| /* DelegateOperations.java -- |
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| package org.omg.PortableServer.portable; |
| |
| import org.omg.CORBA.ORB; |
| import org.omg.PortableServer.POA; |
| import org.omg.PortableServer.Servant; |
| |
| /** |
| * Each {@link Servant} has an associated delegate, where the most of the calls |
| * are forwarded. The delegate is responsible for providing the actual |
| * functionality. This class is required to supports a conceptions of |
| * the CORBA 2.3.1 Servant. |
| * |
| * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org) |
| */ |
| public interface Delegate |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns the root POA of the ORB instance, associated with this servant. |
| * It is the same POA that would be returned by resolving the initial |
| * reference "RootPOA" for that orb. The default {@link Servant#default_POA} |
| * method forwards call to the delegate can be overridden to |
| * obtain the alternative default POA. |
| * |
| * @see ORB.resolve_initial_references |
| */ |
| POA default_POA(Servant a_servant); |
| |
| /** |
| * Get the interface repository defintion |
| * <code>InterfaceDef</code> for this Object. |
| */ |
| org.omg.CORBA.Object get_interface_def(Servant a_servant); |
| |
| /** |
| * Checks if the passed servant is an instance of the given CORBA IDL type. |
| * |
| * @param a_servant a servant to check. |
| * @param an_id a repository ID, representing an IDL type for that the |
| * servant must be checked. |
| * |
| * @return true if the servant is an instance of the given type, false |
| * otherwise. |
| */ |
| boolean is_a(Servant a_servant, String an_id); |
| |
| /** |
| * Determines if the server object for this reference has already |
| * been destroyed. |
| * |
| * @return true if the object has been destroyed, false otherwise. |
| */ |
| boolean non_existent(Servant a_servant); |
| |
| /** |
| * Return the invocation target object identifier as a byte array. |
| */ |
| byte[] object_id(Servant a_servant); |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the ORB that is directly associated with the given servant. |
| */ |
| ORB orb(Servant a_servant); |
| |
| /** |
| * Get POA that is directly associated with the given servant. |
| */ |
| POA poa(Servant a_servant); |
| |
| /** |
| * Obtains the CORBA object reference that is an invocation target for the |
| * given servant. |
| */ |
| org.omg.CORBA.Object this_object(Servant a_servant); |
| } |