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  26 package org.omg.CORBA;
  27 
  28 /** Defines the code used to represent a truncatable value type in
  29 * a typecode. A value type is truncatable if it inherits "safely"
  30 * from another value type, which means it can be cast to a more
  31 * general inherited type.
  32 * This is one of the possible results of the <code>type_modifier</code>
  33 * method on the <code>TypeCode</code> interface.
  34 * @see org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode
  35 */
  36 public interface VM_TRUNCATABLE {
  37     /** The value representing a truncatable value type in
  38     * a typecode.
  39     */
  40     final short value = (short) (3L);
  41 }