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+/* gnuValueHolder.java --
+ Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package gnu.CORBA;
+
+import gnu.CORBA.CDR.Vio;
+
+import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
+import org.omg.CORBA.ValueBaseHolder;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.BoxedValueHelper;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * Boxed value holder that also remembers the value type and the value helper.
+ *
+ * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
+ */
+public class gnuValueHolder
+ extends ValueBaseHolder
+{
+ /**
+ * The type code of the stored value.
+ */
+ TypeCode type;
+
+ /**
+ * The helper that could read and write fields of the boxed value.
+ */
+ transient BoxedValueHelper helper;
+
+ /**
+ * If true, the helper not available.
+ */
+ transient boolean helper_NA;
+
+ /**
+ * Create a new instance for the given value and given type.
+ */
+ public gnuValueHolder(Serializable value, TypeCode a_type)
+ {
+ super(value);
+ type = a_type;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Get the true type, as it was passed in the constructor.
+ */
+ public TypeCode _type()
+ {
+ return type;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Write content to the output stream. Tries to locate the
+ * corresponding helper class.
+ */
+ public void _write(OutputStream output)
+ {
+ findHelper();
+ if (helper == null)
+ super._write(output);
+ else
+ Vio.write(output, value, helper);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Read, trying to locate helper, if possible.
+ */
+ public void _read(InputStream input)
+ {
+ findHelper();
+ if (helper == null)
+ super._read(input);
+ else
+ value = Vio.read(input, helper);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Set the read and write methods.
+ */
+ void findHelper()
+ {
+ if (helper != null || helper_NA)
+ return;
+ try
+ {
+ Class helperClass =
+ Class.forName(ObjectCreator.toHelperName(type.id()));
+
+ helper = (BoxedValueHelper) helperClass.newInstance();
+ }
+ catch (Exception ex)
+ {
+ helper_NA = true;
+ }
+ }
+} \ No newline at end of file