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package org.omg.CORBA;


/**
 * The interface for {@code Policy}. For more information on
 * Operations interfaces, see <a href="doc-files/generatedfiles.html#operations">
 * "Generated Files: Operations files"</a>.
 * <P>
 * org/omg/CORBA/PolicyOperations.java
 * Generated by the IDL-to-Java compiler (portable), version "3.0"
 * from ../../../../../src/share/classes/org/omg/PortableServer/corba.idl
 * Saturday, July 17, 1999 12:26:20 AM PDT
 */

Provides the operations for a Policy object. /**
 * Provides the operations for a {@code Policy} object.
 */
public interface PolicyOperations
{

  
Returns the constant value that corresponds to the
type of the policy object.  The values of
the policy objects are allocated by the OMG.
New values for PolicyType should be obtained from the 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/**
   * Returns the constant value that corresponds to the
   * type of the policy object.  The values of
   * the policy objects are allocated by the OMG.
   * New values for PolicyType should be obtained from the 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.
   *
   * @return the constant value that corresponds to the type of
   * the policy object
   */
  int policy_type ();

  
Returns a copy of the Policy object. The copy does not retain any relationships that the policy had with any domain or object. 
Returns:
a copy of the Policy object/**
   * Returns a copy of the {@code Policy} object. The copy does not retain
   * any relationships that the policy had with any domain or object.
   *
   * @return a copy of the {@code Policy} object
   */
  org.omg.CORBA.Policy copy ();

  
Destroys the Policy object. It is the responsibility of the Policy object to determine whether it can be destroyed. /**
   * Destroys the {@code Policy} object.  It is the responsibility of
   * the {@code Policy} object to determine whether it can be destroyed.
   */
  void destroy ();
} // interface PolicyOperations