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package org.omg.CORBA.portable;

import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_PARAM;
import org.omg.CORBA.Context;
import org.omg.CORBA.ContextList;
import org.omg.CORBA.DomainManager;
import org.omg.CORBA.ExceptionList;
import org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT;
import org.omg.CORBA.NVList;
import org.omg.CORBA.NamedValue;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
import org.omg.CORBA.Policy;
import org.omg.CORBA.Request;
import org.omg.CORBA.SetOverrideType;

/**
 * Specifies a vendor specific implementation of the
 * {@link org.omg.CORBA.Object} methods. The calls to these
 * methods are forwarded to the object delegate that can be
 * replaced, if needed. The first parameter is the actual
 * CORBA object to that the operation must be applied.
 *
 * Some methods in this class are not abstract, but no implemented,
 * thowing the {@link NO_IMPLEMENT}. This, however, does not mean that
 * they are not implemented in the derived classes as well.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public abstract class Delegate
{
  /**
   * Explains the reason of throwing the NO_IMPLEMENT.
   */
  private static final String WHY =
    "Following 1.4 API, this Delegate method must not be implemented. Override.";

  /**
   * Create a request to invoke the method of this object.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param context a list of additional properties.
   * @param operation the name of method to be invoked.
   * @param parameters the method parameters.
   * @param returns the container for tge method returned value.
   *
   * @return the created reaquest.
   */
  public abstract Request create_request(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                                         Context context, String operation,
                                         NVList parameters, NamedValue returns
                                        );

  /**
   * Create a request to invoke the method of this object, specifying
   * context list and the list of the expected exception.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param context a list of additional properties.
   * @param operation the name of method to be invoked.
   * @param parameters the method parameters.
   * @param returns the container for tge method returned value.
   * @param exceptions the list of the possible exceptions that the method
   * can throw.
   * @param ctx_list the list of the context strings that need to be
   * resolved and send as a context instance.
   *
   * @return the created reaquest.
   */
  public abstract Request create_request(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                                         Context context, String operation,
                                         NVList parameters, NamedValue returns,
                                         ExceptionList exceptions,
                                         ContextList ctx_list
                                        );

  /**
   * Duplicate the object reference. This does not make much sense for
   * java platform and is just included for the sake of compliance with
   * CORBA APIs.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   *
   * The method may return the object reference itself.
   *
   * @return as a rule, <code>this</code>.
   */
  public abstract org.omg.CORBA.Object duplicate(org.omg.CORBA.Object target);

  /**
   * Retrieve the domain managers for this object.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   *
   * @return the domain managers.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
   */
  public DomainManager[] get_domain_managers(org.omg.CORBA.Object target)
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY);
  }

  /**
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   *
   * Get the <code>InterfaceDef</code> for this Object.
   */
  public abstract org.omg.CORBA.Object get_interface_def(org.omg.CORBA.Object target);

  /**
   * Returns the {@link Policy}, applying to this object.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param a_policy_type a type of policy to be obtained.
   * @return a corresponding Policy object.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
   */
  public Policy get_policy(org.omg.CORBA.Object target, int a_policy_type)
                    throws BAD_PARAM
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY);
  }

  /**
   * Get the hashcode this object reference. The same hashcode still
   * does not means that the references are the same. From the other
   * side, two different references may still refer to the same CORBA
   * object. The returned value must not change during the object
   * lifetime.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param maximum the maximal value to return.
   *
   * @return the hashcode.
   */
  public abstract int hash(org.omg.CORBA.Object target, int maximum);

  /**
   * Check if this object can be referenced by the given repository id.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param repositoryIdentifer the repository id.
   *
   * @return true if the passed parameter is a repository id of this
   * CORBA object.
   */
  public abstract boolean is_a(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                               String repositoryIdentifer
                              );

  /**
   * Return true if the other object references are equivalent, so far as
   * it is possible to determine this easily.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param other the other object reference.
   *
   * @return true if both references refer the same object, false
   * if they probably can refer different objects.
   *
   */
  public abstract boolean is_equivalent(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                                        org.omg.CORBA.Object other
                                       );

  /**
   * Returns true if the object is local.
   *
   * @param self the object to check.
   *
   * @return false, always (following 1.4 specs). Override to get
   * functionality.
   */
  public boolean is_local(org.omg.CORBA.Object self)
  {
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Determines if the server object for this reference has already
   * been destroyed.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   *
   * @return true if the object has been destroyed, false otherwise.
   */
  public abstract boolean non_existent(org.omg.CORBA.Object target);

  /**
   * Compares two objects for equality. The default implementations
   * delegated call to {@link java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)}.
   *
   * @param self this CORBA object.
   * @param other the other CORBA object.
   *
   * @return true if the objects are equal.
   */
  public boolean equals(org.omg.CORBA.Object self, java.lang.Object other)
  {
    return self==other;
  }

  /**
   * Return the hashcode for this CORBA object. The default implementation
   * delegates call to {@link #hash(int)}, passing Integer.MAX_VALUE as an
   * argument.
   *
   * @param target the object, for that the hash code must be computed.
   *
   * @return the hashcode.
   */
  public int hashCode(org.omg.CORBA.Object target)
  {
    return hash(target, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
  }

  /**
   * Invoke the operation.
   *
   * @param target the invocation target.
   * @param output the stream, containing the written arguments.
   *
   * @return the stream, from where the input parameters could be read.
   *
   * @throws ApplicationException if the application throws an exception,
   * defined as a part of its remote method definition.
   *
   * @throws RemarshalException if reading(remarshalling) fails.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
   */
  public InputStream invoke(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                            org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream output
                           )
                     throws ApplicationException, RemarshalException
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY);
  }

  /**
   * Provides the reference to ORB.
   *
   * @param target the object reference.
   *
   * @return the associated ORB.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
   */
  public ORB orb(org.omg.CORBA.Object target)
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY);
  }

  /**
   * Free resoureces, occupied by this reference. The object implementation
   * is not notified, and the other references to the same object are not
   * affected.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   */
  public abstract void release(org.omg.CORBA.Object target);

  /**
   * Release the reply stream back to ORB after finishing reading the data
   * from it.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param input the stream, normally returned by {@link #invoke} or
   * {@link ApplicationException#getInputStream()}, can be null.
   *
   * The default method returns without action.
   */
  public void releaseReply(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                           org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream input
                          )
  {
  }

  /**
   * Create a request to invoke the method of this CORBA object.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param operation the name of the method to invoke.
   *
   * @return the request.
   */
  public abstract Request request(org.omg.CORBA.Object target, String operation);

  /**
   * Create a request to invoke the method of this CORBA object.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param operation the name of the method to invoke.
   * @param response_expected specifies if this is one way message or the
   * response to the message is expected.
   *
   * @return the stream where the method arguments should be written.
   */
  public org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream request(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                                                     String operation,
                                                     boolean response_expected
                                                    )
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY);
  }

  /**
   * This method is always called after invoking the operation on the
   * local servant.
   *
   * The default method returns without action.
   *
   * @param self the object.
   * @param servant the servant.
   */
  public void servant_postinvoke(org.omg.CORBA.Object self,
                                 ServantObject servant
                                )
  {
  }

  /**
   * Returns a servant that should be used for this request.
   * The servant can also be casted to the expected type, calling the
   * required method directly.
   *
   * @param self the object
   * @param operation the operation
   * @param expectedType the expected type of the servant.
   *
   * This implementation always returns null; override for different
   * behavior.
   *
   * @return the servant or null if the servant is not an expected type
   * of the method is not supported, for example, due security reasons.
   */
  public ServantObject servant_preinvoke(org.omg.CORBA.Object self,
                                         String operation, Class expectedType
                                        )
  {
    return null;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a new object with the new policies either replacing or
   * extending the current policies, depending on the second parameter.
   *
   * @param target the CORBA object, to that this operation must be applied.
   * @param policies the policy additions or replacements.
   * @param how either {@link SetOverrideType#SET_OVERRIDE} to override the
   * current policies of {@link SetOverrideType#ADD_OVERRIDE} to replace
   * them.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always (following the 1.4 specification).
   *
   * @return the new reference with the changed policies.
   */
  public org.omg.CORBA.Object set_policy_override(org.omg.CORBA.Object target,
                                                  Policy[] policies,
                                                  SetOverrideType how
                                                 )
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(WHY);
  }

  /**
   * Return a string representation of the passed object.
   *
   * @param self the CORBA object, to that the string representation must be
   * returned. By default, the call is delegated to
   * {@link java.lang.Object.toString()}.
   *
   * @return the string representation.
   */
  public String toString(org.omg.CORBA.Object self)
  {
    if (self instanceof ObjectImpl)
      {
        ObjectImpl x = (ObjectImpl) self;
        StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer(x.getClass().getName());
        b.append(": [");
        for (int i = 0; i < x._ids().length; i++)
          {
            b.append(x._ids() [ i ]);
            b.append(" ");
          }
        b.append("]");
        return b.toString();
      }
    else
      return self.getClass().getName();
  }
}