Source for org.omg.CosNaming.IstringHelper

   1: /* IstringHelper.java --
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package org.omg.CosNaming;
  40: 
  41: import gnu.CORBA.OrbRestricted;
  42: 
  43: import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
  44: import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
  45: import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
  46: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
  47: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
  48: 
  49: /**
  50:  * "Istring" was a "placeholder for a future IDL internationalized
  51:  * string data type" in the original specification. It is maintained
  52:  * solely for compatibility reasons. In both java and CORBA,
  53:  * Istring is now identical to the narrow (not wide) string and needs
  54:  * no helper. This class is implemented just for compatibility
  55:  * reasons.
  56:  *
  57:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  58:  */
  59: public abstract class IstringHelper
  60: {
  61:   /**
  62:    * Insert the IString into Any (uses {@link Any#insert_string}).
  63:    *
  64:    * @param a the Any to insert into.
  65:    * @param that the string to insert.
  66:    */
  67:   public static void insert(Any a, String that)
  68:   {
  69:     a.insert_string(that);
  70:   }
  71: 
  72:   /**
  73:    * Extract the IString from Any ((uses {@link Any#extract_string}).
  74:    *
  75:    * @param a the Any to extract from.
  76:    */
  77:   public static String extract(Any a)
  78:   {
  79:     return a.extract_string();
  80:   }
  81: 
  82:   /**
  83:    * Return an alias typecode.
  84:    */
  85:   public static TypeCode type()
  86:   {
  87:     ORB orb = OrbRestricted.Singleton;
  88:     return orb.create_alias_tc(id(), "Istring", orb.create_string_tc(0));
  89:   }
  90: 
  91:   /**
  92:    * Return the IString repository id.
  93:    * @return "IDL:omg.org/CosNaming/Istring:1.0", always.
  94:    */
  95:   public static String id()
  96:   {
  97:     return "IDL:omg.org/CosNaming/Istring:1.0";
  98:   }
  99: 
 100:   /**
 101:    * Calls {@link InputStream#read_string()}.
 102:    *
 103:    * @param istream the stream to read from.
 104:    */
 105:   public static String read(InputStream istream)
 106:   {
 107:     return istream.read_string();
 108:   }
 109: 
 110:   /**
 111:    * Calls {@link OutputStream#write_string(String)}.
 112:    *
 113:    * @param ostream the stream to write into.
 114:    * @param value the string (IString) value to write.
 115:    */
 116:   public static void write(OutputStream ostream, String value)
 117:   {
 118:     ostream.write_string(value);
 119:   }