| /* ValueBase.java -- |
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| package org.omg.CORBA.portable; |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * ValueBase is the basic interface for all CORBA value data types. 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 local and passed by value, |
| * not by IOR reference. |
| * |
| * Unlike CORBA objects, values are not connected to any ORB by |
| * default; they hanlde the implemented functionality locally. The classes, |
| * required to implement that functionality, should either be pre-defined |
| * or they can be downloaded from the certain URL, defined as CodeBase. |
| * |
| * The value types can have both public and private members. They support |
| * inheritance. Value types can also be abstract. |
| * |
| * For transferring the value type data via stream, it must implement either |
| * {@link CustomValue} or {@link StreamableValue}. |
| * |
| * @since 1.3 |
| * |
| * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org) |
| */ |
| public interface ValueBase |
| extends IDLEntity |
| { |
| /** |
| * Get the truncatable repository ids. |
| * |
| * @return the array of repository ids, defining the base types, to that |
| * basic types this value base can be truncated. |
| */ |
| String[] _truncatable_ids(); |
| } |