001    /* WStringSeqHelper.java --
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037    
038    
039    package org.omg.CORBA;
040    
041    import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.ArrayTypeCode;
042    
043    import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage.BadKind;
044    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
045    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
046    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;
047    
048    /**
049     * Provides static helper methods for working with
050     * CORBA <code>wstring</code> array.
051     *
052     * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
053     */
054    public abstract class WStringSeqHelper
055    {
056      /**
057       * Extract the <code>String[]</code> from the
058       * given {@link Any}. This implementation expects the
059       * {@link Any} to hold the instance of {@link WStringSeqHolder}
060       * that is returned by {@link Any#extract_Streamable() }.
061       *
062       * @param a an Any to extract the array from.
063       *
064       * @return the extracted array.
065       *
066       * @throws ClassCastException if the Any contains something other than the
067       * the {@link WStringSeqHolder}.
068       */
069      public static String[] extract(Any a)
070      {
071        WStringSeqHolder h = (WStringSeqHolder) a.extract_Streamable();
072        return h.value;
073      }
074    
075      /**
076       * Returns the agreed Id, delegating functionality to
077       * the {@link #type()}.id().
078       */
079      public static String id()
080      {
081        try
082          {
083            return type().id();
084          }
085        catch (BadKind ex)
086          {
087            // Should never happen under correct work.
088            throw new Error("Please report this bug.", ex);
089          }
090      }
091    
092      /**
093      * Insert into the given <code>String[]</code> into the
094      * given {@link Any}. This implementation first creates
095      * a {@link WStringSeqHolder} and then calls
096      * {@link Any#insert_Streamable(Streamable)}.
097      *
098      * @param into the target Any.
099      * @param that the array to insert.
100      */
101      public static void insert(Any into, String[] that)
102      {
103        WStringSeqHolder holder = new WStringSeqHolder(that);
104        into.insert_Streamable(holder);
105      }
106    
107      /**
108       * Reads the <code>String[]</code> from the CORBA input stream.
109       *
110       * @param input the CORBA (not java.io) stream to read from.
111       * @return the value from the stream.
112       */
113      public static String[] read(InputStream input)
114      {
115        String[] value = new String[ input.read_long() ];
116        for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++)
117          {
118            value [ i ] = input.read_wstring();
119          }
120        return value;
121      }
122    
123      /**
124       * Creates and returns a new instance of the TypeCode,
125       * corresponding the CORBA <code>wstring[]</code>.
126       * The length of the sequence is left with the initial
127       * value 0.
128       */
129      public static TypeCode type()
130      {
131        return new ArrayTypeCode(TCKind.tk_string);
132      }
133    
134      /**
135       * Writes the <code>String[]</code> into the given stream.
136       *
137       * @param output the CORBA (not java.io) output stream to write.
138       * @param value the value that must be written.
139       */
140      public static void write(OutputStream output, String[] value)
141      {
142        output.write_long(value.length);
143    
144        for (int i = 0; i < value.length; i++)
145          {
146            output.write_wstring(value [ i ]);
147          }
148      }
149    }