TimeService.idl

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// -*- C++ -*-
// TimeService.idl,v 1.6 1999/09/13 23:48:28 irfan Exp

#ifndef TAO_TIME_IDL
#define TAO_TIME_IDL

#include "TimeBase.idl"

#pragma prefix "omg.org"

module CosTime
{
  // = TITLE
  //  CosTime Module
  //
  // = DESCRIPTION
  // This module has all the interfaces, and associated enum
  // and exception declarations for the time service.

  enum TimeComparison
  {
    // = TITLE
    // TimeComparison defines the possible values that can be
    // returned as a result of comparing two UTOs.

    TCEqualTo,
    TCLessThan,
    TCGreaterThan,
    TCIndeterminate
  };

  enum ComparisonType
  {
    // = TITLE
    // ComparisonType defines the possible ways in which the times can
    // be compared.

    IntervalC,
    MidC
  };

  enum OverlapType
  {
    // = TITLE
    // OverlapType specifies the type of overlap between two time
    // intervals.

    OTContainer,
    OTContained,
    OTOverlap,
    OTNoOverlap
  };

  exception TimeUnavailable
    {
      // = TITLE
      // TimeUnavailable exception is raised by the Timeservice when
      // it cannot successfully return time.
    };

  interface TIO; // forward declaration.

  interface UTO
    {
      // = TITLE
      // The interface UTO is an encapsulation of time.
      //
      // = DESCRIPTION
      //   This interface provides the following
      //   operations on basic time :
      //        - Construction of a UTO from piece parts, and extraction of the
      //          piece parts from a UTO. The piece parts are the readonly
      //          attributes :
      //                      time
      //                      inaccuracy
      //                      time displacement factor
      //                      structure with all the above.
      //
      //        - Comparison of time.
      //
      //        - Conversion from relative to absolute time, and conversion to
      //          an interval (TIO)

      readonly attribute TimeBase::TimeT time;
      // absolute tine value.

      readonly attribute TimeBase::InaccuracyT inaccuracy;
      // inaccuracy in the time.

      readonly attribute TimeBase::TdfT tdf;
      // the time displacement factor.

      readonly attribute TimeBase::UtcT utc_time;
      // structure having the absolute time, the inaccuracy and the time
      // displacement factor.

      UTO absolute_time ();
      // This returns the absolute time by adding the base time to the
      // relative time in the object.

      TimeComparison compare_time (in ComparisonType comparison_type,
                                   in UTO otu);
      // Compares the time contained in the object with the time in
      // the supplied uto according to the supplied comparison type.

      TIO time_to_interval (in UTO otu);
      // Returns a TIO representing the time interval between the time
      // in the object and the time in the UTO passed as a
      // parameter. The interval returned is the interval between the
      // mid-points of the two UTOs. Inaccuracies are ignored.  Note
      // the result of this operation is meaningless if the base times
      // of UTOs are different.

      TIO interval ();
      // Returns a TIO object representing the error interval around
      // the time value in the UTO.
    };

  interface TIO
    {
      // = TITLE
      // The TIO represents a time interval.
      //
      // = DESCRIPTION
      // This interface has operations to compare itself with a UTO or
      // another TIO. It also has an operation to create a UTO from
      // the value of it's time interval.

      readonly attribute TimeBase::IntervalT time_interval;
      // Consists of a lower and an upper bound for the time interval.

      CosTime::OverlapType spans (in UTO time,
                                  out TIO overlap);
      // This operation compares the time in this interface with the time
      // in the supplied UTO and returns the overlap type as well as the
      // interval of overlap in the form of a TIO.

      CosTime::OverlapType overlaps (in TIO interval,
                                     out TIO overlap);
      // This operation compares the time in this interface with the time
      // in the supplied TIO and returns the overlap type as well as the
      // interval of overlap in the form of a TIO.

      UTO time ();
      // Converts the time interval in this interface into a UTO object by
      // taking the midpoint of the interval as the time and the interval
      // as the error envelope around the time.

    };

  interface TimeService
    {
      // = TITLE
      // The time service manages the UTOs and the TIOs. This is the first
      // interface seen by the clients requesting time.

      UTO universal_time () raises (TimeUnavailable);
      // This operation returns the current time and an estimate of
      // inaccuracy in a UTO.

      UTO secure_universal_time () raises(TimeUnavailable);
      // This operation returns the current time in a UTO only if the
      // time can be guaranteed to have been obtained securely.

      UTO new_universal_time (in TimeBase::TimeT time,
                              in TimeBase::InaccuracyT inaccuracy,
                              in TimeBase::TdfT tdf);
      // This creates a new UTO based on the given parameters.

      UTO uto_from_utc (in TimeBase::UtcT utc);
      // This creates a new UTO given a time in the UtcT form.

      TIO new_interval (in TimeBase::TimeT lower,
                        in TimeBase::TimeT upper );
      // This creates a new TIO with the given parameters.
    };
};

#endif /* TAO_TIME_IDL */

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