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/* ObjectHolder.java --

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package org.omg.CORBA;

import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.PrimitiveTypeCode;

import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.RecordTypeCode;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;

/**

 * A holder for CORBA <code>Object</code> that is mapped into

 * java <code>org.omg.CORBA.Object</code>.

 *

 * The holders have several application areas. The end user usually

 * sees them implementing CORBA methods where the primitive type

 * is passed by reference. While CORBA (or, for example, C) supports

 * this, the java does not and a wrapper class is required.

 *

 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)

 */

public final class ObjectHolder

  implements Streamable

{

  /**

   * The default type code for this holder if the object type code with

   * the zero length string as id.

   */

  private static final RecordTypeCode t_object;

  static

  {

    t_object = new RecordTypeCode(TCKind.tk_objref);

    t_object.setId("");

  }

  /**

   * The <code>org.omg.CORBA.Object</code> (CORBA <code>Object</code>) value,

   * held by this ObjectHolder.

   */

  public org.omg.CORBA.Object value;

  /**

   * Constructs an instance of ObjectHolder,

   * initializing {@link #value} to <code>0</code>.

   */

  public ObjectHolder()

  {

  }

  /**

   * Constructs an instance of ObjectHolder,

   * initializing {@link #value} to the given <code>org.omg.CORBA.Object</code>.

   *

   * @param initial_value a value that will be assigned to the

   * {@link #value} field.

   */

  public ObjectHolder(org.omg.CORBA.Object initial_value)

  {

    value = initial_value;

  }

  /**

   * Fill in the {@link value } field by reading the required data

   * from the given stream. For <code>org.omg.CORBA.Object</code>, the

   * functionality is delegated to

   * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream#read_Object}.

   *

   * @param input the input stream to read from.

   */

  public void _read(InputStream input)

  {

    value = input.read_Object();

  }

  /**

   * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored

   * using this holder.

   */

  public TypeCode _type()

  {

    return ObjectHelper.type();

  }

  /**

   * Write the {@link value } field to the given stream.

   * For <code>Object</code>, the functionality

   * is delegated to

   * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream#write_Object(Object) }.

   *

   * @param output the output stream to write into.

   */

  public void _write(OutputStream output)

  {

    output.write_Object(value);

  }

}