/***** Copyright (c) 1999 Object Management Group. Unlimited rights to 
       duplicate and use this code are hereby granted provided that this 
       copyright notice is included.
*****/

package org.omg.CORBA;

public interface Object {

    boolean _is_a(String repositoryIdentifier);
  
    boolean _is_equivalent(org.omg.CORBA.Object other);

    boolean _non_existent();
  
    int _hash(int maximum);
  
    org.omg.CORBA.Object _duplicate();
  
    void _release();

    /**
    *@deprecated Deprecated by CORBA 2.3
    */
    org.omg.CORBA.InterfaceDef _get_interface();
  
    org.omg.CORBA.Object _get_interface_def();
  
    String _repository_id() ;

    Request _request(String operation);
  
    Request _create_request(Context ctx,
                          String operation,
                          NVList arg_list,
                          NamedValue result);
  
    Request _create_request(Context ctx,
                          String operation,
                          NVList arg_list,
                          NamedValue result,
                          ExceptionList exclist,
                          ContextList ctxlist);
  
    Policy _get_policy(int policy_type);
  
    DomainManager[] _get_domain_managers();
  
  
    org.omg.CORBA.Object _set_policy_override(Policy[] policies,
                                            SetOverrideType set_add);

    org.omg.CORBA.Policy _get_client_policy( int type ) ;

    org.omg.CORBA.Policy[] _get_policy_overrides( int[] types ) ;

    boolean _validate_connection( org.omg.CORBA.PolicyListHolder 
	inconsistent_policies ) ;

    org.omg.CORBA.Object _get_component() ;

    org.omg.CORBA.ORB _get_orb() ;
}