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package org.omg.CORBA;

import org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage.InvalidSeq;

/**
 * Represents the {@link DynAny}, holding a value type.
 *
 * A value type is something between CORBA structure and CORBA object.
 * Like CORBA object, it can have methods, supporting some IDL-defined
 * interface. However, like structures, they are always local and passed by
 * value, not by IOR reference.
 *
 * The value types can have both public and private members. They support
 * inheritance. Value types can also be abstract.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public interface DynValue
  extends DynAny, org.omg.CORBA.Object
{
  /**
   * Get the kind of the member, pointed by the internal pointer.
   *
   * @return the kind of the member.
   */
  TCKind current_member_kind();

  /**
   * Get the name of the member, pointed by the internal pointer.
   *
   * @return the name of the member.
   */
  String current_member_name();

  /**
   * Get all members of the enclosed value type object.
   * @return
   */
  NameValuePair[] get_members();

  /**
   * Set all members for the enclosed value type object.
   *
   * @param value an array of members to set.
   *
   * @throws InvalidSeq if the passed sequence is not valid.
   */
  void set_members(NameValuePair[] value)
            throws InvalidSeq;
}