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+<html>
+<head><title>GNU Classpath - org.omg.DynamicAny</title></head>
+
+<body>
+<p>DynAny's allow to work with data structures, exact content of those is not
+known at the time of compilation. In this way, the conception of DynAny
+remebers the java reflection mechanism. DynAny usually obtain the value from
+the {@link org.omg.CORBA.Any} that, if needed, can carry highly nested data
+structures (like array of sequences of unions). DynAny's allow to see/modify
+all parts of such structures. This is especially helpful for writing generic
+servers (bridges, event channels supporting, filtering and so on). Similarly,
+DynAny's can create an Any at runtime, without having static knowledge of its
+type. This is helpful for writing generic clients like browsers, debuggers or
+ user interface tools.
+</p><p>
+The API clearly states that DynAny and DynAnyFactory objects are local and
+cannot be transferred to remote server or client. While such methods are
+formally defined in the corresponding helpers, they simply always throw MARSHAL.
+</p><p>
+DynAny's are created by {@link DynAnyFactory}. The factory is obtaines by
+{@link org.omg.CORBA.ORB#resolve_initial_references):
+<code>
+ORB orb = ORB.init(new String[0], null);
+DynAnyFactory f = DynAnyFactoryHelper.narrow(orb.resolve_initial_references("DynAnyFactory"));
+</code>
+DynAny's are also returned by some methods, invoked on another DynAny.
+</p><p>
+The primitive types like string or char are wrapped into an ordinary DynAny. It
+has multiple methods for setting/getting the content like
+{@link DynAnyOperations#get_string()} or
+{@link DynAnyOperations#insert_string(String)}. The more complex types like
+sequences or structures are wrapped into specialised DynAny's, providing means
+to access the enclosed members. In this case, the DynAny has the
+"internal cursor", normally pointing at one of the members in the data
+structure. The "internal cursor" can be set to the needed position
+{@link DynAnyOperations#seek(int)} or advanced forward
+({@link DynAnyOperations#next()}. The member under cursor is returned by
+{@link DynAnyOperations#current_component()}. For composite DynAnys the
+methods like {@link DynAnyOperations#get_string()} or
+{@link DynAnyOperations#insert_string(String)} apply to the selected member,
+not to the complex DynAny in general.
+</p><p>
+DynAnys are created and optimized for traversing values extracted from anys
+or constructing values of anys at runtime. OMG does not recommend to use them
+for other purposes.
+</p><p>
+@author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
+</body>
+</html> \ No newline at end of file