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/* StringSeqHelper.java --

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package org.omg.CORBA;

import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.ArrayTypeCode;

import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage.BadKind;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;

/**

 * Provides static helper methods for working with

 * CORBA <code>string</code> array.

 *

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

 */

public abstract class StringSeqHelper

{

  /**

   * Extract the <code>String[]</code> from the

   * given {@link Any}. This implementation expects the

   * {@link Any} to hold the instance of {@link StringSeqHolder}

   * that is returned by {@link Any#extract_Streamable() }.

   *

   * @param a an Any to extract the array from.

   *

   * @return the extracted array.

   *

   * @throws ClassCastException if the Any contains something other than the

   * the {@link StringSeqHolder}.

   */

  public static String[] extract(Any a)

  {

    StringSeqHolder h = (StringSeqHolder) a.extract_Streamable();

    return h.value;

  }

  /**

   * Returns the agreed Id, delegating functionality to

   * the {@link #type()}.id().

   */

  public static String id()

  {

    try

      {

        return type().id();

      }

    catch (BadKind ex)

      {

        // Should never happen under correct work.

        throw new Error("Please report this bug.", ex);

      }

  }

  /**

  * Insert into the given <code>String[]</code> into the

  * given {@link Any}. This implementation first creates

  * a {@link StringSeqHolder} and then calls

  * {@link Any#insert_Streamable(Streamable)}.

  *

  * @param into the target Any.

  * @param that the array to insert.

  */

  public static void insert(Any into, String[] that)

  {

    StringSeqHolder holder = new StringSeqHolder(that);

    into.insert_Streamable(holder);

  }

  /**

   * Reads the <code>String[]</code> from the CORBA input stream.

   *

   * @param input the CORBA (not java.io) stream to read from.

   * @return the value from the stream.

   */

  public static String[] read(InputStream input)

  {

    String[] value = new String[ input.read_long() ];

    for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++)

      value [ i ] = input.read_string();

    return value;

  }

  /**

   * Creates and returns a new instance of the TypeCode,

   * corresponding the CORBA <code>string[]</code>.

   * The length of the sequence is left with the initial

   * value 0.

   */

  public static TypeCode type()

  {

    return new ArrayTypeCode(TCKind.tk_string);

  }

  /**

   * Writes the <code>String[]</code> into the given stream.

   *

   * @param output the CORBA (not java.io) output stream to write.

   * @param value the value that must be written.

   */

  public static void write(OutputStream output, String[] value)

  {

    output.write_long(value.length);

    for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++)

      output.write_string(value [ i ]);

  }

}