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package org.omg.CORBA;

import gnu.CORBA.typecodes.PrimitiveTypeCode;

import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.Streamable;

/**
 * A holder for storing an instance of {@link Any}.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public final class AnyHolder
  implements Streamable
{
  /**
   * The default type code for this holder.
   */
  private static final TypeCode t_any = new PrimitiveTypeCode(TCKind.tk_any);

  /**
   * The instance of {@link Any} (not the "any value"), held by this holder.
   */
  public Any value;

  /**
   * Constructs an instance of AnyHolder,
   * initializing {@link #value} to <code>null</code>.
   */
  public AnyHolder()
  {
  }

  /**
   * Constructs an instance of AnyHolder,
   * initializing {@link #value} to the passed parameter.
   *
   * @param initial_value a value that will be assigned to the
   * {@link #value} field.
   */
  public AnyHolder(Any initial_value)
  {
    value = initial_value;
  }

  /**
   * Fill in the {@link value } field by reading the required data
   * from the given stream. For {@link Any}, the functionality
   * is delegated to
   * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream#read_any}.
   *
   * @param input the input stream to read from.
   */
  public void _read(InputStream input)
  {
    value = input.read_any();
  }

  /**
   * Returns the TypeCode, corresponding the CORBA type that is stored
   * using this holder.
   */
  public TypeCode _type()
  {
    return t_any;
  }

  /**
   * Write the {@link value } field to the given stream.
   * For {@link Any} the functionality
   * is delegated to
   * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream#write_any(Any) }.
   *
   * @param output the output stream to write into.
   */
  public void _write(OutputStream output)
  {
    output.write_any(value);
  }
}