Source for org.omg.CORBA.DynFixed

   1: /* DynFixed.java --
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package org.omg.CORBA;
  40: 
  41: import org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
  42: 
  43: /**
  44:  * Represents a CORBA <code>fixed</code>, allowing to get and set its value
  45:  * in the form of the binary representation.
  46:  *
  47:  * The format, described in CORBA specification, requires to store
  48:  * data in hexadecimal format, two digits per byte (oceted), most
  49:  * significant digit first. The last half-byte in the representation
  50:  * stores the sign, being 0xD for negative numbers and 0xC for
  51:  * zero and positive numbers. To have the even number of half bytes,
  52:  * 0x0 is appended to the beginning, if required. The position of the
  53:  * decimal point is not stored.
  54:  *
  55:  * @see gnu.CORBA.BigDecimalHelper
  56:  *
  57:  * @deprecated by {@link org.omg.DynamicAny.DynFixed}
  58:  *
  59:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  60:  */
  61: public interface DynFixed
  62:   extends DynAny
  63: {
  64:   /**
  65:    * Get the value of this DynFixed in the binary form.
  66:    *
  67:    * @return the binary representation, defined in the header comment.
  68:    */
  69:   byte[] get_value();
  70: 
  71:   /**
  72:    * Sets the value of this DynFixed from the binary representation.
  73:    *
  74:    * @param a_value the byte array, representing a CORBA <code>fixed</code>,
  75:    * as defined in the header comment.
  76:    */
  77:   void set_value(byte[] a_value)
  78:           throws InvalidValue;
  79: }