Source for org.omg.IOP.Codec

   1: /* Codec.java --
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  37: 
  38: 
  39: package org.omg.IOP;
  40: 
  41: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity;
  42: 
  43: /**
  44:  * <p>
  45:  * Codec provides means to encode IDL data types into the byte arrays.
  46:  * Some parts of the CORBA message may contain such abstracted (encapsulated)
  47:  * byte arrays, holding arbitrary information. The encoding and decoding
  48:  * operations are defined separately in {@link CodecOperations}.
  49:  * The Codec for {@link ENCODING_CDR_ENCAPS} v 1.0 - 1.2 is required by OMG.
  50:  * Vendors can implement additional Codec's, driven by alternative algorithms.
  51:  * </p>
  52:  * <p>
  53:  * The {@link ENCODING_CDR_ENCAPS} Codec, returned by the {@link CodecFactory},
  54:  * is a local object. It is not possible to get its stringified reference,
  55:  * to send it over CDR streams or invoke the methods remotely.
  56:  * </p>
  57:  * <p>
  58:  * Codec is obtained from {@link CodecFactory}. CodecFactory is returned by
  59:  * <code>ORB.resolve_initial_references("CodecFactory")</code>.
  60:  * </p>
  61:  * @specnote The ENCODING_CDR_ENCAPS Codec is local in both Suns
  62:  * (at least till 1.4 inclusive) an this implementation.
  63:  *
  64:  *
  65:  *
  66:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  67:  */
  68: public interface Codec
  69:   extends CodecOperations, IDLEntity, org.omg.CORBA.Object
  70: {