minwin-gcc-5-2/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA/StringValueHelper.java

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package org.omg.CORBA;

import gnu.CORBA.Minor;
import gnu.CORBA.OrbRestricted;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.BoxedValueHelper;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Provides helper operations for the String value type, treating a
 * String as a CORBA value type rather than as a primitive type. The OMG
 * specification states this may be convenient in some specific
 * cases. The typecode is different, but the reading/writing format in
 * this implementation is the same as for the ordinary string. This is
 * that Sun's IDL compiler (v1.4) would generate.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public class StringValueHelper
  implements BoxedValueHelper
{
  /**
   * The String value helper repository Id.
   */
  private static final String id = "IDL:omg.org/CORBA/StringValue:1.0";

  /**
   * The String typecode.
   */
  private static final TypeCode tString =
    OrbRestricted.Singleton.create_string_tc(0);

  /**
   * Returns the String Value repository Id.
   * @return "IDL:omg.org/CORBA/StringValue:1.0", always.
   */
  public String get_id()
  {
    return id;
  }

  /**
   * Returns the String Value repository Id.
   * @return "IDL:omg.org/CORBA/StringValue:1.0", always.
   */
  public static String id()
  {
    return id;
  }

  /**
   * Read the string value from the input stream.
   *
   * @param istream a stream to read from.
   *
   * @return a string (delegates to read_string()).
   */
  public Serializable read_value(InputStream istream)
  {
    return istream.read_string();
  }

  /**
   * Write the given string value into the output stream.
   *
   * @param ostream a stream to write into.
   * @param a_string a string to write.
   */
  public void write_value(OutputStream ostream, Serializable a_string)
  {
    try
      {
        ostream.write_string((String) a_string);
      }
    catch (ClassCastException ex)
      {
        MARSHAL m = new MARSHAL("String expected");
        m.minor = Minor.ClassCast;
        throw m;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Extract the string from the given Any. The operation
   * requires Any to hold a String value and not a String.
   *
   * @param an_any an Any to extract from.
   *
   * @return the extracted string.
   */
  public static String extract(Any an_any)
  {
    if (an_any.type().equal(type()))
      {
        an_any.type(tString);
        return an_any.extract_string();
      }
    else
      {
        BAD_OPERATION bad = new BAD_OPERATION("String value type expected");
        bad.minor = Minor.Any;
        throw bad;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Insert the string into the given Any. After the operation,
   * the Any will have a String Value typecode and not a
   * String typecode.
   *
   * @param an_any an Any to insert into.
   *
   * @param that a string to insert.
   */
  public static void insert(Any an_any, String that)
  {
    an_any.insert_string(that);
    an_any.type(type());
  }

  /**
   * Reads a string as a value type.
   *
   * @param in a stream to read value from.
   */
  public static String read(InputStream in)
  {
    return in.read_string();
  }

  /**
   * Create and return the value box typecode, named "StringValue", with the
   * content typecode being unbounded string.
   */
  public static TypeCode type()
  {
    ORB orb = OrbRestricted.Singleton;
    return orb.create_value_box_tc(id(), "StringValue", tString);
  }

  /**
   * Writes a string as a value type.
   *
   * @param out a stream to write value into.
   *
   * @param a_string a string to write.
   */
  public static void write(OutputStream out, String a_string)
  {
    out.write_string(a_string);
  }
}