org.omg.CORBA
Interface Policy

public interface Policy

extends Object

The Policy interface provides a mechanism for ORBs and Object Services to allow access to certain choices that affect their operation. This information is accessed in a structured manner using interfaces derived from the org.omg.CORBA.Policy interface.

Method Summary

Policy	copy() Copies this policy object.
void	destroy() Destroys this policy object.
int	policy_type() Returns the constant value that corresponds to the type of the policy object.

Methods inherited from interface org.omg.CORBA.Object

_create_request, _create_request, _duplicate, _get_domain_managers, _get_interface_def, _get_policy, _hash, _is_a, _is_equivalent, _non_existent, _release, _request, _set_policy_override

Method Detail

policy_type

public int policy_type()

Returns the constant value that corresponds to the type of the policy object. The values of PolicyTypes are allocated by OMG. New values for PolicyType should be obtained from OMG by sending mail to request@omg.org. In general the constant values that are allocated are defined in conjunction with the definition of the corresponding Policy object.

Returns:

the constant value that corresponds to the type of the policy object

copy

public Policy copy()

Copies this policy object. The copy does not retain any relationships that the policy had with any domain, or object.

Returns:

the copy of the policy object

destroy

public void destroy()

Destroys this policy object. It is the responsibility of the policy object to determine whether it can be destroyed.