001/* IRObjectOperations.java --
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037
038package org.omg.CORBA;
039
040
041/**
042 * Defines the operations, applicable to the interface repository object.
043 *
044 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
045 */
046public interface IRObjectOperations {
047  /**
048   * Get the definition kind of this interface repository object.
049   *
050   * @return the defintion kind (one of the DefinitionKind.dk_...
051   * constants).
052   */
053  DefinitionKind def_kind();
054
055  /**
056   * Destroy this interface repository object. If the object is a container,
057   * the method applies to all its contents. If the object is part of some
058   * other object, it is removed.
059   *
060   * @throws BAD_INV_ORDER, minor code 1, if destroying this object would
061   * leave the repository in an incoherent state.
062   *
063   * @throws BAD_INV_ORDER, minor code 2, if the method is invoked on the
064   * Repository or on the definition of the primitive type.
065   */
066  void destroy() throws BAD_INV_ORDER;
067
068}