//================================================
/**
*  @file  DataType_Handler.h
*
*  $Id$
*
*  @author Jules White <jules@dre.vanderbilt.edu>
*/
//================================================

#ifndef DATATYPE_HANDLER_H
#define DATATYPE_HANDLER_H

#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"

#include "ciao/DeploymentC.h"
#include "Basic_Deployment_Data.hpp"

#include "Config_Handlers_Common_Export.h"

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
# pragma once
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */


namespace CIAO{

namespace Config_Handlers{

/*
* @class DataType_Handler
*
* @brief Handler class for <ComponentPortDescription> types.
*
* This class defines handler methods to map values from
* XSC objects, parsed from the descriptor files, to the
* corresponding CORBA IDL type for the schema element.
*
*/

class Config_Handlers_Common_Export DataType_Handler {

public:

DataType_Handler (void);
virtual ~DataType_Handler (void);

////This method takes a <CIAO::Config_Handlers::DataType>
///and returns the corresponding CORBA::TypeCode.
static void
data_type (const DataType& desc,
CORBA::TypeCode_ptr& type);


static DataType data_type (const CORBA::TypeCode_ptr& type);
};

}
}

#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
#endif /* DATATYPE_HANDLER_H */