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037    
038    
039    package org.omg.CORBA;
040    
041    
042    /**
043     * Represents the dynamic enumeration, allowing to get/set the value by
044     * name or by position in the enumeration list. The CORBA enumeration
045     * can obtain one of the named values from the specified enumeration list.
046     *
047     * @deprecated by {@link org.omg.DynamicAny.DynEnum}
048     *
049     * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
050     */
051    public interface DynEnum
052      extends DynAny
053    {
054      /**
055       * Get the value of this object.
056       * @return the currently set value, one of the allowed values
057       * for this enumeration.
058       */
059      String value_as_string();
060    
061      /**
062       * Set the value of this object.
063       *
064       * @param member the value to set, must be one of the allowed values for
065       * this enumeration. Otherwise the {@link SystemException} may be thrown.
066       */
067      void value_as_string(String member);
068    
069      /**
070       * Set the value of this object as the position inside the list of this
071       * enumeration.
072       *
073       * @param member the position of the enumeration value inside
074       * the enumeration list. Otherwise the {@link SystemException} may be thrown.
075       */
076      void value_as_ulong(int member);
077    
078      /**
079       * Get the value of this object as the position inside the list of this
080       * enumeration.
081       *
082       * @return member the position of the currently set enumeration value inside
083       * the enumeration list.
084       */
085      int value_as_ulong();
086    }