001    /* DynArrayOperations.java --
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036    
037    
038    package org.omg.DynamicAny;
039    
040    import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
041    import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
042    import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch;
043    
044    /**
045     * Defines operations, applicable for {@link DynArray}.
046     *
047     * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
048     */
049    public 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    }