001    /* DynEnumOperations.java --
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036    
037    
038    package org.omg.DynamicAny;
039    
040    import org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
041    
042    /**
043     * Defines operations, applicable to the dynamic enumeration. The value of the
044     * dynamic enumeration can be set by name or by integer code. The valid string
045     * values and integer codes are taken from the typecode, from which the
046     * enumeration was constructed. The enumeration is an undividable type without
047     * traversable components.
048     *
049     * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
050     */
051    public interface DynEnumOperations
052      extends DynAnyOperations
053    {
054      /**
055       * Get the current enumeration value, as string.
056       */
057      String get_as_string();
058    
059      /**
060       * Get the current enumeration value, as int.
061       */
062      int get_as_ulong();
063    
064      /**
065       * Set the current enumeration value, as string.
066       *
067       * @throws InvalidValue if the passed string is not one of the allowed values
068       * for this enumeration.
069       */
070      void set_as_string(String value)
071        throws InvalidValue;
072    
073      /**
074       * Set the current enumeration value, as int.
075       *
076       * @throws InvalidValue if the passed string is not one of the allowed values
077       * for this enumeration.
078       */
079      void set_as_ulong(int value)
080        throws InvalidValue;
081    
082    }