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 package org.omg.CORBA;

 import org.omg.CORBA.portable.*;

 import org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InvalidName;

 import java.util.Properties;

 import java.applet.Applet;

 import java.io.File;

 import java.io.FileInputStream;

 import java.security.AccessController;

 import java.security.PrivilegedAction;

 /**

  * A class providing APIs for the CORBA Object Request Broker

  * features.  The <code>ORB</code> class also provides

  * "pluggable ORB implementation" APIs that allow another vendor's ORB

  * implementation to be used.

  * <P>

  * An ORB makes it possible for CORBA objects to communicate

  * with each other by connecting objects making requests (clients) with

  * objects servicing requests (servers).

  * <P>

  *

  * The <code>ORB</code> class, which

  * encapsulates generic CORBA functionality, does the following:

  * (Note that items 5 and 6, which include most of the methods in

  * the class <code>ORB</code>, are typically used with the <code>Dynamic Invocation

  * Interface</code> (DII) and the <code>Dynamic Skeleton Interface</code>

  * (DSI).

  * These interfaces may be used by a developer directly, but

  * most commonly they are used by the ORB internally and are

  * not seen by the general programmer.)

  * <OL>

  * <li> initializes the ORB implementation by supplying values for

  *      predefined properties and environmental parameters

  * <li> obtains initial object references to services such as

  * the NameService using the method <code>resolve_initial_references</code>

  * <li> converts object references to strings and back

  * <li> connects the ORB to a servant (an instance of a CORBA object

  * implementation) and disconnects the ORB from a servant

  * <li> creates objects such as

  *   <ul>

  *   <li><code>TypeCode</code>

  *   <li><code>Any</code>

  *   <li><code>NamedValue</code>

  *   <li><code>Context</code>

  *   <li><code>Environment</code>

  *   <li>lists (such as <code>NVList</code>) containing these objects

  *   </ul>

  * <li> sends multiple messages in the DII

  * </OL>

  *

  * <P>

  * The <code>ORB</code> class can be used to obtain references to objects

  * implemented anywhere on the network.

  * <P>

  * An application or applet gains access to the CORBA environment

  * by initializing itself into an <code>ORB</code> using one of

  * three <code>init</code> methods.  Two of the three methods use the properties

  * (associations of a name with a value) shown in the

  * table below.<BR>

  * <TABLE BORDER=1 SUMMARY="Standard Java CORBA Properties">

  * <TR><TH>Property Name</TH>   <TH>Property Value</TH></TR>

  * <CAPTION>Standard Java CORBA Properties:</CAPTION>

  *     <TR><TD>org.omg.CORBA.ORBClass</TD>

  *     <TD>class name of an ORB implementation</TD></TR>

  *     <TR><TD>org.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass</TD>

  *     <TD>class name of the ORB returned by <code>init()</code></TD></TR>

  * </TABLE>

  * <P>

  * These properties allow a different vendor's <code>ORB</code>

  * implementation to be "plugged in."

  * <P>

  * When an ORB instance is being created, the class name of the ORB

  * implementation is located using

  * the following standard search order:<P>

  *

  * <OL>

  *     <LI>check in Applet parameter or application string array, if any

  *

  *     <LI>check in properties parameter, if any

  *

  *     <LI>check in the System properties

  *

  *     <LI>check in the orb.properties file located in the user.home

  *         directory (if any)

  *

  *     <LI>check in the orb.properties file located in the java.home/lib

  *         directory (if any)

  *

  *     <LI>fall back on a hardcoded default behavior (use the Java&nbsp;IDL

  *         implementation)

  * </OL>

  * <P>

  * Note that Java IDL provides a default implementation for the

  * fully-functional ORB and for the Singleton ORB.  When the method

  * <code>init</code> is given no parameters, the default Singleton

  * ORB is returned.  When the method <code>init</code> is given parameters

  * but no ORB class is specified, the Java IDL ORB implementation

  * is returned.

  * <P>

  * The following code fragment creates an <code>ORB</code> object

  * initialized with the default ORB Singleton.

  * This ORB has a

  * restricted implementation to prevent malicious applets from doing

  * anything beyond creating typecodes.

  * It is called a singleton

  * because there is only one instance for an entire virtual machine.

  * <PRE>

  *    ORB orb = ORB.init();

  * </PRE>

  * <P>

  * The following code fragment creates an <code>ORB</code> object

  * for an application.  The parameter <code>args</code>

  * represents the arguments supplied to the application's <code>main</code>

  * method.  Since the property specifies the ORB class to be

  * "SomeORBImplementation", the new ORB will be initialized with

  * that ORB implementation.  If p had been null,

  * and the arguments had not specified an ORB class,

  * the new ORB would have been

  * initialized with the default Java IDL implementation.

  * <PRE>

  *    Properties p = new Properties();

  *    p.put("org.omg.CORBA.ORBClass", "SomeORBImplementation");

  *    ORB orb = ORB.init(args, p);

  * </PRE>

  * <P>

  * The following code fragment creates an <code>ORB</code> object

  * for the applet supplied as the first parameter.  If the given

  * applet does not specify an ORB class, the new ORB will be

  * initialized with the default Java IDL implementation.

  * <PRE>

  *    ORB orb = ORB.init(myApplet, null);

  * </PRE>

  * <P>

  * An application or applet can be initialized in one or more ORBs.

  * ORB initialization is a bootstrap call into the CORBA world.

  * @since   JDK1.2

  */

 abstract public class ORB {

     //

     // This is the ORB implementation used when nothing else is specified.

     // Whoever provides this class customizes this string to

     // point at their ORB implementation.

     //

     private static final String ORBClassKey = "org.omg.CORBA.ORBClass";

     private static final String ORBSingletonClassKey = "org.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass";

     //

     // The last resort fallback ORB implementation classes in case

     // no ORB implementation class is dynamically configured through

     // properties or applet parameters. Change these values to

     // vendor-specific class names.

     //

     private static final String defaultORB = "com.sun.corba.se.impl.orb.ORBImpl";

     private static final String defaultORBSingleton = "com.sun.corba.se.impl.orb.ORBSingleton";

     //

     // The global instance of the singleton ORB implementation which

     // acts as a factory for typecodes for generated Helper classes.

     // TypeCodes should be immutable since they may be shared across

     // different security contexts (applets). There should be no way to

     // use a TypeCode as a storage depot for illicitly passing

     // information or Java objects between different security contexts.

     //

     static private ORB singleton;

     // Get System property

     private static String getSystemProperty(final String name) {

         // This will not throw a SecurityException because this

         // class was loaded from rt.jar using the bootstrap classloader.

         String propValue = (String) AccessController.doPrivileged(

             new PrivilegedAction() {

                 public java.lang.Object run() {

                     return System.getProperty(name);

                 }

             }

         );

         return propValue;

     }

     // Get property from orb.properties in either <user.home> or <java-home>/lib

     // directories.

     private static String getPropertyFromFile(final String name) {

         // This will not throw a SecurityException because this

         // class was loaded from rt.jar using the bootstrap classloader.

         String propValue = (String) AccessController.doPrivileged(

             new PrivilegedAction() {

                 private Properties getFileProperties( String fileName ) {

                     try {

                         File propFile = new File( fileName ) ;

                         if (!propFile.exists())

                             return null ;

                         Properties props = new Properties() ;

                         FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(propFile);

                         try {

                             props.load( fis );

                         } finally {

                             fis.close() ;

                         }

                         return props ;

                     } catch (Exception exc) {

                         return null ;

                     }

                 }

                 public java.lang.Object run() {

                     String userHome = System.getProperty("user.home");

                     String fileName = userHome + File.separator +

                         "orb.properties" ;

                     Properties props = getFileProperties( fileName ) ;

                     if (props != null) {

                         String value = props.getProperty( name ) ;

                         if (value != null)

                             return value ;

                     }

                     String javaHome = System.getProperty("java.home");

                     fileName = javaHome + File.separator

                         + "lib" + File.separator + "orb.properties";

                     props = getFileProperties( fileName ) ;

                     if (props == null)

                         return null ;

                     else

                         return props.getProperty( name ) ;

                 }

             }

         );

         return propValue;

     }

     /**

      * Returns the <code>ORB</code> singleton object. This method always returns the

      * same ORB instance, which is an instance of the class described by the

      * <code>org.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass</code> system property.

      * <P>

      * This no-argument version of the method <code>init</code> is used primarily

      * as a factory for <code>TypeCode</code> objects, which are used by

      * <code>Helper</code> classes to implement the method <code>type</code>.

      * It is also used to create <code>Any</code> objects that are used to

      * describe <code>union</code> labels (as part of creating a <code>

      * TypeCode</code> object for a <code>union</code>).

      * <P>

      * This method is not intended to be used by applets, and in the event

      * that it is called in an applet environment, the ORB it returns

      * is restricted so that it can be used only as a factory for

      * <code>TypeCode</code> objects.  Any <code>TypeCode</code> objects

      * it produces can be safely shared among untrusted applets.

      * <P>

      * If an ORB is created using this method from an applet,

      * a system exception will be thrown if

      * methods other than those for

      * creating <code>TypeCode</code> objects are invoked.

      *

      * @return the singleton ORB

      */

     public static synchronized ORB init() {

         if (singleton == null) {

             String className = getSystemProperty(ORBSingletonClassKey);

             if (className == null)

                 className = getPropertyFromFile(ORBSingletonClassKey);

             if (className == null)

                 className = defaultORBSingleton;

             singleton = create_impl(className);

         }

         return singleton;

     }

     private static ORB create_impl(String className) {

         ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();

         if (cl == null)

             cl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();

         try {

             return (ORB) Class.forName(className, true, cl).newInstance();

         } catch (Throwable ex) {

             SystemException systemException = new INITIALIZE(

                "can't instantiate default ORB implementation " + className);

             systemException.initCause(ex);

             throw systemException;

         }

     }

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>ORB</code> instance for a standalone

      * application.  This method may be called from applications

      * only and returns a new fully functional <code>ORB</code> object

      * each time it is called.

      * @param args command-line arguments for the application's <code>main</code>

      *             method; may be <code>null</code>

      * @param props application-specific properties; may be <code>null</code>

      * @return the newly-created ORB instance

      */

     public static ORB init(String[] args, Properties props) {

         //

         // Note that there is no standard command-line argument for

         // specifying the default ORB implementation. For an

         // application you can choose an implementation either by

         // setting the CLASSPATH to pick a different org.omg.CORBA

         // and it's baked-in ORB implementation default or by

         // setting an entry in the properties object or in the

         // system properties.

         //

         String className = null;

         ORB orb;

         if (props != null)

             className = props.getProperty(ORBClassKey);

         if (className == null)

             className = getSystemProperty(ORBClassKey);

         if (className == null)

             className = getPropertyFromFile(ORBClassKey);

         if (className == null)

             className = defaultORB;

         orb = create_impl(className);

         orb.set_parameters(args, props);

         return orb;

     }

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>ORB</code> instance for an applet.  This

      * method may be called from applets only and returns a new

      * fully-functional <code>ORB</code> object each time it is called.

      * @param app the applet; may be <code>null</code>

      * @param props applet-specific properties; may be <code>null</code>

      * @return the newly-created ORB instance

      */

     public static ORB init(Applet app, Properties props) {

         String className;

         ORB orb;

         className = app.getParameter(ORBClassKey);

         if (className == null && props != null)

             className = props.getProperty(ORBClassKey);

         if (className == null)

             className = getSystemProperty(ORBClassKey);

         if (className == null)

             className = getPropertyFromFile(ORBClassKey);

         if (className == null)

             className = defaultORB;

         orb = create_impl(className);

         orb.set_parameters(app, props);

         return orb;

     }

     /**

      * Allows the ORB implementation to be initialized with the given

      * parameters and properties. This method, used in applications only,

      * is implemented by subclass ORB implementations and called

      * by the appropriate <code>init</code> method to pass in its parameters.

      *

      * @param args command-line arguments for the application's <code>main</code>

      *             method; may be <code>null</code>

      * @param props application-specific properties; may be <code>null</code>

      */

     abstract protected void set_parameters(String[] args, Properties props);

     /**

      * Allows the ORB implementation to be initialized with the given

      * applet and parameters. This method, used in applets only,

      * is implemented by subclass ORB implementations and called

      * by the appropriate <code>init</code> method to pass in its parameters.

      *

      * @param app the applet; may be <code>null</code>

      * @param props applet-specific properties; may be <code>null</code>

      */

     abstract protected void set_parameters(Applet app, Properties props);

     /**

      * Connects the given servant object (a Java object that is

      * an instance of the server implementation class)

      * to the ORB. The servant class must

      * extend the <code>ImplBase</code> class corresponding to the interface that is

      * supported by the server. The servant must thus be a CORBA object

      * reference, and inherit from <code>org.omg.CORBA.Object</code>.

      * Servants created by the user can start receiving remote invocations

      * after the method <code>connect</code> has been called. A servant may also be

      * automatically and implicitly connected to the ORB if it is passed as

      * an IDL parameter in an IDL method invocation on a non-local object,

      * that is, if the servant object has to be marshalled and sent outside of the

      * process address space.

      * <P>

      * Calling the method <code>connect</code> has no effect

      * when the servant object is already connected to the ORB.

      * <P>

      * Deprecated by the OMG in favor of the Portable Object Adapter APIs.

      *

      * @param obj The servant object reference

      */

     public void connect(org.omg.CORBA.Object obj) {

         throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Destroys the ORB so that its resources can be reclaimed.

      * Any operation invoked on a destroyed ORB reference will throw the

      * <code>OBJECT_NOT_EXIST</code> exception.

      * Once an ORB has been destroyed, another call to <code>init</code>

      * with the same ORBid will return a reference to a newly constructed ORB.<p>

      * If <code>destroy</code> is called on an ORB that has not been shut down,

      * it will start the shut down process and block until the ORB has shut down

      * before it destroys the ORB.<br>

      * If an application calls <code>destroy</code> in a thread that is currently servicing

      * an invocation, the <code>BAD_INV_ORDER</code> system exception will be thrown

      * with the OMG minor code 3, since blocking would result in a deadlock.<p>

      * For maximum portability and to avoid resource leaks, an application should

      * always call <code>shutdown</code> and <code>destroy</code>

      * on all ORB instances before exiting.

      *

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.BAD_INV_ORDER if the current thread is servicing an invocation

      */

     public void destroy( ) {

         throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Disconnects the given servant object from the ORB. After this method returns,

      * the ORB will reject incoming remote requests for the disconnected

      * servant and will send the exception

      * <code>org.omg.CORBA.OBJECT_NOT_EXIST</code> back to the

      * remote client. Thus the object appears to be destroyed from the

      * point of view of remote clients. Note, however, that local requests issued

      * using the servant  directly do not

      * pass through the ORB; hence, they will continue to be processed by the

      * servant.

      * <P>

      * Calling the method <code>disconnect</code> has no effect

      * if the servant is not connected to the ORB.

      * <P>

      * Deprecated by the OMG in favor of the Portable Object Adapter APIs.

      *

      * @param obj The servant object to be disconnected from the ORB

      */

     public void disconnect(org.omg.CORBA.Object obj) {

         throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     //

     // ORB method implementations.

     //

     // We are trying to accomplish 2 things at once in this class.

     // It can act as a default ORB implementation front-end,

     // creating an actual ORB implementation object which is a

     // subclass of this ORB class and then delegating the method

     // implementations.

     //

     // To accomplish the delegation model, the 'delegate' private instance

     // variable is set if an instance of this class is created directly.

     //

     /**

      * Returns a list of the initially available CORBA object references,

      * such as "NameService" and "InterfaceRepository".

      *

      * @return an array of <code>String</code> objects that represent

      *         the object references for CORBA services

      *         that are initially available with this ORB

      */

     abstract public String[] list_initial_services();

     /**

      * Resolves a specific object reference from the set of available

      * initial service names.

      *

      * @param object_name the name of the initial service as a string

      * @return  the object reference associated with the given name

      * @exception InvalidName if the given name is not associated with a

      *                         known service

      */

     abstract public org.omg.CORBA.Object resolve_initial_references(String object_name)

         throws InvalidName;

     /**

      * Converts the given CORBA object reference to a string.

      * Note that the format of this string is predefined by IIOP, allowing

      * strings generated by a different ORB to be converted back into an object

      * reference.

      * <P>

      * The resulting <code>String</code> object may be stored or communicated

      * in any way that a <code>String</code> object can be manipulated.

      *

      * @param obj the object reference to stringify

      * @return the string representing the object reference

      */

     abstract public String object_to_string(org.omg.CORBA.Object obj);

     /**

      * Converts a string produced by the method <code>object_to_string</code>

      * back to a CORBA object reference.

      *

      * @param str the string to be converted back to an object reference.  It must

      * be the result of converting an object reference to a string using the

      * method <code>object_to_string</code>.

      * @return the object reference

      */

     abstract public org.omg.CORBA.Object string_to_object(String str);

     /**

      * Allocates an <code>NVList</code> with (probably) enough

      * space for the specified number of <code>NamedValue</code> objects.

      * Note that the specified size is only a hint to help with

      * storage allocation and does not imply the maximum size of the list.

      *

      * @param count  suggested number of <code>NamedValue</code> objects for

      *               which to allocate space

      * @return the newly-created <code>NVList</code>

      *

      * @see NVList

      */

     abstract public NVList create_list(int count);

     /**

      * Creates an <code>NVList</code> initialized with argument

      * descriptions for the operation described in the given

      * <code>OperationDef</code> object.  This <code>OperationDef</code> object

      * is obtained from an Interface Repository. The arguments in the

      * returned <code>NVList</code> object are in the same order as in the

      * original IDL operation definition, which makes it possible for the list

      * to be used in dynamic invocation requests.

      *

      * @param oper      the <code>OperationDef</code> object to use to create the list

      * @return          a newly-created <code>NVList</code> object containing

      * descriptions of the arguments to the method described in the given

      * <code>OperationDef</code> object

      *

      * @see NVList

      */

     public NVList create_operation_list(org.omg.CORBA.Object oper)

     {

         // If we came here, it means that the actual ORB implementation

         // did not have a create_operation_list(...CORBA.Object oper) method,

         // so lets check if it has a create_operation_list(OperationDef oper)

         // method.

         try {

             // First try to load the OperationDef class

             String opDefClassName = "org.omg.CORBA.OperationDef";

             Class opDefClass = null;

             ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();

             if ( cl == null )

                 cl = ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader();

             // if this throws a ClassNotFoundException, it will be caught below.

             opDefClass = Class.forName(opDefClassName, true, cl);

             // OK, we loaded OperationDef. Now try to get the

             // create_operation_list(OperationDef oper) method.

             Class[] argc = { opDefClass };

             java.lang.reflect.Method meth =

                 this.getClass().getMethod("create_operation_list", argc);

             // OK, the method exists, so invoke it and be happy.

             java.lang.Object[] argx = { oper };

             return (org.omg.CORBA.NVList)meth.invoke(this, argx);

         }

         catch( java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException exs ) {

             Throwable t = exs.getTargetException();

             if (t instanceof Error) {

                 throw (Error) t;

             }

             else if (t instanceof RuntimeException) {

                 throw (RuntimeException) t;

             }

             else {

                 throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

             }

         }

         catch( RuntimeException ex ) {

             throw ex;

         }

         catch( Exception exr ) {

             throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

         }

     }

     /**

      * Creates a <code>NamedValue</code> object

      * using the given name, value, and argument mode flags.

      * <P>

      * A <code>NamedValue</code> object serves as (1) a parameter or return

      * value or (2) a context property.

      * It may be used by itself or

      * as an element in an <code>NVList</code> object.

      *

      * @param s  the name of the <code>NamedValue</code> object

      * @param any  the <code>Any</code> value to be inserted into the

      *             <code>NamedValue</code> object

      * @param flags  the argument mode flags for the <code>NamedValue</code>: one of

      * <code>ARG_IN.value</code>, <code>ARG_OUT.value</code>,

      * or <code>ARG_INOUT.value</code>.

      *

      * @return  the newly-created <code>NamedValue</code> object

      * @see NamedValue

      */

     abstract public NamedValue create_named_value(String s, Any any, int flags);

     /**

      * Creates an empty <code>ExceptionList</code> object.

      *

      * @return  the newly-created <code>ExceptionList</code> object

      */

     abstract public ExceptionList create_exception_list();

     /**

      * Creates an empty <code>ContextList</code> object.

      *

      * @return  the newly-created <code>ContextList</code> object

      * @see ContextList

      * @see Context

      */

     abstract public ContextList create_context_list();

     /**

      * Gets the default <code>Context</code> object.

      *

      * @return the default <code>Context</code> object

      * @see Context

      */

     abstract public Context get_default_context();

     /**

      * Creates an <code>Environment</code> object.

      *

      * @return  the newly-created <code>Environment</code> object

      * @see Environment

      */

     abstract public Environment create_environment();

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream</code> into which

      * IDL method parameters can be marshalled during method invocation.

      * @return          the newly-created

      *              <code>org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream</code> object

      */

     abstract public org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream create_output_stream();

     /**

      * Sends multiple dynamic (DII) requests asynchronously without expecting

      * any responses. Note that oneway invocations are not guaranteed to

      * reach the server.

      *

      * @param req               an array of request objects

      */

     abstract public void send_multiple_requests_oneway(Request[] req);

     /**

      * Sends multiple dynamic (DII) requests asynchronously.

      *

      * @param req               an array of <code>Request</code> objects

      */

     abstract public void send_multiple_requests_deferred(Request[] req);

     /**

      * Finds out if any of the deferred (asynchronous) invocations have

      * a response yet.

      * @return <code>true</code> if there is a response available;

      *         <code> false</code> otherwise

      */

     abstract public boolean poll_next_response();

     /**

      * Gets the next <code>Request</code> instance for which a response

      * has been received.

      *

      * @return          the next <code>Request</code> object ready with a response

      * @exception WrongTransaction if the method <code>get_next_response</code>

      * is called from a transaction scope different

      * from the one from which the original request was sent. See the

      * OMG Transaction Service specification for details.

      */

     abstract public Request get_next_response() throws WrongTransaction;

     /**

      * Retrieves the <code>TypeCode</code> object that represents

      * the given primitive IDL type.

      *

      * @param tcKind    the <code>TCKind</code> instance corresponding to the

      *                  desired primitive type

      * @return          the requested <code>TypeCode</code> object

      */

     abstract public TypeCode get_primitive_tc(TCKind tcKind);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>struct</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given id,

      * name, and members.

      *

      * @param id        the repository id for the <code>struct</code>

      * @param name      the name of the <code>struct</code>

      * @param members   an array describing the members of the <code>struct</code>

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>struct</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_struct_tc(String id, String name,

                                               StructMember[] members);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>union</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given id,

      * name, discriminator type, and members.

      *

      * @param id        the repository id of the <code>union</code>

      * @param name      the name of the <code>union</code>

      * @param discriminator_type        the type of the <code>union</code> discriminator

      * @param members   an array describing the members of the <code>union</code>

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>union</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_union_tc(String id, String name,

                                              TypeCode discriminator_type,

                                              UnionMember[] members);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>enum</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given id,

      * name, and members.

      *

      * @param id        the repository id for the <code>enum</code>

      * @param name      the name for the <code>enum</code>

      * @param members   an array describing the members of the <code>enum</code>

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>enum</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_enum_tc(String id, String name, String[] members);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>alias</code>

      * (<code>typedef</code>).

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given id,

      * name, and original type.

      *

      * @param id        the repository id for the alias

      * @param name      the name for the alias

      * @param original_type

      *                  the <code>TypeCode</code> object describing the original type

      *          for which this is an alias

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>alias</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_alias_tc(String id, String name,

                                              TypeCode original_type);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>exception</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given id,

      * name, and members.

      *

      * @param id        the repository id for the <code>exception</code>

      * @param name      the name for the <code>exception</code>

      * @param members   an array describing the members of the <code>exception</code>

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>exception</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_exception_tc(String id, String name,

                                                  StructMember[] members);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>interface</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given id

      * and name.

      *

      * @param id        the repository id for the interface

      * @param name      the name for the interface

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>interface</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_interface_tc(String id, String name);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing a bounded IDL

      * <code>string</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given bound,

      * which represents the maximum length of the string. Zero indicates

      * that the string described by this type code is unbounded.

      *

      * @param bound     the bound for the <code>string</code>; cannot be negative

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              a bounded IDL <code>string</code>

      * @exception BAD_PARAM if bound is a negative value

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_string_tc(int bound);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing a bounded IDL

      * <code>wstring</code> (wide string).

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given bound,

      * which represents the maximum length of the wide string. Zero indicates

      * that the string described by this type code is unbounded.

      *

      * @param bound     the bound for the <code>wstring</code>; cannot be negative

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              a bounded IDL <code>wstring</code>

      * @exception BAD_PARAM if bound is a negative value

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_wstring_tc(int bound);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>sequence</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given bound and

      * element type.

      *

      * @param bound     the bound for the <code>sequence</code>, 0 if unbounded

      * @param element_type

      *                  the <code>TypeCode</code> object describing the elements

      *          contained in the <code>sequence</code>

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>sequence</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_sequence_tc(int bound, TypeCode element_type);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing a

      * a recursive IDL <code>sequence</code>.

      * <P>

      * For the IDL <code>struct</code> Node in following code fragment,

      * the offset parameter for creating its sequence would be 1:

      * <PRE>

      *    Struct Node {

      *        long value;

      *        Sequence <Node> subnodes;

      *    };

      * </PRE>

      *

      * @param bound     the bound for the sequence, 0 if unbounded

      * @param offset    the index to the enclosing <code>TypeCode</code> object

      *                  that describes the elements of this sequence

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *                   a recursive sequence

      * @deprecated Use a combination of create_recursive_tc and create_sequence_tc instead

      * @see #create_recursive_tc(String) create_recursive_tc

      * @see #create_sequence_tc(int, TypeCode) create_sequence_tc

      */

     @Deprecated

     abstract public TypeCode create_recursive_sequence_tc(int bound, int offset);

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object representing an IDL <code>array</code>.

      * The <code>TypeCode</code> object is initialized with the given length and

      * element type.

      *

      * @param length    the length of the <code>array</code>

      * @param element_type  a <code>TypeCode</code> object describing the type

      *                      of element contained in the <code>array</code>

      * @return          a newly-created <code>TypeCode</code> object describing

      *              an IDL <code>array</code>

      */

     abstract public TypeCode create_array_tc(int length, TypeCode element_type);

     /**

      * Create a <code>TypeCode</code> object for an IDL native type.

      *

      * @param id        the logical id for the native type.

      * @param name      the name of the native type.

      * @return          the requested TypeCode.

      */

     public org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode create_native_tc(String id,

                                                    String name)

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Create a <code>TypeCode</code> object for an IDL abstract interface.

      *

      * @param id        the logical id for the abstract interface type.

      * @param name      the name of the abstract interface type.

      * @return          the requested TypeCode.

      */

     public org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode create_abstract_interface_tc(

                                                                String id,

                                                                String name)

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Create a <code>TypeCode</code> object for an IDL fixed type.

      *

      * @param digits    specifies the total number of decimal digits in the number

      *                  and must be from 1 to 31 inclusive.

      * @param scale     specifies the position of the decimal point.

      * @return          the requested TypeCode.

      */

     public org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode create_fixed_tc(short digits, short scale)

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     // orbos 98-01-18: Objects By Value -- begin

     /**

      * Create a <code>TypeCode</code> object for an IDL value type.

      * The concrete_base parameter is the TypeCode for the immediate

      * concrete valuetype base of the valuetype for which the TypeCode

      * is being created.

      * It may be null if the valuetype does not have a concrete base.

      *

      * @param id                 the logical id for the value type.

      * @param name               the name of the value type.

      * @param type_modifier      one of the value type modifier constants:

      *                           VM_NONE, VM_CUSTOM, VM_ABSTRACT or VM_TRUNCATABLE

      * @param concrete_base      a <code>TypeCode</code> object

      *                           describing the concrete valuetype base

      * @param members            an array containing the members of the value type

      * @return                   the requested TypeCode

      */

     public org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode create_value_tc(String id,

                                                   String name,

                                                   short type_modifier,

                                                   TypeCode concrete_base,

                                                   ValueMember[] members)

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Create a recursive <code>TypeCode</code> object which

      * serves as a placeholder for a concrete TypeCode during the process of creating

      * TypeCodes which contain recursion. The id parameter specifies the repository id of

      * the type for which the recursive TypeCode is serving as a placeholder. Once the

      * recursive TypeCode has been properly embedded in the enclosing TypeCode which

      * corresponds to the specified repository id, it will function as a normal TypeCode.

      * Invoking operations on the recursive TypeCode before it has been embedded in the

      * enclosing TypeCode will result in a <code>BAD_TYPECODE</code> exception.

      * <P>

      * For example, the following IDL type declaration contains recursion:

      * <PRE>

      *    Struct Node {

      *        Sequence<Node> subnodes;

      *    };

      * </PRE>

      * <P>

      * To create a TypeCode for struct Node, you would invoke the TypeCode creation

      * operations as shown below:

      * <PRE>

      * String nodeID = "IDL:Node:1.0";

      * TypeCode recursiveSeqTC = orb.create_sequence_tc(0, orb.create_recursive_tc(nodeID));

      * StructMember[] members = { new StructMember("subnodes", recursiveSeqTC, null) };

      * TypeCode structNodeTC = orb.create_struct_tc(nodeID, "Node", members);

      * </PRE>

      * <P>

      * Also note that the following is an illegal IDL type declaration:

      * <PRE>

      *    Struct Node {

      *        Node next;

      *    };

      * </PRE>

      * <P>

      * Recursive types can only appear within sequences which can be empty.

      * That way marshaling problems, when transmitting the struct in an Any, are avoided.

      * <P>

      * @param id                 the logical id of the referenced type

      * @return                   the requested TypeCode

      */

     public org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode create_recursive_tc(String id) {

         // implemented in subclass

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Creates a <code>TypeCode</code> object for an IDL value box.

      *

      * @param id                 the logical id for the value type

      * @param name               the name of the value type

      * @param boxed_type         the TypeCode for the type

      * @return                   the requested TypeCode

      */

     public org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode create_value_box_tc(String id,

                                                       String name,

                                                       TypeCode boxed_type)

     {

         // implemented in subclass

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     // orbos 98-01-18: Objects By Value -- end

     /**

      * Creates an IDL <code>Any</code> object initialized to

      * contain a <code>Typecode</code> object whose <code>kind</code> field

      * is set to <code>TCKind.tc_null</code>.

      *

      * @return          a newly-created <code>Any</code> object

      */

     abstract public Any create_any();

     /**

      * Retrieves a <code>Current</code> object.

      * The <code>Current</code> interface is used to manage thread-specific

      * information for use by services such as transactions and security.

      *

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      *

      * @return          a newly-created <code>Current</code> object

      * @deprecated      use <code>resolve_initial_references</code>.

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.Current get_current()

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * This operation blocks the current thread until the ORB has

      * completed the shutdown process, initiated when some thread calls

      * <code>shutdown</code>. It may be used by multiple threads which

      * get all notified when the ORB shuts down.

      *

      */

     public void run()

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Instructs the ORB to shut down, which causes all

      * object adapters to shut down, in preparation for destruction.<br>

      * If the <code>wait_for_completion</code> parameter

      * is true, this operation blocks until all ORB processing (including

      * processing of currently executing requests, object deactivation,

      * and other object adapter operations) has completed.

      * If an application does this in a thread that is currently servicing

      * an invocation, the <code>BAD_INV_ORDER</code> system exception

      * will be thrown with the OMG minor code 3,

      * since blocking would result in a deadlock.<br>

      * If the <code>wait_for_completion</code> parameter is <code>FALSE</code>,

      * then shutdown may not have completed upon return.<p>

      * While the ORB is in the process of shutting down, the ORB operates as normal,

      * servicing incoming and outgoing requests until all requests have been completed.

      * Once an ORB has shutdown, only object reference management operations

      * may be invoked on the ORB or any object reference obtained from it.

      * An application may also invoke the <code>destroy</code> operation on the ORB itself.

      * Invoking any other operation will throw the <code>BAD_INV_ORDER</code>

      * system exception with the OMG minor code 4.<p>

      * The <code>ORB.run</code> method will return after

      * <code>shutdown</code> has been called.

      *

      * @param wait_for_completion <code>true</code> if the call

      *        should block until the shutdown is complete;

      *        <code>false</code> if it should return immediately

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.BAD_INV_ORDER if the current thread is servicing

      *         an invocation

      */

     public void shutdown(boolean wait_for_completion)

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Returns <code>true</code> if the ORB needs the main thread to

      * perform some work, and <code>false</code> if the ORB does not

      * need the main thread.

      *

      * @return <code>true</code> if there is work pending, meaning that the ORB

      *         needs the main thread to perform some work; <code>false</code>

      *         if there is no work pending and thus the ORB does not need the

      *         main thread

      *

      */

     public boolean work_pending()

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Performs an implementation-dependent unit of work if called

      * by the main thread. Otherwise it does nothing.

      * The methods <code>work_pending</code> and <code>perform_work</code>

      * can be used in

      * conjunction to implement a simple polling loop that multiplexes

      * the main thread among the ORB and other activities.

      *

      */

     public void perform_work()

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Used to obtain information about CORBA facilities and services

      * that are supported by this ORB. The service type for which

      * information is being requested is passed in as the in

      * parameter <tt>service_type</tt>, the values defined by

      * constants in the CORBA module. If service information is

      * available for that type, that is returned in the out parameter

      * <tt>service_info</tt>, and the operation returns the

      * value <tt>true</tt>. If no information for the requested

      * services type is available, the operation returns <tt>false</tt>

      *  (i.e., the service is not supported by this ORB).

      * <P>

      * @param service_type a <code>short</code> indicating the

      *        service type for which information is being requested

      * @param service_info a <code>ServiceInformationHolder</code> object

      *        that will hold the <code>ServiceInformation</code> object

      *        produced by this method

      * @return <code>true</code> if service information is available

      *        for the <tt>service_type</tt>;

      *         <tt>false</tt> if no information for the

      *         requested services type is available

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      */

     public boolean get_service_information(short service_type,

                                            ServiceInformationHolder service_info)

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     // orbos 98-01-18: Objects By Value -- begin

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>DynAny</code> object from the given

      * <code>Any</code> object.

      * <P>

      * @param value the <code>Any</code> object from which to create a new

      *        <code>DynAny</code> object

      * @return the new <code>DynAny</code> object created from the given

      *         <code>Any</code> object

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      * @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynAnyFactory.html">DynAnyFactory</a> API instead

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.DynAny create_dyn_any(org.omg.CORBA.Any value)

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Creates a basic <code>DynAny</code> object from the given

      * <code>TypeCode</code> object.

      * <P>

      * @param type the <code>TypeCode</code> object from which to create a new

      *        <code>DynAny</code> object

      * @return the new <code>DynAny</code> object created from the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode if the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object is not consistent with the operation.

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      * @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynAnyFactory.html">DynAnyFactory</a> API instead

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.DynAny create_basic_dyn_any(org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type) throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>DynStruct</code> object from the given

      * <code>TypeCode</code> object.

      * <P>

      * @param type the <code>TypeCode</code> object from which to create a new

      *        <code>DynStruct</code> object

      * @return the new <code>DynStruct</code> object created from the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode if the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object is not consistent with the operation.

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      * @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynAnyFactory.html">DynAnyFactory</a> API instead

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.DynStruct create_dyn_struct(org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type) throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>DynSequence</code> object from the given

      * <code>TypeCode</code> object.

      * <P>

      * @param type the <code>TypeCode</code> object from which to create a new

      *        <code>DynSequence</code> object

      * @return the new <code>DynSequence</code> object created from the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode if the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object is not consistent with the operation.

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      * @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynAnyFactory.html">DynAnyFactory</a> API instead

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.DynSequence create_dyn_sequence(org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type) throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>DynArray</code> object from the given

      * <code>TypeCode</code> object.

      * <P>

      * @param type the <code>TypeCode</code> object from which to create a new

      *        <code>DynArray</code> object

      * @return the new <code>DynArray</code> object created from the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode if the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object is not consistent with the operation.

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      * @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynAnyFactory.html">DynAnyFactory</a> API instead

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.DynArray create_dyn_array(org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type) throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>DynUnion</code> object from the given

      * <code>TypeCode</code> object.

      * <P>

      * @param type the <code>TypeCode</code> object from which to create a new

      *        <code>DynUnion</code> object

      * @return the new <code>DynUnion</code> object created from the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode if the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object is not consistent with the operation.

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      * @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynAnyFactory.html">DynAnyFactory</a> API instead

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.DynUnion create_dyn_union(org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type) throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

      * Creates a new <code>DynEnum</code> object from the given

      * <code>TypeCode</code> object.

      * <P>

      * @param type the <code>TypeCode</code> object from which to create a new

      *        <code>DynEnum</code> object

      * @return the new <code>DynEnum</code> object created from the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object

      * @throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode if the given

      *         <code>TypeCode</code> object is not consistent with the operation.

      * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>CORBA</code> package

      *      comments for unimplemented features</a>

      * @deprecated Use the new <a href="../DynamicAny/DynAnyFactory.html">DynAnyFactory</a> API instead

      */

     @Deprecated

     public org.omg.CORBA.DynEnum create_dyn_enum(org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode type) throws org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage.InconsistentTypeCode

     {

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

     /**

     * Can be invoked to create new instances of policy objects

     * of a specific type with specified initial state. If

     * <tt>create_policy</tt> fails to instantiate a new Policy

     * object due to its inability to interpret the requested type

     * and content of the policy, it raises the <tt>PolicyError</tt>

     * exception with the appropriate reason.

     * @param type the <tt>PolicyType</tt> of the policy object to

     *        be created

     * @param val the value that will be used to set the initial

     *        state of the <tt>Policy</tt> object that is created

     * @return Reference to a newly created <tt>Policy</tt> object

     *        of type specified by the <tt>type</tt> parameter and

     *        initialized to a state specified by the <tt>val</tt>

     *        parameter

     * @throws <tt>org.omg.CORBA.PolicyError</tt> when the requested

     *        policy is not supported or a requested initial state

     *        for the policy is not supported.

     */

     public org.omg.CORBA.Policy create_policy(int type, org.omg.CORBA.Any val)

         throws org.omg.CORBA.PolicyError

     {

         // Currently not implemented until PIORB.

         throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();

     }

 }