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037    
038    
039    package org.omg.CORBA;
040    
041    import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.PrimitiveTypeCode;
042    
043    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
044    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
045    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;
046    
047    /**
048     * A holder for CORBA <code>TypeCode</code> that is mapped into
049     * java <code>TypeCode</code>.
050     *
051     *
052     * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
053     */
054    public final class TypeCodeHolder
055      implements Streamable
056    {
057      /**
058       * The default type code for this holder.
059       */
060      private static final TypeCode t_TypeCode =
061        new PrimitiveTypeCode(TCKind.tk_TypeCode);
062    
063      /**
064       * The <code>TypeCode</code> (CORBA <code>TypeCode</code>) value,
065       * held by this TypeCodeHolder.
066       */
067      public TypeCode value;
068    
069      /**
070       * Constructs an instance of TypeCodeHolder,
071       * initializing {@link #value} to <code>null</code>.
072       */
073      public TypeCodeHolder()
074      {
075      }
076    
077      /**
078       * Constructs an instance of TypeCodeHolder,
079       * initializing {@link #value} to the given <code>TypeCode</code>.
080       *
081       * @param initial_value a value that will be assigned to the
082       * {@link #value} field.
083       */
084      public TypeCodeHolder(TypeCode initial_value)
085      {
086        value = initial_value;
087      }
088    
089      /**
090       * Fill in the {@link #value} field by reading the required data
091       * from the given stream. For <code>TypeCode</code>, the functionality
092       * is delegated to
093       * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream#read_TypeCode}.
094       *
095       * @param input the input stream to read from.
096       */
097      public void _read(InputStream input)
098      {
099        value = input.read_TypeCode();
100      }
101    
102      /**
103       * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored
104       * using this holder.
105       */
106      public TypeCode _type()
107      {
108        return t_TypeCode;
109      }
110    
111      /**
112       * Write the {@link #value} field to the given stream.
113       * For <code>TypeCode</code>, the functionality
114       * is delegated to
115       * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream#write_TypeCode(TypeCode) }.
116       *
117       * @param output the output stream to write into.
118       */
119      public void _write(OutputStream output)
120      {
121        output.write_TypeCode(value);
122      }
123    }