Source for org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ObjectReferenceFactory

   1: /* ObjectReferenceFactory.java --
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  38: 
  39: package org.omg.PortableInterceptor;
  40: 
  41: import org.omg.CORBA.Object;
  42: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity;
  43: import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase;
  44: 
  45: /**
  46:  * Provides the possibility to create the CORBA object reference.
  47:  * The reference is created from repository id (defining the type of the
  48:  * object) and the object id (defining the identity of the object).
  49:  *
  50:  * @since 1.5
  51:  *
  52:  * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
  53:  */
  54: public interface ObjectReferenceFactory
  55:   extends ValueBase, IDLEntity
  56: {
  57:   /**
  58:    * Create an object with the given repository and object ids. This interface
  59:    * does not specify where and how the returned object must be connected and
  60:    * activated. The derived {@link ObjectReferenceTemplate} interface assumes
  61:    * the object must be connected to the POA that is specific to that
  62:    * template (name can be obtained).
  63:    * 
  64:    * If the object with this objectId already exists in the given context, it 
  65:    * is found and returned; a new object is <i>not</i> created.
  66:    * 
  67:    * @param repositoryId the repository id of the object being created, defines
  68:    * the type of the object.
  69:    * 
  70:    * @param objectId the byte array, defining the identity of the object.
  71:    * 
  72:    * @return The created corba object.
  73:    */
  74:   Object make_object(String repositoryId, byte[] objectId);