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  25 
  26 package org.omg.CORBA;
  27 
  28 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;
  29 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
  30 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
  31 
  32 
  33 /**
  34  * The Holder for <tt>Object</tt>.  For more information on
  35  * Holder files, see <a href="doc-files/generatedfiles.html#holder">
  36  * "Generated Files: Holder Files"</a>.<P>
  37  * A Holder class for a CORBA object reference (a value of type
  38  * <code>org.omg.CORBA.Object</code>).  It is usually
  39  * used to store "out" and "inout" parameters in IDL methods.
  40  * If an IDL method signature has a CORBA Object reference as an "out"
  41  * or "inout" parameter, the programmer must pass an instance of
  42  * <code>ObjectHolder</code> as the corresponding
  43  * parameter in the method invocation; for "inout" parameters, the programmer
  44  * must also fill the "in" value to be sent to the server.
  45  * Before the method invocation returns, the ORB will fill in the
  46  * value corresponding to the "out" value returned from the server.
  47  * <P>
  48  * If <code>myObjectHolder</code> is an instance of <code>ObjectHolder</code>,
  49  * the value stored in its <code>value</code> field can be accessed with
  50  * <code>myObjectHolder.value</code>.
  51  *
  52  * @since       1.2
  53  */
  54 public final class ObjectHolder implements Streamable {
  55     /**
  56      * The <code>Object</code> value held by this <code>ObjectHolder</code>
  57      * object.
  58      */
  59     public Object value;
  60 
  61     /**
  62      * Constructs a new <code>ObjectHolder</code> object with its
  63      * <code>value</code> field initialized to <code>null</code>.
  64      */
  65     public ObjectHolder() {
  66     }
  67 
  68     /**
  69      * Constructs a new <code>ObjectHolder</code> object with its
  70      * <code>value</code> field initialized to the given
  71      * <code>Object</code>.
  72      * @param initial the <code>Object</code> with which to initialize
  73      *                the <code>value</code> field of the newly-created
  74      *                <code>ObjectHolder</code> object
  75      */
  76     public ObjectHolder(Object initial) {
  77         value = initial;
  78     }
  79 
  80     /**
  81      * Reads from <code>input</code> and initalizes the value in
  82      * this <code>ObjectHolder</code> object
  83      * with the unmarshalled data.
  84      *
  85      * @param input the InputStream containing CDR formatted data from the wire.
  86      */
  87     public void _read(InputStream input) {
  88         value = input.read_Object();
  89     }
  90 
  91     /**
  92      * Marshals to <code>output</code> the value in
  93      * this <code>ObjectHolder</code> object.
  94      *
  95      * @param output the OutputStream which will contain the CDR formatted data.
  96      */
  97     public void _write(OutputStream output) {
  98         output.write_Object(value);
  99     }
 100 
 101     /**
 102      * Returns the TypeCode corresponding to the value held in
 103      * this <code>ObjectHolder</code> object
 104      *
 105      * @return    the TypeCode of the value held in
 106      *            this <code>ObjectHolder</code> object
 107      */
 108     public org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode _type() {
 109         return org.omg.CORBA.ORB.init().get_primitive_tc(TCKind.tk_objref);
 110     }
 111 }