package org.omg.DynamicAny;


/**
* org/omg/DynamicAny/DynAnyOperations.java .
* Generated by the IDL-to-Java compiler (portable), version "3.2"
* from ../../../../src/share/classes/org/omg/DynamicAny/DynamicAny.idl
* Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:35:09 AM GMT
*/


/**
    * Any values can be dynamically interpreted (traversed) and constructed through DynAny objects.
    * A DynAny object is associated with a data value which corresponds to a copy of the value
    * inserted into an any.
    * <P>A DynAny object may be viewed as an ordered collection of component DynAnys.
    * For DynAnys representing a basic type, such as long, or a type without components,
    * such as an empty exception, the ordered collection of components is empty.
    * Each DynAny object maintains the notion of a current position into its collection
    * of component DynAnys. The current position is identified by an index value that runs
    * from 0 to n-1, where n is the number of components.
    * The special index value -1 indicates a current position that points nowhere.
    * For values that cannot have a current position (such as an empty exception),
    * the index value is fixed at -1.
    * If a DynAny is initialized with a value that has components, the index is initialized to 0.
    * After creation of an uninitialized DynAny (that is, a DynAny that has no value but a TypeCode
    * that permits components), the current position depends on the type of value represented by
    * the DynAny. (The current position is set to 0 or -1, depending on whether the new DynAny
    * gets default values for its components.)
    * <P>The iteration operations rewind, seek, and next can be used to change the current position
    * and the current_component operation returns the component at the current position.
    * The component_count operation returns the number of components of a DynAny.
    * Collectively, these operations enable iteration over the components of a DynAny, for example,
    * to (recursively) examine its contents.
    * <P>A constructed DynAny object is a DynAny object associated with a constructed type.
    * There is a different interface, inheriting from the DynAny interface, associated with
    * each kind of constructed type in IDL (fixed, enum, struct, sequence, union, array,
    * exception, and value type).
    * <P>A constructed DynAny object exports operations that enable the creation of new DynAny objects,
    * each of them associated with a component of the constructed data value.
    * As an example, a DynStruct is associated with a struct value. This means that the DynStruct
    * may be seen as owning an ordered collection of components, one for each structure member.
    * The DynStruct object exports operations that enable the creation of new DynAny objects,
    * each of them associated with a member of the struct.
    * <P>If a DynAny object has been obtained from another (constructed) DynAny object,
    * such as a DynAny representing a structure member that was created from a DynStruct,
    * the member DynAny is logically contained in the DynStruct.
    * Calling an insert or get operation leaves the current position unchanged.
    * Destroying a top-level DynAny object (one that was not obtained as a component of another DynAny)
    * also destroys any component DynAny objects obtained from it.
    * Destroying a non-top level DynAny object does nothing.
    * Invoking operations on a destroyed top-level DynAny or any of its descendants raises OBJECT_NOT_EXIST.
    * If the programmer wants to destroy a DynAny object but still wants to manipulate some component
    * of the data value associated with it, then he or she should first create a DynAny for the component
    * and, after that, make a copy of the created DynAny object.
    * <P>The behavior of DynAny objects has been defined in order to enable efficient implementations
    * in terms of allocated memory space and speed of access. DynAny objects are intended to be used
    * for traversing values extracted from anys or constructing values of anys at runtime.
    * Their use for other purposes is not recommended.
    * <P>Insert and get operations are necessary to handle basic DynAny objects
    * but are also helpful to handle constructed DynAny objects.
    * Inserting a basic data type value into a constructed DynAny object
    * implies initializing the current component of the constructed data value
    * associated with the DynAny object. For example, invoking insert_boolean on a
    * DynStruct implies inserting a boolean data value at the current position
    * of the associated struct data value.
    * A type is consistent for inserting or extracting a value if its TypeCode is equivalent to
    * the TypeCode contained in the DynAny or, if the DynAny has components, is equivalent to the TypeCode
    * of the DynAny at the current position.
    * <P>DynAny and DynAnyFactory objects are intended to be local to the process in which they are
    * created and used. This means that references to DynAny and DynAnyFactory objects cannot be exported
    * to other processes, or externalized with ORB.object_to_string().
    * If any attempt is made to do so, the offending operation will raise a MARSHAL system exception.
    * Since their interfaces are specified in IDL, DynAny objects export operations defined in the standard
    * org.omg.CORBA.Object interface. However, any attempt to invoke operations exported through the Object
    * interface may raise the standard NO_IMPLEMENT exception.
    * An attempt to use a DynAny object with the DII may raise the NO_IMPLEMENT exception.
    */
public interface DynAnyOperations 
{

  /**
        * Returns the TypeCode associated with this DynAny object.
        * A DynAny object is created with a TypeCode value assigned to it.
        * This TypeCode value determines the type of the value handled through the DynAny object.
        * Note that the TypeCode associated with a DynAny object is initialized at the time the
        * DynAny is created and cannot be changed during lifetime of the DynAny object.
        *
        * @return The TypeCode associated with this DynAny object
        */
  org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type ();

  /**
        * Initializes the value associated with a DynAny object with the value
        * associated with another DynAny object.
        * The current position of the target DynAny is set to zero for values that have components
        * and to -1 for values that do not have components.
        *
        * @param dyn_any
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the type of the passed DynAny is not equivalent to the type of target DynAny
        */
  void assign (org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny dyn_any) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch;

  /**
        * Initializes the value associated with a DynAny object with the value contained in an any.
        * The current position of the target DynAny is set to zero for values that have components
        * and to -1 for values that do not have components.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the type of the passed Any is not equivalent to the type of target DynAny
        * @exception InvalidValue if the passed Any does not contain a legal value (such as a null string)
        */
  void from_any (org.omg.CORBA.Any value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Creates an any value from a DynAny object.
        * A copy of the TypeCode associated with the DynAny object is assigned to the resulting any.
        * The value associated with the DynAny object is copied into the any.
        *
        * @return a new Any object with the same value and TypeCode
        */
  org.omg.CORBA.Any to_any ();

  /**
        * Compares two DynAny values for equality.
        * Two DynAny values are equal if their TypeCodes are equivalent and, recursively, all component DynAnys
        * have equal values.
        * The current position of the two DynAnys being compared has no effect on the result of equal.
        *
        * @return true of the DynAnys are equal, false otherwise
        */
  boolean equal (org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny dyn_any);

  /**
        * Destroys a DynAny object.
        * This operation frees any resources used to represent the data value associated with a DynAny object.
        * It must be invoked on references obtained from one of the creation operations on the ORB interface
        * or on a reference returned by DynAny.copy() to avoid resource leaks.
        * Invoking destroy on component DynAny objects (for example, on objects returned by the
        * current_component operation) does nothing.
        * Destruction of a DynAny object implies destruction of all DynAny objects obtained from it.
        * That is, references to components of a destroyed DynAny become invalid.
        * Invocations on such references raise OBJECT_NOT_EXIST.
        * It is possible to manipulate a component of a DynAny beyond the life time of the DynAny
        * from which the component was obtained by making a copy of the component with the copy operation
        * before destroying the DynAny from which the component was obtained.
        */
  void destroy ();

  /**
        * Creates a new DynAny object whose value is a deep copy of the DynAny on which it is invoked.
        * The operation is polymorphic, that is, invoking it on one of the types derived from DynAny,
        * such as DynStruct, creates the derived type but returns its reference as the DynAny base type.
        *
        * @return a deep copy of the DynAny object
        */
  org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny copy ();

  /**
        * Inserts a boolean value into the DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_boolean (boolean value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a byte value into the DynAny. The IDL octet data type is mapped to the Java byte data type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_octet (byte value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a char value into the DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_char (char value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a short value into the DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_short (short value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a short value into the DynAny. The IDL ushort data type is mapped to the Java short data type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_ushort (short value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts an integer value into the DynAny. The IDL long data type is mapped to the Java int data type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_long (int value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts an integer value into the DynAny. The IDL ulong data type is mapped to the Java int data type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_ulong (int value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a float value into the DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_float (float value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a double value into the DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_double (double value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a string value into the DynAny.
        * Both bounded and unbounded strings are inserted using this method.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception InvalidValue if the string inserted is longer than the bound of a bounded string
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_string (String value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a reference to a CORBA object into the DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_reference (org.omg.CORBA.Object value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a TypeCode object into the DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_typecode (org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a long value into the DynAny. The IDL long long data type is mapped to the Java long data type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_longlong (long value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a long value into the DynAny.
        * The IDL unsigned long long data type is mapped to the Java long data type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_ulonglong (long value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a char value into the DynAny. The IDL wchar data type is mapped to the Java char data type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_wchar (char value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a string value into the DynAny.
        * Both bounded and unbounded strings are inserted using this method.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception InvalidValue if the string inserted is longer than the bound of a bounded string
        */
  void insert_wstring (String value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts an Any value into the Any represented by this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_any (org.omg.CORBA.Any value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts the Any value contained in the parameter DynAny into the Any represented by this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_dyn_any (org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Inserts a reference to a Serializable object into this DynAny.
        * The IDL ValueBase type is mapped to the Java Serializable type.
        *
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  void insert_val (java.io.Serializable value) throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the boolean value from this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  boolean get_boolean () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the byte value from this DynAny. The IDL octet data type is mapped to the Java byte data type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  byte get_octet () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the char value from this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  char get_char () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the short value from this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  short get_short () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the short value from this DynAny. The IDL ushort data type is mapped to the Java short data type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  short get_ushort () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the integer value from this DynAny. The IDL long data type is mapped to the Java int data type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  int get_long () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the integer value from this DynAny. The IDL ulong data type is mapped to the Java int data type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  int get_ulong () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the float value from this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  float get_float () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the double value from this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  double get_double () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the string value from this DynAny.
        * Both bounded and unbounded strings are extracted using this method.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  String get_string () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the reference to a CORBA Object from this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  org.omg.CORBA.Object get_reference () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the TypeCode object from this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode get_typecode () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the long value from this DynAny. The IDL long long data type is mapped to the Java long data type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  long get_longlong () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the long value from this DynAny.
        * The IDL unsigned long long data type is mapped to the Java long data type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  long get_ulonglong () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the long value from this DynAny. The IDL wchar data type is mapped to the Java char data type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  char get_wchar () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the string value from this DynAny.
        * Both bounded and unbounded strings are extracted using this method.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        */
  String get_wstring () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts an Any value contained in the Any represented by this DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  org.omg.CORBA.Any get_any () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts the Any value contained in the Any represented by this DynAny and returns it wrapped
        * into a new DynAny.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny get_dyn_any () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Extracts a Serializable object from this DynAny.
        * The IDL ValueBase type is mapped to the Java Serializable type.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch if the accessed component in the DynAny is of a type
        * that is not equivalent to the requested type.
        * @exception TypeMismatch if called on a DynAny whose current component itself has components
        * @exception InvalidValue if this DynAny has components but has a current position of -1
        */
  java.io.Serializable get_val () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch, org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;

  /**
        * Sets the current position to index. The current position is indexed 0 to n-1, that is,
        * index zero corresponds to the first component. The operation returns true if the resulting
        * current position indicates a component of the DynAny and false if index indicates
        * a position that does not correspond to a component.
        * Calling seek with a negative index is legal. It sets the current position to -1 to indicate
        * no component and returns false. Passing a non-negative index value for a DynAny that does not
        * have a component at the corresponding position sets the current position to -1 and returns false.
        */
  boolean seek (int index);

  /**
        * Is equivalent to seek(0).
        */
  void rewind ();

  /**
        * Advances the current position to the next component.
        * The operation returns true while the resulting current position indicates a component, false otherwise.
        * A false return value leaves the current position at -1.
        * Invoking next on a DynAny without components leaves the current position at -1 and returns false.
        */
  boolean next ();

  /**
        * Returns the number of components of a DynAny.
        * For a DynAny without components, it returns zero.
        * The operation only counts the components at the top level.
        * For example, if component_count is invoked on a DynStruct with a single member,
        * the return value is 1, irrespective of the type of the member.
        * <UL>
        * <LI>For sequences, the operation returns the current number of elements.
        * <LI>For structures, exceptions, and value types, the operation returns the number of members.
        * <LI>For arrays, the operation returns the number of elements.
        * <LI>For unions, the operation returns 2 if the discriminator indicates that a named member is active,
        * otherwise, it returns 1.
        * <LI>For DynFixed and DynEnum, the operation returns zero.
        * </UL>
        */
  int component_count ();

  /**
        * Returns the DynAny for the component at the current position.
        * It does not advance the current position, so repeated calls to current_component
        * without an intervening call to rewind, next, or seek return the same component.
        * The returned DynAny object reference can be used to get/set the value of the current component.
        * If the current component represents a complex type, the returned reference can be narrowed
        * based on the TypeCode to get the interface corresponding to the to the complex type.
        * Calling current_component on a DynAny that cannot have components,
        * such as a DynEnum or an empty exception, raises TypeMismatch.
        * Calling current_component on a DynAny whose current position is -1 returns a nil reference.
        * The iteration operations, together with current_component, can be used
        * to dynamically compose an any value. After creating a dynamic any, such as a DynStruct,
        * current_component and next can be used to initialize all the components of the value.
        * Once the dynamic value is completely initialized, to_any creates the corresponding any value.
        *
        * @exception TypeMismatch If called on a DynAny that cannot have components,
        * such as a DynEnum or an empty exception
        */
  org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny current_component () throws org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage.TypeMismatch;
} // interface DynAnyOperations
