| /* ObjectReferenceFactory.java -- |
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| package org.omg.PortableInterceptor; |
| |
| import org.omg.CORBA.Object; |
| import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity; |
| import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provides the possibility to create the CORBA object reference. |
| * The reference is created from repository id (defining the type of the |
| * object) and the object id (defining the identity of the object). |
| * |
| * @since 1.5 |
| * |
| * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org) |
| */ |
| public interface ObjectReferenceFactory |
| extends ValueBase, IDLEntity |
| { |
| /** |
| * Create an object with the given repository and object ids. This interface |
| * does not specify where and how the returned object must be connected and |
| * activated. The derived {@link ObjectReferenceTemplate} interface assumes |
| * the object must be connected to the POA that is specific to that |
| * template (name can be obtained). |
| * |
| * If the object with this objectId already exists in the given context, it |
| * is found and returned; a new object is <i>not</i> created. |
| * |
| * @param repositoryId the repository id of the object being created, defines |
| * the type of the object. |
| * |
| * @param objectId the byte array, defining the identity of the object. |
| * |
| * @return The created corba object. |
| */ |
| Object make_object(String repositoryId, byte[] objectId); |
| } |