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/* WStringHolder.java --
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package gnu.CORBA;
 
import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.StringTypeCode;
 
import org.omg.CORBA.TCKind;
import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;
 
/**
 * A holder for CORBA <code>wstring</code> that is mapped into
 * java <code>String</code>. This holder writes and reads differently
 * from the StringHolder.
 *
 * 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 class WStringHolder
  implements Streamable
{
  /**
   * The default type code for this holder.
   */
  private static final StringTypeCode t_string =
    new StringTypeCode(TCKind.tk_wstring);
 
  /**
   * The <code>String</code> (CORBA <code>string</code>) value,
   * held by this WStringHolder.
   */
  public String value;
 
  /**
   * Constructs an instance of WStringHolder,
   * initializing {@link #value} to <code>null</code>.
   */
  public WStringHolder()
  {
  }
 
  /**
   * Constructs an instance of WStringHolder,
   * initializing {@link #value} to the given <code>String</code>.
   *
   * @param initial_value a value that will be assigned to the
   * {@link #value} field.
   */
  public WStringHolder(String initial_value)
  {
    value = initial_value;
  }
 
  /**
   * Fill in the {@link #value } field by reading the required data
   * from the given stream. For <code>string</code>, the functionality
   * is delegated to
   * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream#read_wstring}.
   *
   * @param input the input stream to read from.
   */
  public void _read(InputStream input)
  {
    value = input.read_wstring();
  }
 
  /**
   * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored
   * using this holder. The {@link TypeCode#length()} method of the
   * returned typecode always returns 0.
   */
  public TypeCode _type()
  {
    return t_string;
  }
 
  /**
   * Write the {@link #value } field to the given stream.
   * For <code>string</code>, the functionality
   * is delegated to
   * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream#write_wstring(String) }.
   *
   * @param output the output stream to write into.
   */
  public void _write(OutputStream output)
  {
    output.write_wstring(value);
  }
}