1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/DynamicAny/DynValueHelper.java b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/DynamicAny/DynValueHelper.java
index a6d7afaa9e3..026ca499077 100644
--- a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/DynamicAny/DynValueHelper.java
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/DynamicAny/DynValueHelper.java
@@ -78,6 +78,25 @@ public abstract class DynValueHelper
         throw new BAD_PARAM(obj.getClass().getName() + " is not a DynValue");
       }
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Narrow the given object to the DynValue. For the objects that are
+   * always local, this operation does not differ from the ordinary
+   * {@link #narrow} (ClassCastException will be thrown if narrowing something
+   * different).
+   * 
+   * @param obj the object to cast.
+   * 
+   * @return the casted DynValue.
+   * 
+   * @since 1.5 
+   * 
+   * @see OMG issue 4158.
+   */
+  public static DynValue unchecked_narrow(org.omg.CORBA.Object obj)
+  {
+    return narrow(obj);
+  }    
 
   /**
    * Get the type code of the {@link DynValue}.