Source for org.omg.CORBA.FixedHolder

   1: /* FixedHolder.java --
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package org.omg.CORBA;
  40: 
  41: import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.FixedTypeCode;
  42: 
  43: import java.math.BigDecimal;
  44: 
  45: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
  46: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
  47: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;
  48: 
  49: /**
  50:  * A holder for CORBA <code>fixed</code> that is mapped into
  51:  * java <code>BigDecimal</code>.
  52:  *
  53:  * The holders have several application areas. The end user usually
  54:  * sees them implementing CORBA methods where the primitive type
  55:  * is passed by reference. While CORBA (or, for example, C) supports
  56:  * this, the java does not and a wrapper class is required.
  57:  *
  58:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  59:  */
  60: public final class FixedHolder
  61:   implements Streamable
  62: {
  63:   /**
  64:    * The <code>BigDecimal</code> (CORBA <code>fixed</code>) value,
  65:    * held by this FixedHolder.
  66:    */
  67:   public BigDecimal value;
  68: 
  69:   /**
  70:    * Constructs an instance of FixedHolder,
  71:    * initializing {@link #value} to <code>null</code>.
  72:    */
  73:   public FixedHolder()
  74:   {
  75:   }
  76: 
  77:   /**
  78:    * Constructs an instance of FixedHolder,
  79:    * initializing {@link #value} to the given <code>BigDecimal</code>.
  80:    *
  81:    * @param initial_value a value that will be assigned to the
  82:    * {@link #value} field.
  83:    */
  84:   public FixedHolder(BigDecimal initial_value)
  85:   {
  86:     value = initial_value;
  87:   }
  88: 
  89:   /**
  90:    * Fill in the {@link #value } field by reading the required data
  91:    * from the given stream. For <code>fixed</code>, the functionality
  92:    * is delegated to
  93:    * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream#read_fixed}.
  94:    *
  95:    * @param input the input stream to read from.
  96:    */
  97:   public void _read(InputStream input)
  98:   {
  99:     value = input.read_fixed();
 100:   }
 101: 
 102:   /**
 103:    * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored
 104:    * using this holder. The scale and digits are set corresponding
 105:    * the scale and used digits of the value that is currently stored
 106:    * or left with default value 0 if the value is not set.
 107:    */
 108:   public TypeCode _type()
 109:   {
 110:     return new FixedTypeCode(value);
 111:   }
 112: 
 113:   /**
 114:    * Write the {@link #value } field to the given stream.
 115:    * For <code>fixed</code>, the functionality
 116:    * is delegated to
 117:    * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream#write_fixed(BigDecimal) }.
 118:    *
 119:    * @param output the output stream to write into.
 120:    */
 121:   public void _write(OutputStream output)
 122:   {
 123:     output.write_fixed(value);
 124:   }
 125: }