001/* DynArrayOperations.java --
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036
037
038package org.omg.DynamicAny;
039
040import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
041import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
042import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch;
043
044/**
045 * Defines operations, applicable for {@link DynArray}.
046 *
047 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
048 */
049public interface DynArrayOperations
050  extends DynAnyOperations
051{
052  /**
053   * Returns the array.
054   *
055   * @return the array of elements as an array of DynAny's.
056   */
057  DynAny[] get_elements_as_dyn_any();
058
059  /**
060   * Returns the array.
061   *
062   * @return the array of elements as an array of Any's.
063   */
064  Any[] get_elements();
065
066  /**
067   * Sets the array.
068   *
069   * @param value the array of elements an DynAny's.
070   *
071   * @throws TypeMismatch if the members of the passed array does not match
072   * array component type.
073   *
074   * @throws InvalidValue if the number of elements in the passed array is not
075   * the same as the size of this DynArray.
076   */
077  void set_elements_as_dyn_any(DynAny[] value)
078    throws TypeMismatch, InvalidValue;
079
080  /**
081   * Sets the array.
082   *
083   * @param value the array of elements as Any's.
084   *
085   * @throws TypeMismatch if the members of the passed array does not match
086   * array component type.
087   *
088   * @throws InvalidValue if the number of elements in the passed array is not
089   * the same as the size of this DynArray.
090   */
091  void set_elements(Any[] value)
092    throws TypeMismatch, InvalidValue;
093}