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/* StubLocator.java --
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package gnu.CORBA;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl;
/**
* Finds a stub class like "_HelloStub" that can be instantiated
* from IOR reference. The returned object can be casted to the
* used type like "Hello" without using the helper .narrow method,
* and the object is not unnsecessarily re - instantiated if
* the .narrow method is used anyway. If no stub, matching the naming
* conventions, is available, the returned stub replacement can still be used
* to get the valid request, add parameter and invoke the method by name.
*
* @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
*/
public class StubLocator
{
/**
* Search for the possibly available default stub.
*
* @param orb the current ORB. It is not required to find the binding
* classes, but is needed to instantiate the default implementation
* if no binding classes are found.
*
* @param ior the IOR, possibly containing the information about the
* correct implementation class.
*/
public static ObjectImpl search(ORB orb, IOR ior)
{
try
{
int a = ior.Id.indexOf(':');
int b = ior.Id.lastIndexOf(':');
String s = ior.Id.substring(a + 1, b).replace('/', '.');
String path;
b = s.lastIndexOf('.');
if (b > 0)
path = s.substring(0, b + 1);
else
path = "";
String stub = "_" + s.substring(b + 1) + "Stub";
Class stubClass = ObjectCreator.forName(path + stub);
return (ObjectImpl) stubClass.newInstance();
}
catch (Exception failed)
{
// Various exceptions can be thrown if the Id cannot be parsed,
// the class is missing, cannot be instantiated or is not an
// instance of the ObjectImpl.
return createDefaultStub(orb, ior);
}
}
/**
* Return the default stub for the case when the client binding classes
* are not locally available. The returned stub can still be used
* to get the valid request, add parameter and invoke the method by name.
*
* @return the default implementation.
*/
protected static ObjectImpl createDefaultStub(ORB orb, IOR ior)
{
return new IorObject(orb, ior);
}
}