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package org.omg.PortableServer;
 
import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_INV_ORDER;
import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_PARAM;
import org.omg.CORBA.OBJ_ADAPTER;
import org.omg.CORBA.Policy;
import org.omg.CORBA.TRANSIENT;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.AdapterAlreadyExists;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.AdapterNonExistent;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.InvalidPolicy;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.NoServant;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.ObjectAlreadyActive;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.ObjectNotActive;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.ServantAlreadyActive;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.ServantNotActive;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.WrongAdapter;
import org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage.WrongPolicy;
 
/**
 * Defines the operations, applicable to the POA.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public interface POAOperations
{
  /**
   * Creates a new POA as a child of the target POA.
   *
   * @param child_name the name of the child POA being created.
   * @param manager the manager that will control the new POA. If this parameter
   * is null, a new POA manager is created and associated with the new POA.
   *
   * @param policies the policies, applicable for the parent POA. Policies
   * are <i>not</i> inherited from the parent POA. If some policy type
   * is missing in the array (or the zero size array is passed), the missing
   * policies obtain the default values from the table, specified
   * in the {@link POA} documentation header.
   *
   * @return an newly created POA. The POA will be intially in the holding
   * state and must be activated to start processing requests.
   *
   * @throws AdapterAlreadyExists if the child with the given child_name
   * already exists for the current POA.
   * @throws InvalidPolicy if the policies conflict with each other or are
   * otherwise inappropriate.
   *
   * @see POA for the list of required policies.
   * @see #the_children()
   */
  POA create_POA(String child_name, POAManager manager, Policy[] policies)
          throws AdapterAlreadyExists, InvalidPolicy;
 
  /**
  * Find and optionally activate the child POA with the given name.
  *
  * @param poa_name the name of the POA to find.
  * @param activate_it if the child with the specified name is not found
  * or inactive and this parameter is true, the target POA activator is
  * invoked to activate that child. If this succeeds, that child POA
  * is returned.
  *
  * @throws AdapterNonExistent if no active child with the given name
  * is found and one of the following is true:
  * a) the target POA has no associated
  * {@link AdapterActivator}. b) that activator fails to activate the
  * child POA. c) <code>activate_id</code> = false.
  */
  POA find_POA(String poa_name, boolean activate_it)
        throws AdapterNonExistent;
 
  /**
   * Generate the Object Id for the given servant and add the servant to
   * the Active Object Map using this Id a a key. If the servant
   * activator is set, its incarnate method will be called. In this case,
   * the passed servant in this method can be null; in this case, the servant,
   * returned by {@link ServantActivatorOperations#incarnate} will
   * be used.
   *
   * @param a_servant a servant that would serve the object with the
   * returned Object Id.
   *
   * @return the generated objert Id for the given servant.
   *
   * @throws ServantAlreadyActive if this servant is already in the
   * Active Object Map and the UNIQUE_ID policy applies.
   *
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the required policies SYSTEM_ID and RETAIN
   * do not apply to this POA.
   */
  byte[] activate_object(Servant a_servant)
                  throws ServantAlreadyActive, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Add the given servant to the Active Object Map as a servant for the
   * object with the provided Object Id. If the servant activator is
   * set, its incarnate method will be called. In this case,
   * the passed servant in this method can be null; in this case, the servant,
   * returned by {@link ServantActivatorOperations#incarnate} will
   * be used.
   *
   * @param an_Object_Id an object id for the given object.
   * @param a_servant a servant that will serve the object with the given
   * Object Id.
   *
   * @throws ObjectAlreadyActive if the given object id is already in the
   * Active Object Map.
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the required RETAIN policy does not apply to
   * this POA.
   * @throws BAD_PARAM if the passed object id is invalid due any reason.
   */
  void activate_object_with_id(byte[] an_Object_Id, Servant a_servant)
                        throws ServantAlreadyActive, ObjectAlreadyActive,
                               WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * <p>Deactivate object with the given id. Client, trying to call
   * method on the deactivated object will either receive the remote
   * exception ({@link org.omg.CORBA.OBJECT_NOT_EXIST}, minor 0x535503ec),
   * incomplete) or the object will be reactivated and serve the request.
   * The object can be reactivated only if the implicit activation
   * policy applies and the servant activator is set.</p><p>
   * The deactivated object will continue to process requests that arrived
   * before decativation.
   * If this POA has the associated servant manager, a
   * {@link ServantActivatorOperations#etherealize} is <i>immediately</i>
   * invoked on the passed id. The deactivated object can be reactivated
   * by {@link #activate_object_with_id}.</p>
   * <p>The deactivation will not release thread, port or memory resources,
   * taken by that object. This is due requirement to make the
   * object reactivation possible at any time. To release the resources,
   * you must destroy the POA.
   * </p>
   *
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the required RETAIN policy does not apply to
   * this POA.
   */
  void deactivate_object(byte[] the_Object_Id)
                  throws ObjectNotActive, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
  * Create the object reference, encapsulating the given repository Id and
  * the Object Id, generated by this POA. The returned object will not be
  * activated by default and may be activated on the first invocation by
  * the servant manager (if it is set and if policies are applicable).
  * The returned object can also be narrowed by helper and used locally.
  * In this case, the servant will be activated on the first local call of
  * any method. The methods on returned object can also be invoked by
  * name, using {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request}.
  *
  * @param a_repository_id the repository id for the given object. When
  * narrowing the returned object with some helper, it will be checked for
  * equality with value, returned by the the helper id().
  *
  * @throws WrongPolicy if the required SYSTEM_ID policy does not apply to
  * this POA.
  */
  org.omg.CORBA.Object create_reference(String a_repository_id)
                                 throws WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
  * <p> Create the object reference, encapsulating the given repository Id and
  * the given Object Id. The returned object will not be
  * activated by default and may be activated on the first invocation by
  * the servant manager (if it is set and if policies are applicable).
  * </p><p>
  * The returned object can also be narrowed by helper and used locally.
  * In this case, the servant will be activated on the first local call of
  * any method. The methods on returned object can also be invoked by
  * name, using {@link org.omg.CORBA.Request}.
  * </p>
  *
  * @param an_object_id the object id for the object being created.
  * If the POA uses the SYSTEM_ID policy, the portable application
  * must only supply ids, generated by that POA.
  *
  * @param a_repository_id the repository id for the given object. When
  * narrowing the returned object with some helper, it will be checked for
  * equality with value, returned by the the helper id().
  */
  org.omg.CORBA.Object create_reference_with_id(byte[] an_object_id,
                                                String a_repository_id
                                               );
 
  /**
   * Returns a default servant for this POA.
   *
   * @return a servant that will be used for requests for
   * which no servant is found in the Active Object Map.
   *
   * @throws NoServant if there is no default servant associated with this POA.
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the USE_DEFAULT_SERVANT policy is not active.
   */
  Servant get_servant()
               throws NoServant, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Sets the default servant for this POA.
   *
   * @param a_servant a servant that will be used for requests for
   * which no servant is found in the Active Object Map.
   *
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the USE_DEFAULT_SERVANT policy is not active.
   */
  void set_servant(Servant a_servant)
            throws WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Set a servant manager for this POA.
   *
   * @param a_manager servant manager being set. If the RETAIN policy applies, the
   * manager must implement a {@link ServantActivator}. If the NON_RETAIN
   * policy applies, the manager must implement a {@link ServantLocator}.
   *
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the required USE_SERVANT_MANAGER policy does not
   * apply to this POA.
   *
   * @throws OBJ_ADAPTER minor code 4 if the passed manager does not
   * implement the required interface ({@link ServantActivator},
   * {@link ServantLocator}).
   *
   * @throws BAD_INV_ORDER minor code 6 if the method is called more than once
   * on the same POA. The manager can be set only once.
   */
  void set_servant_manager(ServantManager a_manager)
                    throws WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Get the servant manager, associated with this POA.
   *
   * @return the associated servant manager or null if it has
   * been previously set.
   *
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the required USE_SERVANT_MANAGER policy does not
   * apply to this POA.
   */
  ServantManager get_servant_manager()
                              throws WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Get the unique Id of the POA in the process in which it is created.
   * This Id is needed by portable interceptors. The id is unique
   * for the life span of the POA in the process. For persistent
   * POAs, if a POA is created in the same path with the same name as
   * another POA, these POAs are identical have the same id. All transient
   * POAs are assumed unique.
   */
  byte[] id();
 
  /**
   * Returns the reference to the active object with the given Id.
   *
   * @param the_Object_Id the object id.
   *
   * @throws ObjectNotActive if there is no active object with such Id.
   * @throws WrongPolicy if the required RETAIN policy does not apply to
   * this POA.
   */
  org.omg.CORBA.Object id_to_reference(byte[] the_Object_Id)
                                throws ObjectNotActive, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Returns the servant that serves the active object with the given Id.
   *
   * @param the_Object_Id the object id.
   *
   * @throws ObjectNotActive if there is no active object with such Id.
   * @throws WrongPolicy This method requires either RETAIN or
   * USE_DEFAULT_SERVANT policies and reaises the WrongPolicy if none of them
   * apply to this POA.
   */
  Servant id_to_servant(byte[] the_Object_Id)
                 throws ObjectNotActive, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Returns the Object Id, encapsulated in the given object reference.
   *
   * @param the_Object the object that has been previously created with this
   * POA. It need not be active.
   *
   * @throws WrongAdapter if the passed object has not been previously created
   * with this POA.
   * @throws WrongPolicy never (declared for the future extensions only).
   */
  byte[] reference_to_id(org.omg.CORBA.Object the_Object)
                  throws WrongAdapter, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Returns the servant that is serving this object.
   *
   * @return if the RETAIN policy applies and the object is in the Active
   * Object Map, the method returns the servant, associated with this object.
   * Otherwise, if the USE_DEFAULT_SERVANT policy applies, the method returns
   * the default servant (if one was set).
   *
   * @throws ObjectNotActive if none of the conditions above are satisfied.
   * @throws WrongAdapter if the object reference was not created with this POA.
   * @throws WrongPolicy This method requires either RETAIN or
   * USE_DEFAULT_SERVANT policies and reaises the WrongPolicy if none of them
   * apply to this POA.
   */
  Servant reference_to_servant(org.omg.CORBA.Object the_Object)
                        throws ObjectNotActive, WrongPolicy, WrongAdapter;
 
  /**
  * Returns the id of the object, served by the given servant. The id is found
  * in one of the following ways.
  * <ul>
  * <li>If the POA has both the RETAIN and the UNIQUE_ID policy and
  * the specified servant is active, the method return the Object Id associated
  * with that servant.
  * </li><li>
  * If the POA has both the RETAIN and the IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION policy and
  * either the POA has the MULTIPLE_ID policy or the specified servant is
  * inactive, the method activates the servant using a POA-generated Object Id
  * and the Interface Id associated with the servant, and returns that
  * Object Id.
  * </li>
  * <li>If the POA has the USE_DEFAULT_SERVANT policy, the servant specified
  * is the default servant, and the method is being invoked in the context o
  * f executing a request on the default servant, the method returns the
  * ObjectId associated with the current invocation.
  * </li>
  * </ul>
  * @throws ServantNotActive in all cases, not listed in the list above.
  * @throws WrongPolicy The method requres USE_DEFAULT_SERVANT policy or
  * a combination of the RETAIN policy and either the UNIQUE_ID or
  * IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION policies and throws the WrongPolicy if these conditions
  * are not satisfied.
  */
  byte[] servant_to_id(Servant the_Servant)
                throws ServantNotActive, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * <p>Converts the given servant to the object reference.
   * The servant will serve all methods, invoked on the returned object.
   * The returned object reference can be passed to the remote client,
   * enabling remote invocations.
   * </p><p>
   * If the specified servant already serves some active object, that
   * object is returned. Otherwise,
   * if the POA has the IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION policy the method activates
   * the servant, creating an new object with the POA-generated Object Id.
   * In this case, if the servant activator is set, the
   * {@link ServantActivatorOperations#incarnate} method will be called.
   * </p>
   *
   * @throws ServantNotActive if the servant is inactive and no
   * IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION policy applies.
   * @throws WrongPolicy This method needs the RETAIN policy and either the
   * UNIQUE_ID or IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION policies.
   *
   * @return the object, exposing the given servant in the context of this POA.
   */
  org.omg.CORBA.Object servant_to_reference(Servant the_Servant)
                                     throws ServantNotActive, WrongPolicy;
 
  /**
   * Return the POA manager, associated with this POA.
   *
   * @return the associated POA manager (always available).
   */
  POAManager the_POAManager();
 
  /**
   * Returns the adapter activator, associated with this POA.
   * The newly created POA has no activator (null would be
   * returned). The ORB root POA also initially has no activator.
   *
   * @return tha adapter activator or null if this POA has no
   * associated adapter activator.
   */
  AdapterActivator the_activator();
 
  /**
  * Set the adapter activator for this POA.
  *
  * @param activator the activator being set.
  */
  void the_activator(AdapterActivator activator);
 
  /**
  * The children of this POA.
  *
  * @return the array of all childs for this POA.
  */
  POA[] the_children();
 
  /**
   * Return the name of this POA.
   *
   * @return the name of POA, relative to its parent.
   */
  String the_name();
 
  /**
   * Return the parent of this POA.
   *
   * @return the parent POA or <code>null</code> if this is a root POA.
   */
  POA the_parent();
 
  /**
   * <p> Destroy this POA and all descendant POAs. The destroyed POAs can be
   * later re-created via {@link AdapterActivator} or by invoking
   * {@link #create_POA}.
   * This differs from {@link POAManagerOperations#deactivate} that does
   * not allow recreation of the deactivated POAs. After deactivation,
   * recreation is only possible if the POAs were later destroyed.
   * </p><p>
   * The remote invocation on the target, belonging to the POA that is
   * currently destroyed return the remote exception ({@link TRANSIENT},
   * minor code 4).
   * </p>
   * @param etherealize_objects if true, and POA has RETAIN policy, and the
   * servant manager is available, the servant manager method
   * {@link ServantActivatorOperations#etherealize} is called for each
   *  <i>active</i> object in the Active Object Map. This method should not
   * try to access POA being destroyed. If <code>destroy</code> is called
   * multiple times before the destruction completes,
   * the etherialization should be invoked only once.
   *
   * @param wait_for_completion if true, the method waits till the POA being
   * destroyed completes all current requests and etherialization. If false,
   * the method returns immediately.
   */
  void destroy(boolean etherealize_objects, boolean wait_for_completion);
 
  /**
   * Create the IdUniquenessPolicy policy.
   *
   * @param a_value states which one Id uniqueness policy will apply.
   *
   * @return the created policy.
   */
  IdUniquenessPolicy create_id_uniqueness_policy(IdUniquenessPolicyValue a_value);
 
  /**
   * Create the ImplicitActivationPolicy policy.
   *
   * @param a_value states which one activation policy will apply.
   *
   * @return the created policy.
   */
  ImplicitActivationPolicy create_implicit_activation_policy(ImplicitActivationPolicyValue a_value);
 
  /**
   * Create the LifespanPolicy policy.
   *
   * @param a_value states which one object lifespan policy will apply.
   *
   * @return the created policy.
   */
  LifespanPolicy create_lifespan_policy(LifespanPolicyValue a_value);
 
  /**
   * Create the RequestProcessingPolicy policy.
   *
   * @param a_value states which one request processing policy will apply.
   *
   * @return the created policy.
   */
  RequestProcessingPolicy create_request_processing_policy(RequestProcessingPolicyValue a_value);
 
  /**
   * Create the ServantRetentionPolicy policy.
   *
   * @param a_value states which one servant retention policy will apply.
   *
   * @return the created policy.
   */
  ServantRetentionPolicy create_servant_retention_policy(ServantRetentionPolicyValue a_value);
 
  /**
   * Create the ThreadPolicy policy.
   *
   * @param a_value states which one thread policy will apply.
   *
   * @return the created policy.
   */
  ThreadPolicy create_thread_policy(ThreadPolicyValue a_value);
 
  /**
  * Create the ID assignment policy with the given value.
  *
  * @param value states which one ID assignment policy will apply.
  *
  * @return the created policy.
  */
  IdAssignmentPolicy create_id_assignment_policy(IdAssignmentPolicyValue value);
 
}