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Objects of the <STRONG>base.RecordTypeAsn1Object</STRONG> class
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<P>
Instances of <A HREF="base.html#RecordTypeAsn1Object">
base.RecordTypeAsn1Object</A> class implement the mapping object protocol
by means of the following methods:
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<A NAME="__getitem__"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>__getitem__</STRONG>(<STRONG>key</STRONG>)</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns a reference to embedded component (class instance) by
<STRONG>key</STRONG> (type name).
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="__setitem__"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>__setitem__</STRONG>(<STRONG>key</STRONG>,
<STRONG>value</STRONG>)</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Assigns a reference to embedded component (class instance) by 
<STRONG>key</STRONG> (type name).
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="keys"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>keys</STRONG>()</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns a list of known keys (types names).
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="has_key"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>has_key</STRONG>(<STRONG>key</STRONG>)</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns true if <STRONG>key</STRONG> (type name) is present in this object.
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="values"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>values</STRONG>()</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns a list of references to embedded components (class instances).
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="items"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>items</STRONG>()</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns a list of tuples each of which represents a key-value pair (type-name,
embedded-component).
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="update"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>update</STRONG>(<STRONG>items</STRONG>)</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Merges the <STRONG>items</STRONG> dictionary with the payload of this object.
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="__len__"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>__len__</STRONG>()</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns the number of embedded components in this object.
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="__cmp__"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>__cmp__</STRONG>(<STRONG>other</STRONG>)</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Called on object comparation of this ASN.1 object with the
<STRONG>other</STRONG>, which should be an instance of
<STRONG>RecordTypeAsn1Object</STRONG> class.
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="__hash__"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>__hash__</STRONG>()</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns object hash value, which is actually a XOR'ed set of hash values
of embedded objects and keys.
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<A NAME="__str__"></A>
<A NAME="__repr__"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>__str__</STRONG>()</DT>
<DT><STRONG>__repr__</STRONG>()</DT>
<DD>
<P>
Returns a printable representation of ASN.1 object structure.
</P>
</DD>
</DL>

<P>
Instances of <STRONG>RecordTypeAsn1Object</STRONG> class make use of the
following public instance variable:
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<A NAME="fixedNames"></A>
<A NAME="fixedComponents"></A>
<DL>
<DT><STRONG>fixedNames</STRONG></DT>
<DT><STRONG>fixedComponents</STRONG></DT>
<DD>
<P>
These instance variables should be initialized to type names and corresponding
class references of embedded components to specify the structure of particular
structured ASN.1 object implementation.
</P>
</DD>
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