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## org.omg.CORBA
Class NamedValue

    java.lang.Object
      |
      +--org.omg.CORBA.NamedValue

public abstract class NamedValue
extends Object

An object used in the DII and DSI to describe arguments and return values. `NamedValue` objects are also used in the `Context` object routines to pass lists of property names and values.

A `NamedValue` object contains:

- a name -- If the `NamedValue` object is used to describe arguments to a request, the name will be an argument identifier specified in the OMG IDL interface definition for the operation being described.
- a value -- an `Any` object
- an argument mode flag -- one of the following:
  - `ARG_IN.value`
  - `ARG_OUT.value`
  - `ARG_INOUT.value`
  - zero -- if this `NamedValue` object represents a property in a `Context` object rather than a parameter or return value

The class `NamedValue` has three methods, which access its fields. The following code fragment demonstrates creating a `NamedValue` object and then accessing its fields:

        ORB orb = ORB.init(args, null);
        String s = "argument_1";
        org.omg.CORBA.Any myAny = orb.create_any();
        myAny.insert_long(12345);
        int in = org.omg.CORBA.ARG_IN.value;

        org.omg.CORBA.NamedValue nv = orb.create_named_value(
            s, myAny, in);
        System.out.println("This nv name is " + nv.name());
        try {
            System.out.println("This nv value is " + nv.value().extract_long());
            System.out.println("This nv flag is " + nv.flags());
        } catch (org.omg.CORBA.BAD_OPERATION b) {
          System.out.println("extract failed");
        }

If this code fragment were put into a `main` method, the output would be something like the following:

        This nv name is argument_1
        This nv value is 12345
        This nv flag is 1

Note that the method `value` returns an `Any` object. In order to access the `long` contained in the `Any` object, we used the method `extract_long`.

Since:
  JDK1.2
See Also:
  `Any`, `ARG_IN`, `ARG_INOUT`, `ARG_OUT`

Constructor Summary
`NamedValue()`

Method Summary
`abstract int` | `flags()` Retrieves the argument mode flag for this `NamedValue` object.
`abstract String` | `name()` Retrieves the name for this `NamedValue` object.
`abstract Any` | `value()` Retrieves the value for this `NamedValue` object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

### NamedValue

    public NamedValue()

Method Detail

### name

    public abstract String name()

  Retrieves the name for this `NamedValue` object.

  Returns:
    a `String` object representing the name of this `NamedValue` object

### value

    public abstract Any value()

  Retrieves the value for this `NamedValue` object.

  Returns:
    an `Any` object containing the value of this `NamedValue` object

### flags

    public abstract int flags()

  Retrieves the argument mode flag for this `NamedValue` object.

  Returns:
    an `int` representing the argument mode for this `NamedValue` object

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