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package org.omg.DynamicAny;

import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch;

/**
 * Defines operations, applicable to DynSequence. These are basically the same
 * operations as for {@link DynArrayOperations} with additional possibility to
 * change the length of the sequence. If the
 * {@link org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode#length()} method of the sequence typecode
 * returns positive value, it is treated as a sequence bound. An attempt to
 * extend the sequence above its bound raises {@link InvalidValue}.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public interface DynSequenceOperations
  extends DynAnyOperations
{
  /**
   * Get the length of the sequence.
   *
   * @return the current sequence length that was taken from typecode or changed
   * with set_length.
   */
  int get_length();

  /**
   * Set the length of the sequence. If the sequence is shortened, the tailing
   * members are discarded, but the remaining content is not affected. If the
   * new length is larger than the previous one, the new members are added to
   * the end of the sequence. These new members are initialised to they default
   * values.
   *
   * @param length the new length of the sequence.
   *
   * @throws InvalidValue if this is a bounded sequence, and the size being set
   * exceeds the sequence bound.
   */
  public void set_length(int length)
    throws InvalidValue;

  /**
   * Returns the array, containing the sequence elements.
   *
   * @return the array of elements as an array of DynAny's.
   */
  DynAny[] get_elements_as_dyn_any();

  /**
   * Returns the array, containing the sequence elements.
   *
   * @return the array of elements as an array of Any's.
   */
  Any[] get_elements();

  /**
   * Sets the sequence elements from the array. The length of the sequence is
   * set to the length of the passed array.
   *
   * @param value the array of elements an DynAny's.
   *
   * @throws TypeMismatch if the members of the passed array does not match
   * sequence component type.
   *
   * @throws InvalidValue if this is a bounded sequence and the number of
   * elements in the passed array exceeds the sequence bound.
   */
  void set_elements_as_dyn_any(DynAny[] value)
    throws TypeMismatch, InvalidValue;

  /**
   * Sets the sequence elements from the array. The length of the sequence is
   * set to the length of the passed array.
   *
   * @param value the array of elements as Any's.
   *
   *
   * @throws TypeMismatch if the members of the passed array does not match
   * sequence component type.
   *
   * @throws InvalidValue if this is a bounded sequence and the number of
   * elements in the passed array exceeds the sequence bound.
   */
  void set_elements(Any[] value)
    throws TypeMismatch, InvalidValue;
}