NVList.java revision 662:753f4114e6d6
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The argument is a memory-management 56 * hint to the orb and does not imply the actual length of the list. 57 * If, for example, you want to use an <code>NVList</code> object 58 * in a request, and the method being invoked takes three parameters, 59 * you might optimize by supplying 3 to the method 60 * <code>create_list</code>. Note that the new <code>NVList</code> 61 * will not necessarily have a length of 3; it 62 * could have a length of 2 or 4, for instance. 63 * Note also that you can add any number of 64 * <code>NamedValue</code> objects to this list regardless of 65 * its original length. 66 * <LI><code>org.omg.CORBA.ORB.create_operation_list</code> 67 * <PRE> 68 * org.omg.CORBA.NVList nv = orb.create_operation_list(myOperationDef); 69 * </PRE> 70 * The variable <code>nv</code> represents a newly-created 71 * <code>NVList</code> object that contains descriptions of the 72 * arguments to the method described in the given 73 * <code>OperationDef</code> object. 74 * </OL> 75 * <P> 76 * The methods in the class <code>NVList</code> all deal with 77 * the <code>NamedValue</code> objects in the list. 78 * There are three methods for adding a <code>NamedValue</code> object, 79 * a method for getting the count of <code>NamedValue</code> objects in 80 * the list, a method for retrieving a <code>NamedValue</code> object 81 * at a given index, and a method for removing a <code>NamedValue</code> object 82 * at a given index. 83 * 84 * @see org.omg.CORBA.Request 85 * @see org.omg.CORBA.ServerRequest 86 * @see org.omg.CORBA.NamedValue 87 * @see org.omg.CORBA.Context 88 * 89 * @since JDK1.2 90 */ 91 92public abstract class NVList { 93 94 /** 95 * Returns the number of <code>NamedValue</code> objects that have 96 * been added to this <code>NVList</code> object. 97 * 98 * @return an <code>int</code> indicating the number of 99 * <code>NamedValue</code> objects in this <code>NVList</code>. 100 */ 101 102 public abstract int count(); 103 104 /** 105 * Creates a new <code>NamedValue</code> object initialized with the given flag 106 * and adds it to the end of this <code>NVList</code> object. 107 * The flag can be any one of the argument passing modes: 108 * <code>ARG_IN.value</code>, <code>ARG_OUT.value</code>, or 109 * <code>ARG_INOUT.value</code>. 110 * 111 * @param flags one of the argument mode flags 112 * @return the newly-created <code>NamedValue</code> object 113 */ 114 115 public abstract NamedValue add(int flags); 116 117 /** 118 * Creates a new <code>NamedValue</code> object initialized with the 119 * given name and flag, 120 * and adds it to the end of this <code>NVList</code> object. 121 * The flag can be any one of the argument passing modes: 122 * <code>ARG_IN.value</code>, <code>ARG_OUT.value</code>, or 123 * <code>ARG_INOUT.value</code>. 124 * 125 * @param item_name the name for the new <code>NamedValue</code> object 126 * @param flags one of the argument mode flags 127 * @return the newly-created <code>NamedValue</code> object 128 */ 129 130 public abstract NamedValue add_item(String item_name, int flags); 131 132 /** 133 * Creates a new <code>NamedValue</code> object initialized with the 134 * given name, value, and flag, 135 * and adds it to the end of this <code>NVList</code> object. 136 * 137 * @param item_name the name for the new <code>NamedValue</code> object 138 * @param val an <code>Any</code> object containing the value 139 * for the new <code>NamedValue</code> object 140 * @param flags one of the following argument passing modes: 141 * <code>ARG_IN.value</code>, <code>ARG_OUT.value</code>, or 142 * <code>ARG_INOUT.value</code> 143 * @return the newly created <code>NamedValue</code> object 144 */ 145 146 public abstract NamedValue add_value(String item_name, Any val, int flags); 147 148 /** 149 * Retrieves the <code>NamedValue</code> object at the given index. 150 * 151 * @param index the index of the desired <code>NamedValue</code> object, 152 * which must be between zero and the length of the list 153 * minus one, inclusive. The first item is at index zero. 154 * @return the <code>NamedValue</code> object at the given index 155 * @exception org.omg.CORBA.Bounds if the index is greater than 156 * or equal to number of <code>NamedValue</code> objects 157 */ 158 159 public abstract NamedValue item(int index) throws org.omg.CORBA.Bounds; 160 161 /** 162 * Removes the <code>NamedValue</code> object at the given index. 163 * Note that the indices of all <code>NamedValue</code> objects following 164 * the one removed are shifted down by one. 165 * 166 * @param index the index of the <code>NamedValue</code> object to be 167 * removed, which must be between zero and the length 168 * of the list minus one, inclusive. 169 * The first item is at index zero. 170 * @exception org.omg.CORBA.Bounds if the index is greater than 171 * or equal to number of <code>NamedValue</code> objects in 172 * the list 173 */ 174 175 public abstract void remove(int index) throws org.omg.CORBA.Bounds; 176 177} 178