duke@1: /*
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duke@1:  *
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duke@1: package org.omg.CORBA;
duke@1: 
duke@1: 
duke@1: /**
duke@1: * The interface for <tt>IRObject</tt>.  For more information on
duke@1: * Operations interfaces, see <a href="doc-files/generatedfiles.html#operations">
duke@1: * "Generated Files: Operations files"</a>.
duke@1: */
duke@1: 
duke@1: /*
duke@1:  tempout/org/omg/CORBA/IRObjectOperations.java
duke@1:  Generated by the IBM IDL-to-Java compiler, version 1.0
duke@1:  from ../../Lib/ir.idl
duke@1:  Thursday, February 25, 1999 2:11:21 o'clock PM PST
duke@1: */
duke@1: 
duke@1: /**
duke@1:  * This is the Operations interface for the mapping from <tt>IRObject</tt>.
duke@1:  * Several interfaces are used as base interfaces for objects in
duke@1:  * the Interface Repository (IR). These base interfaces are not instantiable.
duke@1:  * A common set of operations is used to locate objects within the
duke@1:  * Interface Repository. Some of these operations are defined in
duke@1:  * the IRObject. All IR objects inherit from the IRObject interface,
duke@1:  * which provides an operation for identifying the actual type of
duke@1:  * the object. (The IDL base interface IRObject represents the most
duke@1:  * generic interface from which all other Interface Repository interfaces
duke@1:  * are derived, even the Repository itself.) All java implementations of
duke@1:  * IR objects must implement the IRObjectOperations interface.
duke@1:  * @see IDLTypeOperations
duke@1:  * @see IDLType
duke@1:  * @see IRObject
duke@1:  */
duke@1: public interface IRObjectOperations
duke@1: {
duke@1: 
duke@1:     // read interface
duke@1:     /**
duke@1:      * Returns the <code>DefinitionKind</code> corresponding to this Interface Repository object.
duke@1:      * @return the <code>DefinitionKind</code> corresponding to this Interface Repository object.
duke@1:      */
duke@1:     org.omg.CORBA.DefinitionKind def_kind ();
duke@1: 
duke@1:     // write interface
duke@1:     /**
duke@1:      * Destroys this object. If the object is a Container,
duke@1:      * this method is applied to all its contents. If the object contains an IDLType
duke@1:      * attribute for an anonymous type, that IDLType is destroyed.
duke@1:      * If the object is currently contained in some other object, it is removed.
duke@1:      * If the method is invoked on a <code>Repository</code> or on a <code>PrimitiveDef</code>
duke@1:      * then the <code>BAD_INV_ORDER</code> exception is raised with minor value 2.
duke@1:      * An attempt to destroy an object that would leave the repository in an
duke@1:      * incoherent state causes <code>BAD_INV_ORDER</code> exception to be raised
duke@1:      * with the minor code 1.
duke@1:      * @exception BAD_INV_ORDER if this method is invoked on a repository or
duke@1:      *            <code>PrimitiveDef</code>, or if an attempt to destroy an
duke@1:      *            object would leave the repository in an incoherent state
duke@1:      */
duke@1:     void destroy ();
duke@1: } // interface IRObjectOperations