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pragma Ada_2005;

with PolyORB.Any;
with PolyORB.Smart_Pointers;
with PolyORB.Types;
with PolyORB.Utils.Chained_Lists;

package PolyORB.Any.NVList is

   type Ref is new PolyORB.Smart_Pointers.Ref with private;

   procedure Add_Item
     (Self       : Ref;
      Item_Name  : Types.Identifier;
      Item       : Any;
      Item_Flags : Flags);
   --  Create a NamedValue and add it to this NVList

   procedure Add_Item
     (Self : Ref;
      Item : NamedValue);
   --  Add a NamedValue to this NVList

   function Get_Count (Self : Ref) return PolyORB.Types.Long;
   --  Return the number of items in this NVList

   ------------------------------------------
   -- The following is specific to PolyORB --
   ------------------------------------------

   procedure Create (NVList : out Ref);
   --  Create a new NVList object and return a reference to it

   function Image (NVList : Ref) return Standard.String;
   --  For debugging purposes

   package Internals is

      --  The actual implementation of an NVList: a chained list of
      --  NamedValues.

      package NV_Lists is new PolyORB.Utils.Chained_Lists (NamedValue);

      type NV_List_Access is access all NV_Lists.List;

      function List_Of
        (NVList : Ref)
        return NV_List_Access;

   end Internals;

private

   type Ref is new PolyORB.Smart_Pointers.Ref with null record;

   type Object is new PolyORB.Smart_Pointers.Non_Controlled_Entity
     with record
        List : aliased Internals.NV_Lists.List;
     end record;

   type Object_Ptr is access all Object;

   overriding procedure Finalize
     (X : in out Object);

end PolyORB.Any.NVList;
