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  25 package org.omg.CORBA;
  26 
  27 
  28 /**
  29 * The interface for <tt>IRObject</tt>.  For more information on
  30 * Operations interfaces, see <a href="doc-files/generatedfiles.html#operations">
  31 * "Generated Files: Operations files"</a>.
  32 */
  33 
  34 /*
  35  tempout/org/omg/CORBA/IRObjectOperations.java
  36  Generated by the IBM IDL-to-Java compiler, version 1.0
  37  from ../../Lib/ir.idl
  38  Thursday, February 25, 1999 2:11:21 o'clock PM PST
  39 */
  40 
  41 /**
  42  * This is the Operations interface for the mapping from <tt>IRObject</tt>.
  43  * Several interfaces are used as base interfaces for objects in
  44  * the Interface Repository (IR). These base interfaces are not instantiable.
  45  * A common set of operations is used to locate objects within the
  46  * Interface Repository. Some of these operations are defined in
  47  * the IRObject. All IR objects inherit from the IRObject interface,
  48  * which provides an operation for identifying the actual type of
  49  * the object. (The IDL base interface IRObject represents the most
  50  * generic interface from which all other Interface Repository interfaces
  51  * are derived, even the Repository itself.) All java implementations of
  52  * IR objects must implement the IRObjectOperations interface.
  53  * @see IDLTypeOperations
  54  * @see IDLType
  55  * @see IRObject
  56  */
  57 public interface IRObjectOperations
  58 {
  59 
  60     // read interface
  61     /**
  62      * Returns the <code>DefinitionKind</code> corresponding to this Interface Repository object.
  63      * @return the <code>DefinitionKind</code> corresponding to this Interface Repository object.
  64      */
  65     org.omg.CORBA.DefinitionKind def_kind ();
  66 
  67     // write interface
  68     /**
  69      * Destroys this object. If the object is a Container,
  70      * this method is applied to all its contents. If the object contains an IDLType
  71      * attribute for an anonymous type, that IDLType is destroyed.
  72      * If the object is currently contained in some other object, it is removed.
  73      * If the method is invoked on a <code>Repository</code> or on a <code>PrimitiveDef</code>
  74      * then the <code>BAD_INV_ORDER</code> exception is raised with minor value 2.
  75      * An attempt to destroy an object that would leave the repository in an
  76      * incoherent state causes <code>BAD_INV_ORDER</code> exception to be raised
  77      * with the minor code 1.
  78      * @exception BAD_INV_ORDER if this method is invoked on a repository or
  79      *            <code>PrimitiveDef</code>, or if an attempt to destroy an
  80      *            object would leave the repository in an incoherent state
  81      */
  82     void destroy ();
  83 } // interface IRObjectOperations