/*
* @(#)DynUnion.java 1.17 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package org.omg.CORBA;
/**
* The <code>DynUnion</code> interface represents a <code>DynAny</code> object
* that is associated with an IDL union.
* Union values can be traversed using the operations defined in <code>DynAny</code>.
* The first component in the union corresponds to the discriminator;
* the second corresponds to the actual value of the union.
* Calling the method <code>next()</code> twice allows you to access both components.
* @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynUnion.html">DynUnion</a> instead
*/
@Deprecated
public interface DynUnion extends org.omg.CORBA.Object, org.omg.CORBA.DynAny
{
/**
* Determines whether the discriminator associated with this union has been assigned
* a valid default value.
* @return <code>true</code> if the discriminator has a default value;
* <code>false</code> otherwise
*/
public boolean set_as_default();
/**
* Determines whether the discriminator associated with this union gets assigned
* a valid default value.
* @param arg <code>true</code> if the discriminator gets assigned a default value
*/
public void set_as_default(boolean arg);
/**
* Returns a DynAny object reference that must be narrowed to the type
* of the discriminator in order to insert/get the discriminator value.
* @return a <code>DynAny</code> object reference representing the discriminator value
*/
public org.omg.CORBA.DynAny discriminator();
/**
* Returns the TCKind object associated with the discriminator of this union.
* @return the <code>TCKind</code> object associated with the discriminator of this union
*/
public org.omg.CORBA.TCKind discriminator_kind();
/**
* Returns a DynAny object reference that is used in order to insert/get
* a member of this union.
* @return the <code>DynAny</code> object representing a member of this union
*/
public org.omg.CORBA.DynAny member();
/**
* Allows for the inspection of the name of this union member
* without checking the value of the discriminator.
* @return the name of this union member
*/
public String member_name();
/**
* Allows for the assignment of the name of this union member.
* @param arg the new name of this union member
*/
public void member_name(String arg);
/**
* Returns the TCKind associated with the member of this union.
* @return the <code>TCKind</code> object associated with the member of this union
*/
public org.omg.CORBA.TCKind member_kind();
}