| /* Context.java -- |
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| package org.omg.CORBA; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * |
| * This class holds the list of the named properties. It is normally |
| * used to represent information about various circumstances of the |
| * invocation. A Context if first created by |
| * {@link org.omg.CORBA.ORB#get_default_context() } and then invoking |
| * {@link create_child(String)} of the default context. |
| * |
| * The contexts are named. |
| * |
| * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org) |
| * |
| */ |
| public abstract class Context |
| { |
| public Context() |
| { |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Get the context name. |
| * @return the name of this context. |
| */ |
| public abstract String context_name(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a child of this Context, giving it a name. |
| * @param name a name of the child context. |
| * |
| * @return the newly created context. |
| */ |
| public abstract Context create_child(String child); |
| |
| /** |
| * Delete one or several (identically named) given properties. |
| * |
| * @param property the name of the property to delete, may |
| * end by wildchar character '*'. The search scope is always |
| * limited to the current context. |
| */ |
| public abstract void delete_values(String property); |
| |
| /** |
| * Search the values. |
| * |
| * @param start_scope the context at which to initiate the search. |
| * @param flags the search operation flags. |
| * The flag {@link CTX_RESTRICT_SCOPE} means |
| * that search is restricted to the start_scope. |
| * @param pattern the property being searched, can be |
| * either name or name with the optional trailing wildchar character |
| * '*'. |
| * @return the list of the found properties. |
| */ |
| public abstract NVList get_values(String start_scope, int flags, |
| String pattern |
| ); |
| |
| /** |
| * Get the parent of this context. |
| * @return the parent of this context. |
| */ |
| public abstract Context parent(); |
| |
| /** |
| * Set a property. |
| * @param name the property name. |
| * @param value the property value (the {@link Any} must hold string). |
| */ |
| public abstract void set_one_value(String name, Any value); |
| |
| /** |
| * Set multiple properties. |
| * |
| * @param values a list of properties, the {@link Any}'s |
| * in the list components must hold strings. |
| */ |
| public abstract void set_values(NVList values); |
| |
| |
| } |