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 <head><title>GNU Classpath - org.omg.DynamicAny</title></head>

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 <p>DynAny's allow to work with data structures, exact content of those is not
 known at the time of compilation. In this way, the conception of DynAny
 remebers the java reflection mechanism. DynAny usually obtain the value from
 the {@link org.omg.CORBA.Any} that, if needed, can carry highly nested data
 structures (like array of sequences of unions). DynAny's allow to see/modify
 all parts of such structures. This is especially helpful for writing generic
 servers (bridges, event channels supporting, filtering and so on). Similarly,
 DynAny's can create an Any at runtime, without having static knowledge of its
 type. This is helpful for writing generic clients like browsers, debuggers or
  user interface tools.
 </p><p>
 The API clearly states that DynAny and DynAnyFactory objects are local and
 cannot be transferred to remote server or client. While such methods are
 formally defined in the corresponding helpers, they simply always throw MARSHAL.
 </p><p>
 DynAny's are created by {@link DynAnyFactory}. The factory is obtaines by
 {@link org.omg.CORBA.ORB#resolve_initial_references):
 <code>
 ORB orb = ORB.init(new String[0], null);
 DynAnyFactory f = DynAnyFactoryHelper.narrow(orb.resolve_initial_references("DynAnyFactory"));
 </code>
 DynAny's are also returned by some methods, invoked on another DynAny.
 </p><p>
 The primitive types like string or char are wrapped into an ordinary DynAny. It
 has multiple methods for setting/getting the content like
 {@link DynAnyOperations#get_string()} or
 {@link DynAnyOperations#insert_string(String)}. The more complex types like
 sequences or structures are wrapped into specialised DynAny's, providing means
 to access the enclosed members. In this case, the DynAny has the
 "internal cursor", normally pointing at one of the members in the data
 structure. The "internal cursor" can be set to the needed position
 {@link DynAnyOperations#seek(int)} or advanced forward
 ({@link DynAnyOperations#next()}. The member under cursor is returned by
 {@link DynAnyOperations#current_component()}. For composite DynAnys the
 methods like {@link DynAnyOperations#get_string()} or
 {@link DynAnyOperations#insert_string(String)} apply to the selected member,
 not to the complex DynAny in general.
 </p><p>
 DynAnys are created and optimized for traversing values extracted from anys
 or constructing values of anys at runtime. OMG does not recommend to use them
 for other purposes.
 </p><p>
 @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 </body>
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	<head><title>GNU Classpath - org.omg.DynamicAny</title></head>

	<body>
	<p>DynAny's allow to work with data structures, exact content of those is not
	known at the time of compilation. In this way, the conception of DynAny
	remebers the java reflection mechanism. DynAny usually obtain the value from
	the {@link org.omg.CORBA.Any} that, if needed, can carry highly nested data
	structures (like array of sequences of unions). DynAny's allow to see/modify
	all parts of such structures. This is especially helpful for writing generic
	servers (bridges, event channels supporting, filtering and so on). Similarly,
	DynAny's can create an Any at runtime, without having static knowledge of its
	type. This is helpful for writing generic clients like browsers, debuggers or
	user interface tools.
	</p><p>
	The API clearly states that DynAny and DynAnyFactory objects are local and
	cannot be transferred to remote server or client. While such methods are
	formally defined in the corresponding helpers, they simply always throw MARSHAL.
	</p><p>
	DynAny's are created by {@link DynAnyFactory}. The factory is obtaines by
	{@link org.omg.CORBA.ORB#resolve_initial_references):
	<code>
	ORB orb = ORB.init(new String[0], null);
	DynAnyFactory f = DynAnyFactoryHelper.narrow(orb.resolve_initial_references("DynAnyFactory"));
	</code>
	DynAny's are also returned by some methods, invoked on another DynAny.
	</p><p>
	The primitive types like string or char are wrapped into an ordinary DynAny. It
	has multiple methods for setting/getting the content like
	{@link DynAnyOperations#get_string()} or
	{@link DynAnyOperations#insert_string(String)}. The more complex types like
	sequences or structures are wrapped into specialised DynAny's, providing means
	to access the enclosed members. In this case, the DynAny has the
	"internal cursor", normally pointing at one of the members in the data
	structure. The "internal cursor" can be set to the needed position
	{@link DynAnyOperations#seek(int)} or advanced forward
	({@link DynAnyOperations#next()}. The member under cursor is returned by
	{@link DynAnyOperations#current_component()}. For composite DynAnys the
	methods like {@link DynAnyOperations#get_string()} or
	{@link DynAnyOperations#insert_string(String)} apply to the selected member,
	not to the complex DynAny in general.
	</p><p>
	DynAnys are created and optimized for traversing values extracted from anys
	or constructing values of anys at runtime. OMG does not recommend to use them
	for other purposes.
	</p><p>
	@author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
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