1. /*

  2.  * @(#)ValueFactory.java	1.6 00/02/02

  3.  *

  4.  * Copyright 1999, 2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  5.  * 

  6.  * This software is the proprietary information of Sun Microsystems, Inc.  

  7.  * Use is subject to license terms.

  8.  * 

  9.  */

  10. /*

  11.  * Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

  12.  * RMI-IIOP v1.0

  13.  * Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 1999  All Rights Reserved

  14.  *

  15.  * US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or

  16.  * disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

  17.  */

  18. 

  19. package org.omg.CORBA.portable;

  20. import java.io.Serializable;

  21. 

  22. /**

  23.  * The ValueFactory interface is the native mapping for the IDL 

  24.  * type CORBA::ValueFactory. The read_value() method is called by 

  25.  * the ORB runtime while in the process of unmarshaling a value type. 

  26.  * A user shall implement this method as part of implementing a type 

  27.  * specific value factory. In the implementation, the user shall call 

  28.  * is.read_value(java.io.Serializable) with a uninitialized valuetype 

  29.  * to use for unmarshaling. The value returned by the stream is 

  30.  * the same value passed in, with all the data unmarshaled.

  31.  * @see org.omg.CORBA_2_3.ORB

  32.  */

  33. 

  34. public interface ValueFactory {

  35.     /**

  36.      * Is called by 

  37.      * the ORB runtime while in the process of unmarshaling a value type. 

  38.      * A user shall implement this method as part of implementing a type 

  39.      * specific value factory.

  40.      * @param is an InputStream object--from which the value will be read.

  41.      * @return a Serializable object--the value read off of "is" Input stream.

  42.      */

  43.     Serializable read_value(org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.InputStream is);

  44. }