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/* ValueBaseHelper.java --
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package org.omg.CORBA;
 
import gnu.CORBA.CDR.Vio;
import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.RecordTypeCode;
 
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase;
 
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.io.Serializable;
 
/**
 * A helper operations for the value base type ({@link ValueBase}).
 *
 * @since 1.3
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public abstract class ValueBaseHelper
{
  /**
   * Extract the value type from the given Any.
   *
   * @param a the Any to extract from.
   *
   * @return the extracted value type.
   */
  public static Serializable extract(Any a)
  {
    return a.extract_Value();
  }
 
  /**
   * Return the value base helper repository id.
   *
   * @return IDL:omg.org/CORBA/ValueBase:1.0, always.
   */
  public static String id()
  {
    return "IDL:omg.org/CORBA/ValueBase:1.0";
  }
 
  /**
   * Insert the value base that is Serializable into
   * the given Any.
   *
   * @param a the Any to insert into.
   * @param that the value base to insert.
   */
  public static void insert(Any a, Serializable that)
  {
    a.insert_Value(that);
  }
 
  /**
   * Read the value base from the given input stream.
   *
   * @param input a stream to read from.
   *
   * @return the loaded value.
   *
   * @throws MARSHAL if the reading has failed due any reason.
   */
  public static Serializable read(InputStream input)
  {
    return Vio.read(input);
  }
 
  /**
   * Get the typecode of the value type.
   * @return the typecode of the value type
   */
  public static TypeCode type()
  {
    RecordTypeCode r = new RecordTypeCode(TCKind.tk_value);
    return r;
  }
 
  /**
   * Write the value base into the given stream.
   *
   * If the passed value implements the {@link CustomMarshal},
   * the helper uses {@link CustomMarshal#marshal}
   * to write the content in a user defined way. Otherwise,
   * this implementation initialises the {@link ObjectOutputStream}
   * and writes through it.
   *
   * @param output a stream to write to.
   *
   * @param value a value to write.
   *
   * @throws MARSHAL if the writing failed due any reason.
   */
  public static void write(OutputStream output, Serializable value)
  {
    Vio.write(output, value);
  }
}