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package org.omg.DynamicAny;

import gnu.CORBA.DynAnySeqHolder;
import gnu.CORBA.Minor;
import gnu.CORBA.OrbRestricted;

import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_OPERATION;
import org.omg.CORBA.MARSHAL;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;

/**
 * A helper operations for the array of {@link DynAny} ({@link DynAnySeq}).
 * Following the 1.5 JDK specifications, DynAny (and hence an sequence of
 * DynAny's) is always a local object, so the two methods of this helper
 * ({@link #read} and {@link #write} are not in use, always throwing
 * {@link MARSHAL}.
 *
 * @specnote always throwing MARSHAL in read and write ensures compatibility
 * with other popular implementations like Sun's.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public abstract class DynAnySeqHelper
{
  public static TypeCode type()
  {
    ORB orb = OrbRestricted.Singleton;
    TypeCode t = orb.create_sequence_tc(0, DynAnyHelper.type());
    return orb.create_alias_tc(id(), "DynAnySeq", t);
  }

  /**
   * Insert the DynAnySeq into the given Any.
   * This method uses the DynAnySeqHolder.
   *
   * @param any the Any to insert into.
   * @param those the DynAny[] to insert.
   */
  public static void insert(Any any, DynAny[] those)
  {
    any.insert_Streamable(new DynAnySeqHolder(those));
  }

  /**
   * Extract the DynAnySeq from given Any.
   * This method uses the DynAnySeqHolder.
   *
   * @throws BAD_OPERATION if the passed Any does not contain DynAnySeq.
   */
  public static DynAny[] extract(Any any)
  {
    try
      {
        return ((DynAnySeqHolder) any.extract_Streamable()).value;
      }
    catch (ClassCastException cex)
      {
        BAD_OPERATION bad = new BAD_OPERATION("DynAnySeq expected");
        bad.initCause(cex);
        bad.minor = Minor.Any;        
        throw bad;
      }
  }

  /**
   * Get the DynAnySeq repository id.
   *
   * @return "IDL:omg.org/DynamicAny/DynAnySeq:1.0", always.
   */
  public static String id()
  {
    return "IDL:omg.org/DynamicAny/DynAnySeq:1.0";
  }

  /**
   * The method should read this object from the CDR input stream, but
   * (following the JDK 1.5 API) it does not.
   *
   * @param input a org.omg.CORBA.portable stream to read from.
   *
   * @specenote Sun throws the same exception.
   *
   * @throws MARSHAL always.
   */
  public static DynAny[] read(InputStream input)
  {
    throw new MARSHAL(DynAnyFactoryHelper.not_applicable(id()));
  }

  /**
   * The method should write this object to the CDR input stream, but
   * (following the JDK 1.5 API) it does not.
   *
   * @param input a org.omg.CORBA.portable stream to read from.
   *
   * @specenote Sun throws the same exception.
   *
   * @throws MARSHAL always.
   */
  public static void write(OutputStream output, DynAny[] value)
  {
    throw new MARSHAL(DynAnyFactoryHelper.not_applicable(id()));
  }
}