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037    
038    
039    package org.omg.CORBA;
040    
041    import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.PrimitiveTypeCode;
042    
043    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
044    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
045    import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;
046    
047    /**
048     * A holder for CORBA <code>long</code> that is mapped into
049     * java <code>int</code>.
050     *
051     * The holders have several application areas. The end user usually
052     * sees them implementing CORBA methods where the primitive type
053     * is passed by reference. While CORBA (or, for example, C) supports
054     * this, the java does not and a wrapper class is required.
055     *
056     * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
057     */
058    public final class IntHolder
059      implements Streamable
060    {
061      /**
062       * The default type code for this holder.
063       */
064      private static final TypeCode t_long = new PrimitiveTypeCode(TCKind.tk_long);
065    
066      /**
067       * The <code>int</code> (CORBA <code>long</code>) value,
068       * held by this IntHolder.
069       */
070      public int value;
071    
072      /**
073       * Constructs an instance of IntHolder,
074       * initializing {@link #value} to <code>0</code>.
075       */
076      public IntHolder()
077      {
078      }
079    
080      /**
081       * Constructs an instance of IntHolder,
082       * initializing {@link #value} to the given <code>int</code>.
083       *
084       * @param initial_value a value that will be assigned to the
085       * {@link #value} field.
086       */
087      public IntHolder(int initial_value)
088      {
089        value = initial_value;
090      }
091    
092      /**
093       * Fill in the {@link #value } field by reading the required data
094       * from the given stream. For <code>long</code>, the functionality
095       * is delegated to
096       * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream#read_long}.
097       *
098       * @param input the input stream to read from.
099       */
100      public void _read(InputStream input)
101      {
102        value = input.read_long();
103      }
104    
105      /**
106       * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored
107       * using this holder.
108       */
109      public TypeCode _type()
110      {
111        return t_long;
112      }
113    
114      /**
115       * Write the {@link #value } field to the given stream.
116       * For <code>long</code>, the functionality
117       * is delegated to
118       * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream#write_long(int) }.
119       *
120       * @param output the output stream to write into.
121       */
122      public void _write(OutputStream output)
123      {
124        output.write_long(value);
125      }
126    }