001 /* DynFixed.java --
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037
038
039 package org.omg.CORBA;
040
041 import org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
042
043 /**
044 * Represents a CORBA <code>fixed</code>, allowing to get and set its value
045 * in the form of the binary representation.
046 *
047 * The format, described in CORBA specification, requires to store
048 * data in hexadecimal format, two digits per byte (oceted), most
049 * significant digit first. The last half-byte in the representation
050 * stores the sign, being 0xD for negative numbers and 0xC for
051 * zero and positive numbers. To have the even number of half bytes,
052 * 0x0 is appended to the beginning, if required. The position of the
053 * decimal point is not stored.
054 *
055 * @see gnu.CORBA.BigDecimalHelper
056 *
057 * @deprecated by {@link org.omg.DynamicAny.DynFixed}
058 *
059 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
060 */
061 public interface DynFixed
062 extends DynAny
063 {
064 /**
065 * Get the value of this DynFixed in the binary form.
066 *
067 * @return the binary representation, defined in the header comment.
068 */
069 byte[] get_value();
070
071 /**
072 * Sets the value of this DynFixed from the binary representation.
073 *
074 * @param a_value the byte array, representing a CORBA <code>fixed</code>,
075 * as defined in the header comment.
076 */
077 void set_value(byte[] a_value)
078 throws InvalidValue;
079 }