES if the contexts are not available. The contexts are
   * only available for DII (via {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request} or DSI calls.
   * They are not available for calls via IDL - generated stubs.
   */
  String[] contexts();
 
  /**
   * Returns the typecodes, defining all exceptions that the operation may
   * throw.
   *
   * @return the array of exception typecodes, empty array if the operation
   * should not throw any exceptions.
   *
   * @throws NO_RESOURCES if the exception list is not available. This list is
   * only available for DII (via {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request} or DSI calls and
   * only on the client side. It is not available for calls via IDL - generated
   * stubs or on the server side.
   */
  TypeCode[] exceptions();
 
  /**
   * If the request contains forwarding information (the reply_status attribute
   * being LOCATION_FORWARD), return the forwarding target.
   *
   * @return the object where the request should be forwarded.
   */
  org.omg.CORBA.Object forward_reference();
 
  /**
       * Get the service context with the given ctx_name that is associated with the
   * reply.
   *
   * @param ctx_name the name of the service context
   *
   * @return the copy of the corresponding context.
   *
   * @throws BAD_PARAM minor 26, if the context with the give ctx_name does not
   * exist.
   */
  ServiceContext get_reply_service_context(int ctx_name)
    throws BAD_PARAM;
 
  /**
       * Get the service context with the given ctx_name that is associated with the
   * request.
   *
   * @param ctx_name the name of the service context
   *
   * @return the copy of the corresponding context.
   *
   * @throws BAD_PARAM minor 26, if the context with the give ctx_name does not
   * exist.
   */
  ServiceContext get_request_service_context(int ctx_name)
    throws BAD_PARAM;
 
  /**
       * Get the data from the given slot of the PortableInterceptor.Current that is
   * in the scope of the request.
   */
  Any get_slot(int id) throws InvalidSlot;
 
  /**
   * Get the names of the service contexts being sent on the request.
   *
   * @return array of strings, naming the contexts.
   */
  String[] operation_context();
 
  /**
   * Get the name of the operation being invoked.
   *
       * @return the name of the operation, usually the name of method being called.
   */
  String operation();
 
  /**
   * Get the reoly state as result of the operation invocation.
   *
   * @return the value field of one of the following: {@link SUCCESSFUL},
   * {@link SYSTEM_EXCEPTION}, {@link USER_EXCEPTION},
   * {@link LOCATION_FORWARD} or {@link TRANSPORT_RETRY}.
   */
  short reply_status();
 
  /**
   * Get the request id.
   *
   * @return an id that uniquely identifies the current request/reply sequence.
   */
  int request_id();
 
  /**
   * Indicates whether request sender expected any response.
   *
   * @return true if the response was expected, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean response_expected();
 
  /**
   * Get the result of the operation invocation.
   *
   * @return an Any, containing the value, returned by the performed operation.
   */
  Any result();
 
  /**
       * Determines how far the request shall progress before control is returned to
   * the client. However up till JDK 1.5 inclusive this method always returns
   * SYNC_WITH_TRANSPORT.
   *
   * @return {@link org.omg.Messaging.SYNC_WITH_TRANSPORT#value} (1), always.
   *
   * @specnote as defined in the Suns 1.5 JDK API.
   */
  short sync_scope();
}