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/* gnuValueHolder.java --
   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
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package gnu.CORBA;
 
import gnu.CORBA.CDR.Vio;
 
import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
import org.omg.CORBA.ValueBaseHolder;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.BoxedValueHelper;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
 
import java.io.Serializable;
 
/**
 * Boxed value holder that also remembers the value type and the value helper.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public class gnuValueHolder
  extends ValueBaseHolder
{
  /**
   * The type code of the stored value.
   */
  TypeCode type;
 
  /**
   * The helper that could read and write fields of the boxed value.
   */
  transient BoxedValueHelper helper;
 
  /**
   * If true, the helper not available.
   */
  transient boolean helper_NA;
 
  /**
   * Create a new instance for the given value and given type.
   */
  public gnuValueHolder(Serializable value, TypeCode a_type)
  {
    super(value);
    type = a_type;
  }
 
  /**
   * Get the true type, as it was passed in the constructor.
   */
  public TypeCode _type()
  {
    return type;
  }
 
  /**
   * Write content to the output stream. Tries to locate the
   * corresponding helper class.
   */
  public void _write(OutputStream output)
  {
    findHelper();
    if (helper == null)
      super._write(output);
    else
      Vio.write(output, value, helper);
  }
 
  /**
   * Read, trying to locate helper, if possible.
   */
  public void _read(InputStream input)
  {
    findHelper();
    if (helper == null)
      super._read(input);
    else
      value = Vio.read(input, helper);
  }
 
  /**
   * Set the read and write methods.
   */
  void findHelper()
  {
    if (helper != null || helper_NA)
      return;
    try
      {
        Class helperClass =
          ObjectCreator.forName(ObjectCreator.toHelperName(type.id()));
 
        helper = (BoxedValueHelper) helperClass.newInstance();
      }
    catch (Exception ex)
      {
        helper_NA = true;
      }
  }
}