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/* ParameterMode.java --
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package org.omg.CORBA;
 
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity;
 
import java.io.Serializable;
 
/**
 * Defines the parameter modes (the ways in that a method parameter
 * is used during invocation).
 *
 * In CORBA, a method parameter can pass the value (PARAM_IN),
 * be used as a placeholder to return the value (PARAM_OUT) or
 * both pass the data and be used as a placeholder to return the
 * changed value (PARAM_INOUT).
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public class ParameterMode
  implements Serializable, IDLEntity
{
  /**
   * Use serialVersionUID (v1.4) for interoperability.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1521598391932998229L;
 
  /**
   * This value means that the parameter is an IN parameter.
   */
  public static final int _PARAM_IN = 0;
 
  /**
   * This value means that the parameter is an OUT parameter.
   */
  public static final int _PARAM_OUT = 1;
 
  /**
   * This value means that the parameter is an INOUT parameter.
   */
  public static final int _PARAM_INOUT = 2;
 
  /**
   * This value means that the parameter is an IN parameter.
   */
  public static final ParameterMode PARAM_IN = new ParameterMode(_PARAM_IN);
 
  /**
   * This value means that the parameter is an OUT parameter.
   */
  public static final ParameterMode PARAM_OUT = new ParameterMode(_PARAM_OUT);
 
  /**
   * This value means that the parameter is an INOUT parameter.
   */
  public static final ParameterMode PARAM_INOUT = new ParameterMode(_PARAM_INOUT);
 
  /**
   * The value of this parameter mode instance.
   */
  private final int value;
 
  /**
   * The conversion table.
   */
  private static final ParameterMode[] table =
    new ParameterMode[] { PARAM_IN, PARAM_OUT, PARAM_INOUT };
 
  /**
   * Create an instance of the parameter mode with the given value.
   */
  protected ParameterMode(int a_value)
  {
    value = a_value;
  }
 
  /**
   * Return the integer value code for the given parameter mode.
   *
   * @return 0 for PARAM_IN, 1 for PARAM_OUT, 3 for PARAM_INOUT.
   */
  public int value()
  {
    return value;
  }
 
  /**
   * Get a parameter mode instance for the integer parameter mode code.
   *
   * @param p_mode a parameter mode (0..2).
   *
   * @return a corresponding parameter mode instance.
   *
   * @throws BAD_PARAM for the invalid parameter mode code.
   */
  public static ParameterMode from_int(int p_mode)
  {
    try
      {
        return table [ p_mode ];
      }
    catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ex)
      {
        throw new BAD_PARAM("Invalid parameter mode: " + p_mode);
      }
  }
}