Source for org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.OutputStream

   1: /* OutputStream.java --
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable;
  40: 
  41: import gnu.CORBA.CDR.Vio;
  42: 
  43: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.BoxedValueHelper;
  44: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase;
  45: 
  46: import java.io.Serializable;
  47: 
  48: /**
  49:  * This class defines a new CDR input stream methods, added since
  50:  * CORBA 2.3.
  51:  *
  52:  * This class is abstract; no direct instances can be instantiated.
  53:  * Also, up till v 1.4 inclusive there are no methods that would
  54:  * return it directly.
  55:  *
  56:  * However since 1.3 all methods, declared as returning an
  57:  * org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream actually return the instance of this
  58:  * derived class and the new methods are accessible after the casting
  59:  * operation.
  60:  *
  61:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  62:  */
  63: public abstract class OutputStream
  64:   extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream
  65: {
  66:   /**
  67:    * Writes an abstract interface to the stream. An abstract interface can be
  68:    * eithe CORBA object or value type and is written as a union with the boolean
  69:    * discriminator (false for objects, true for value types).
  70:    * 
  71:    * The object from value is separated by fact that all values implement the
  72:    * {@link ValueBase} interface. Also, the passed parameter is treated as value
  73:    * it it does not implement CORBA Object.
  74:    * 
  75:    * @param an_interface an abstract interface to write.
  76:    */
  77:   public void write_abstract_interface(java.lang.Object an_interface)
  78:   {
  79:     boolean isObject = !(an_interface instanceof ValueBase)
  80:       && an_interface instanceof org.omg.CORBA.Object;
  81: 
  82:     write_boolean(isObject);
  83: 
  84:     if (isObject)
  85:       write_Object((org.omg.CORBA.Object) an_interface);
  86:     else
  87:       write_value((Serializable) an_interface);
  88: 
  89:   }
  90: 
  91:   /**
  92:    * Writes a value type into the output stream.
  93:    * 
  94:    * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue} (for user-defined
  95:    * writing method) or {@link StramableValue} (for standard writing using code,
  96:    * generated by IDL compiler).
  97:    * 
  98:    * The written record will have a repository id, matching the class of the
  99:    * passed object. The codebase will not be written.
 100:    * 
 101:    * @param value a value type object to write.
 102:    */
 103:   public void write_value(Serializable value)
 104:   {
 105:     Vio.write(this, value);
 106:   }
 107: 
 108:   /**
 109:    * Write value to the stream using the boxed value helper.
 110:    *
 111:    * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue}
 112:    * (for user-defined writing method) or {@link StramableValue}
 113:    * (for standard writing using code, generated by IDL compiler).
 114:    *
 115:    * @param value a value to write.
 116:    * @param helper a helper, responsible for the writing operation.
 117:    */
 118:   public void write_value(Serializable value, BoxedValueHelper helper)
 119:   {
 120:     Vio.write(this, value, helper);
 121:   }
 122: 
 123:   /**
 124:    * Writes a value type into the output stream, stating it is an
 125:    * instance of the given class. The written record
 126:    * will have a repository id, matching the passed class.
 127:    * The codebase will not be written. It the object
 128:    * being written is an instance of the different class, this results
 129:    * writing two Id inheritance hierarchy.
 130:    *
 131:    * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue}
 132:    * (for user-defined writing method) or {@link StramableValue}
 133:    * (for standard writing using code, generated by IDL compiler).
 134:    *
 135:    * @param value a value type object to write.
 136:    */
 137:   public void write_value(Serializable value, Class clz)
 138:   {
 139:     Vio.write(this, value, clz);
 140:   }
 141: 
 142:   /**
 143:    * Writes a value type into the output stream, stating it has the given
 144:    * repository id.
 145:    * 
 146:    * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue} (for user-defined
 147:    * writing method) or {@link StramableValue} (for standard writing using code,
 148:    * generated by IDL compiler).
 149:    * 
 150:    * @param repository_id a repository id of the value type.
 151:    * 
 152:    * @param value a value type object to write.
 153:    */
 154:   public void write_value(Serializable value, String repository_id)
 155:   {
 156:     Vio.write(this, value, repository_id);
 157:   }