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39 package org
.omg
.CORBA
.portable
;
41 import gnu
.java
.lang
.CPStringBuilder
;
43 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.BAD_PARAM
;
44 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.Context
;
45 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.ContextList
;
46 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.DomainManager
;
47 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.ExceptionList
;
48 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.NO_IMPLEMENT
;
49 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.NVList
;
50 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.NamedValue
;
51 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.ORB
;
52 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.Policy
;
53 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.Request
;
54 import org
.omg
.CORBA
.SetOverrideType
;
57 * Specifies a vendor specific implementation of the
58 * {@link org.omg.CORBA.Object} methods. The calls to these
59 * methods are forwarded to the object delegate that can be
60 * replaced, if needed. The first parameter is the actual
61 * CORBA object to that the operation must be applied.
63 * Some methods in this class are not abstract, but no implemented,
64 * thowing the {@link NO_IMPLEMENT}. This, however, does not mean that
65 * they are not implemented in the derived classes as well.
67 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
69 public abstract class Delegate
72 * Explains the reason of throwing the NO_IMPLEMENT.
74 private static final String WHY
=
75 "Following 1.4 API, this Delegate method must not be implemented. Override.";
78 * Create a request to invoke the method of this object.
80 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
81 * @param context a list of additional properties.
82 * @param operation the name of method to be invoked.
83 * @param parameters the method parameters.
84 * @param returns the container for tge method returned value.
86 * @return the created reaquest.
88 public abstract Request
create_request(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
89 Context context
, String operation
,
90 NVList parameters
, NamedValue returns
94 * Create a request to invoke the method of this object, specifying
95 * context list and the list of the expected exception.
97 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
98 * @param context a list of additional properties.
99 * @param operation the name of method to be invoked.
100 * @param parameters the method parameters.
101 * @param returns the container for tge method returned value.
102 * @param exceptions the list of the possible exceptions that the method
104 * @param ctx_list the list of the context strings that need to be
105 * resolved and send as a context instance.
107 * @return the created reaquest.
109 public abstract Request
create_request(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
110 Context context
, String operation
,
111 NVList parameters
, NamedValue returns
,
112 ExceptionList exceptions
,
117 * Duplicate the object reference. This does not make much sense for
118 * java platform and is just included for the sake of compliance with
121 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
123 * The method may return the object reference itself.
125 * @return as a rule, <code>this</code>.
127 public abstract org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object
duplicate(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
);
130 * Retrieve the domain managers for this object.
132 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
134 * @return the domain managers.
136 * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
138 public DomainManager
[] get_domain_managers(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
)
140 throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY
);
145 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
147 * Get the <code>InterfaceDef</code> for this Object.
149 public abstract org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object
get_interface_def(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
);
152 * Returns the {@link Policy}, applying to this object.
154 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
155 * @param a_policy_type a type of policy to be obtained.
156 * @return a corresponding Policy object.
158 * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
160 public Policy
get_policy(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
, int a_policy_type
)
163 throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY
);
167 * Get the hashcode this object reference. The same hashcode still
168 * does not means that the references are the same. From the other
169 * side, two different references may still refer to the same CORBA
170 * object. The returned value must not change during the object
173 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
174 * @param maximum the maximal value to return.
176 * @return the hashcode.
178 public abstract int hash(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
, int maximum
);
181 * Check if this object can be referenced by the given repository id.
183 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
184 * @param repositoryIdentifer the repository id.
186 * @return true if the passed parameter is a repository id of this
189 public abstract boolean is_a(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
190 String repositoryIdentifer
194 * Return true if the other object references are equivalent, so far as
195 * it is possible to determine this easily.
197 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
198 * @param other the other object reference.
200 * @return true if both references refer the same object, false
201 * if they probably can refer different objects.
204 public abstract boolean is_equivalent(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
205 org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object other
209 * Returns true if the object is local.
211 * @param self the object to check.
213 * @return false, always (following 1.4 specs). Override to get
216 public boolean is_local(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object self
)
222 * Determines if the server object for this reference has already
225 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
227 * @return true if the object has been destroyed, false otherwise.
229 public abstract boolean non_existent(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
);
232 * Compares two objects for equality. The default implementations
233 * delegated call to {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}.
235 * @param self this CORBA object.
236 * @param other the other CORBA object.
238 * @return true if the objects are equal.
240 public boolean equals(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object self
, java
.lang
.Object other
)
246 * Return the hashcode for this CORBA object. The default implementation
247 * delegates call to {@link #hash(org.omg.CORBA.Object, int)}, passing Integer.MAX_VALUE as an
250 * @param target the object, for that the hash code must be computed.
252 * @return the hashcode.
254 public int hashCode(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
)
256 return hash(target
, Integer
.MAX_VALUE
);
260 * Invoke the operation.
262 * @param target the invocation target.
263 * @param output the stream, containing the written arguments.
265 * @return the stream, from where the input parameters could be read.
267 * @throws ApplicationException if the application throws an exception,
268 * defined as a part of its remote method definition.
270 * @throws RemarshalException if reading(remarshalling) fails.
272 * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
274 public InputStream
invoke(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
275 org
.omg
.CORBA
.portable
.OutputStream output
277 throws ApplicationException
, RemarshalException
279 throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY
);
283 * Provides the reference to ORB.
285 * @param target the object reference.
287 * @return the associated ORB.
289 * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
291 public ORB
orb(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
)
293 throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY
);
297 * Free resoureces, occupied by this reference. The object implementation
298 * is not notified, and the other references to the same object are not
301 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
303 public abstract void release(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
);
306 * Release the reply stream back to ORB after finishing reading the data
309 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
310 * @param input the stream, normally returned by {@link #invoke} or
311 * {@link ApplicationException#getInputStream()}, can be null.
313 * The default method returns without action.
315 public void releaseReply(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
316 org
.omg
.CORBA
.portable
.InputStream input
322 * Create a request to invoke the method of this CORBA object.
324 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
325 * @param operation the name of the method to invoke.
327 * @return the request.
329 public abstract Request
request(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
, String operation
);
332 * Create a request to invoke the method of this CORBA object.
334 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
335 * @param operation the name of the method to invoke.
336 * @param response_expected specifies if this is one way message or the
337 * response to the message is expected.
339 * @return the stream where the method arguments should be written.
341 public org
.omg
.CORBA
.portable
.OutputStream
request(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
343 boolean response_expected
346 throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY
);
350 * This method is always called after invoking the operation on the
353 * The default method returns without action.
355 * @param self the object.
356 * @param servant the servant.
358 public void servant_postinvoke(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object self
,
359 ServantObject servant
365 * Returns a servant that should be used for this request.
366 * The servant can also be casted to the expected type, calling the
367 * required method directly.
369 * @param self the object
370 * @param operation the operation
371 * @param expectedType the expected type of the servant.
373 * This implementation always returns null; override for different
376 * @return the servant or null if the servant is not an expected type
377 * of the method is not supported, for example, due security reasons.
379 public ServantObject
servant_preinvoke(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object self
,
380 String operation
, Class expectedType
387 * Returns a new object with the new policies either replacing or
388 * extending the current policies, depending on the second parameter.
390 * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
391 * @param policies the policy additions or replacements.
392 * @param how either {@link SetOverrideType#SET_OVERRIDE} to override the
393 * current policies of {@link SetOverrideType#ADD_OVERRIDE} to replace
396 * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
398 * @return the new reference with the changed policies.
400 public org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object
set_policy_override(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object target
,
405 throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY
);
409 * Return a string representation of the passed object.
411 * @param self the CORBA object, to that the string representation must be
412 * returned. By default, the call is delegated to
413 * {@link java.lang.Object#toString()}.
415 * @return the string representation.
417 public String
toString(org
.omg
.CORBA
.Object self
)
419 if (self
instanceof ObjectImpl
)
421 ObjectImpl x
= (ObjectImpl
) self
;
422 CPStringBuilder b
= new CPStringBuilder(x
.getClass().getName());
424 for (int i
= 0; i
< x
._ids().length
; i
++)
426 b
.append(x
._ids() [ i
]);
433 return self
.getClass().getName();