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package org.omg.CosNaming;

import gnu.CORBA.OrbRestricted;

import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;

/**
 * "Istring" was a "placeholder for a future IDL internationalized
 * string data type" in the original specification. It is maintained
 * solely for compatibility reasons. In both java and CORBA,
 * Istring is now identical to the narrow (not wide) string and needs
 * no helper. This class is implemented just for compatibility
 * reasons.
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public abstract class IstringHelper
{
  /**
   * Insert the IString into Any (uses {@link Any#insert_string}).
   *
   * @param a the Any to insert into.
   * @param that the string to insert.
   */
  public static void insert(Any a, String that)
  {
    a.insert_string(that);
  }

  /**
   * Extract the IString from Any ((uses {@link Any#extract_string}).
   *
   * @param a the Any to extract from.
   */
  public static String extract(Any a)
  {
    return a.extract_string();
  }

  /**
   * Return an alias typecode.
   */
  public static TypeCode type()
  {
    ORB orb = OrbRestricted.Singleton;
    return orb.create_alias_tc(id(), "Istring", orb.create_string_tc(0));
  }

  /**
   * Return the IString repository id.
   * @return "IDL:omg.org/CosNaming/Istring:1.0", always.
   */
  public static String id()
  {
    return "IDL:omg.org/CosNaming/Istring:1.0";
  }

  /**
   * Calls {@link InputStream#read_string()}.
   *
   * @param istream the stream to read from.
   */
  public static String read(InputStream istream)
  {
    return istream.read_string();
  }

  /**
   * Calls {@link OutputStream#write_string(String)}.
   *
   * @param ostream the stream to write into.
   * @param value the string (IString) value to write.
   */
  public static void write(OutputStream ostream, String value)
  {
    ostream.write_string(value);
  }
}
