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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/TAO/tao/Any.h b/TAO/tao/Any.h
index 8090234c727..e4e6318527b 100644
--- a/TAO/tao/Any.h
+++ b/TAO/tao/Any.h
@@ -72,9 +72,11 @@ public:
              CORBA::Boolean any_owns_data = 0);
   // Constructor. The any_owns_data flag determines if the Any owns the value
 
+  // = TAO extension
   CORBA_Any (CORBA::TypeCode_ptr type,
              const ACE_Message_Block* mb);
-  // Constructor. Used by DynAny to compose/decompose complex types using a CDR.
+  // Constructor. Used by DynAny to compose/decompose 
+  // complex types using a CDR.
 
   CORBA_Any (const CORBA_Any &a);
   // Copy constructor.
@@ -238,19 +240,27 @@ public:
   void replace (CORBA::TypeCode_ptr type,
                 const void *value,
                 CORBA::Boolean any_owns_data,
-                CORBA_Environment &TAO_IN_ENV = CORBA::default_environment ());
+                CORBA_Environment &TAO_IN_ENV = 
+                  CORBA::default_environment ());
   // Replace the current typecode and data with the specified one -
   // unsafe.
 
   void replace (CORBA::TypeCode_ptr type,
                 const void *value,
-                CORBA_Environment &TAO_IN_ENV = CORBA::default_environment ());
+                CORBA_Environment &TAO_IN_ENV = 
+                  CORBA::default_environment ());
   // Replace the current typecode and data with the specified one -
   // unsafe. This uses a default value for the "any_owns_data" parameter
 
   CORBA::TypeCode_ptr type (void) const;
   // Return TypeCode of the element stored in the Any.
 
+  void type (CORBA::TypeCode_ptr type,
+             CORBA_Environment &TAO_IN_ENV = 
+               CORBA::default_environment ());
+  // For use along with <<= of a value of aliased type when the alias must
+  // be preserved.
+
   const void *value (void) const;
   // Returns 0 if the Any has not been assigned a value, following the
   // CORBA spec (ORBOS/98-01-11) it returns a non-zero value
@@ -263,7 +273,7 @@ public:
   // Prints the type and the value of the any value. Dumping is
   // supported only for standard data types.
 
-  // =TAO extension
+  // = TAO extensions
   CORBA::Boolean any_owns_data (void) const;
   // does the Any own the data or not. This is used by the >>=
   // operators generated by the IDL compiler. The >>= operator checks
@@ -272,7 +282,14 @@ public:
   // will have to decode the cdr string.
 
   ACE_Message_Block* _tao_get_cdr (void) const;
-  // CDR accessor.
+  // Message block accessor.
+
+  void _tao_replace (CORBA::TypeCode_ptr,
+                     const ACE_Message_Block *mb,
+                     CORBA::Boolean any_owns_data,
+                     CORBA::Environment &TAO_IN_ENV = 
+                       CORBA::default_environment ());
+  // Replace via message block instead of <value_>.
 
 protected:
   void free_value (CORBA::Environment &TAO_IN_ENV);
@@ -356,8 +373,8 @@ class TAO_Export CORBA_Any_out
   //   CORBA_Any_out
   //
   // = DESCRIPTION
-  //   The _out class for CORBA_Any. This is used to help in managing the out
-  //   parameters.
+  //   The _out class for CORBA_Any. This is used to help in 
+  //   managing the out parameters.
 public:
   // = operations.