001    /* DynValueBoxOperation.java --
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037    
038    
039    package org.omg.DynamicAny;
040    
041    import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
042    import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
043    import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch;
044    
045    /**
046     * Defines operations, applicable for the boxed value type.
047     *
048     * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
049     */
050    public interface DynValueBoxOperations
051      extends DynValueCommonOperations, DynAnyOperations
052    {
053      /**
054       * Get the return the content of the "box" as the DynAny.
055       *
056       * @throws InvalidValue if the object is holding <code>null</code>.
057       */
058      DynAny get_boxed_value_as_dyn_any()
059        throws InvalidValue;
060    
061      /**
062       * Get the return the content of the "box" as the Any.
063       *
064       * @throws InvalidValue if the object is holding <code>null</code>.
065       */
066      Any get_boxed_value()
067        throws InvalidValue;
068    
069      /**
070       * Set the value of the "box" from DynAny.
071       *
072       * @param boxIt a value to box.
073       *
074       * @throws TypeMismatch if the type is not matching the current boxed value
075       * type.
076       */
077      void set_boxed_value_as_dyn_any(DynAny boxIt)
078        throws TypeMismatch;
079    
080      /**
081       * Set the value of the "box" as Any.
082       *
083       * @param boxIt a value to place into the box.
084       *
085       * @throws TypeMismatch if the type is not matching the current boxed value
086       * type.
087       */
088      void set_boxed_value(Any boxIt)
089        throws TypeMismatch;
090    
091    }