package org.omg.DynamicAny;


/**
* org/omg/DynamicAny/DynSequenceOperations.java .
* Generated by the IDL-to-Java compiler (portable), version "3.2"
* from ../../../../src/share/classes/org/omg/DynamicAny/DynamicAny.idl
* Friday, May 25, 2007 3:39:58 o'clock PM GMT-05:00
*/


/**
    * DynSequence objects support the manipulation of IDL sequences.
    */
public interface DynSequenceOperations  extends org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyOperations
{

  /**
          * Returns the current length of the sequence.
          */
  int get_length ();

  /**
          * Sets the length of the sequence.
          * Increasing the length of a sequence adds new elements at the tail without affecting the values
          * of already existing elements. Newly added elements are default-initialized.
          * Increasing the length of a sequence sets the current position to the first newly-added element
          * if the previous current position was -1. Otherwise, if the previous current position was not -1,
          * the current position is not affected.
          * Decreasing the length of a sequence removes elements from the tail without affecting the value
          * of those elements that remain. The new current position after decreasing the length of a sequence
          * is determined as follows:
          * <UL>
          * <LI>If the length of the sequence is set to zero, the current position is set to -1.
          * <LI>If the current position is -1 before decreasing the length, it remains at -1.
          * <LI>If the current position indicates a valid element and that element is not removed when the length
          *     is decreased, the current position remains unaffected.
          * <LI>If the current position indicates a valid element and that element is removed,
          *     the current position is set to -1.
          * </UL>
          *
          * @exception InvalidValue if this is a bounded sequence and len is larger than the bound
          */
  void set_length (int len) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
          * Returns the elements of the sequence.
          */
  org.omg.CORBA.Any[] get_elements ();

  /**
          * Sets the elements of a sequence.
          * The length of the DynSequence is set to the length of value. The current position is set to zero
          * if value has non-zero length and to -1 if value is a zero-length sequence.
          *
          * @exception TypeMismatch if value contains one or more elements whose TypeCode is not equivalent
          *            to the element TypeCode of the DynSequence
          * @exception InvalidValue if the length of value exceeds the bound of a bounded sequence
          */
  void set_elements (org.omg.CORBA.Any[] value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
          * Returns the DynAnys representing the elements of the sequence.
          */
  org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny[] get_elements_as_dyn_any ();

  /**
          * Sets the elements of a sequence using DynAnys.
          * The length of the DynSequence is set to the length of value. The current position is set to zero
          * if value has non-zero length and to -1 if value is a zero-length sequence.
          *
          * @exception TypeMismatch if value contains one or more elements whose TypeCode is not equivalent
          *            to the element TypeCode of the DynSequence
          * @exception InvalidValue if the length of value exceeds the bound of a bounded sequence
          */
  void set_elements_as_dyn_any (org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny[] value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
} // interface DynSequenceOperations