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037    
038    
039    package org.omg.CORBA;
040    
041    import org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage.InvalidValue;
042    
043    /**
044     * Represents a CORBA <code>fixed</code>, allowing to get and set its value
045     * in the form of the binary representation.
046     *
047     * The format, described in CORBA specification, requires to store
048     * data in hexadecimal format, two digits per byte (oceted), most
049     * significant digit first. The last half-byte in the representation
050     * stores the sign, being 0xD for negative numbers and 0xC for
051     * zero and positive numbers. To have the even number of half bytes,
052     * 0x0 is appended to the beginning, if required. The position of the
053     * decimal point is not stored.
054     *
055     * @see gnu.CORBA.BigDecimalHelper
056     *
057     * @deprecated by {@link org.omg.DynamicAny.DynFixed}
058     *
059     * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
060     */
061    public interface DynFixed
062      extends DynAny
063    {
064      /**
065       * Get the value of this DynFixed in the binary form.
066       *
067       * @return the binary representation, defined in the header comment.
068       */
069      byte[] get_value();
070    
071      /**
072       * Sets the value of this DynFixed from the binary representation.
073       *
074       * @param a_value the byte array, representing a CORBA <code>fixed</code>,
075       * as defined in the header comment.
076       */
077      void set_value(byte[] a_value)
078              throws InvalidValue;
079    }