NamedValue (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: org.omg.CORBA.NamedValue class
Date: 2026-01-21

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

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `NamedValue()`

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `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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