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with CORBA.AbstractBase;
with PolyORB.Any.NVList;

package CORBA.NVList is

   type Ref is new CORBA.AbstractBase.Ref with private;

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

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

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

   procedure Free (Self : Ref);
   procedure Free_Memory (Self : Ref) renames Free;
   --  Implementation Note: As per the IDL-to-Ada mapping, Free and
   --  Free_Memory are no-ops.

   package Internals is

      --  Internal implementation subprograms. These shall not be
      --  used outside of PolyORB.

      function Item (Self : Ref; Index : CORBA.Long) return CORBA.NamedValue;

      function To_PolyORB_Ref (Self : Ref) return PolyORB.Any.NVList.Ref;
      function To_CORBA_Ref (Self : PolyORB.Any.NVList.Ref) return Ref;
      pragma Inline (To_PolyORB_Ref);
      pragma Inline (To_CORBA_Ref);

   end Internals;

private

   type Ref is new CORBA.AbstractBase.Ref with null record;
   procedure Initialize (Self : in out Ref);

   pragma Inline (Add_Item);
   pragma Inline (Get_Count);
   pragma Inline (Free);

end CORBA.NVList;
