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diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/ORB.java b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/ORB.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e45f03e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/ORB.java
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/* ORB.java --
+   Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package org.omg.CORBA_2_3;
+
+import javax.rmi.CORBA.Tie;
+
+import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_PARAM;
+import org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueFactory;
+
+/**
+ * This class should provide the {@link org.omg.CORBA.ORB}) ORB extensions,
+ * defined in the OMG CORBA version 2.3 specification. However in the
+ * Sun's API specification is written that this functionality is not
+ * implemented at least at least till 1.4 inclusive.
+ *
+ * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
+ */
+public abstract class ORB
+  extends org.omg.CORBA.ORB
+{
+  /**
+   * Should return a defintion of the value type as described
+   * in the interface repository.
+   *
+   * @param repository_id a value type repository id.
+   *
+   * @return never
+   * @throws BAD_PARAM never
+   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
+   *
+   * @see org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase
+   */
+  public org.omg.CORBA.Object get_value_def(String repository_id)
+                                     throws BAD_PARAM
+  {
+    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This should register the given value factory under the given
+   * repository id.
+   *
+   * @param repository_id a repository id
+   *
+   * @return never
+   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
+   */
+  public ValueFactory register_value_factory(String repository_id,
+                                             ValueFactory factory
+                                            )
+  {
+    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This should unregister the given value factory under the given
+   * repository id.
+   *
+   * @param repository_id a repository id
+   *
+   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
+   */
+  public void unregister_value_factory(String repository_id)
+  {
+    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This should find a suitable value factory to create an instance
+   * of the value type when is being read (unmarshaled) from the
+   * stream.
+   *
+   * @param repository_id a repository id
+   *
+   * @return never
+   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
+   */
+  public ValueFactory lookup_value_factory(String repository_id)
+  {
+    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * This method is called by RMI-IIOP {@link Tie#orb(ORB)},
+   * passing <code>this</code> as parameter. The ORB will try to connect
+   * that tie as one of its objects.
+   */
+  public void set_delegate(java.lang.Object wrapper)
+  {
+    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/package.html b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/package.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..254e6409a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/package.html
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
+<!-- package.html -
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. -->
+
+<html>
+<head><title>GNU Classpath - org.omg.CORBA_2_3</title></head>
+
+<body>
+<p>This package supports the ORB extendsions that appeared since CORBA 2_3.</p>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/Delegate.java b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/Delegate.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3d8ea933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/Delegate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/* Delegate.java --
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable;
+
+/**
+ * Extends the previous version of the Delegate by one additional method,
+ * defined in CORBA 2_3 .
+ *
+ * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
+ */
+public abstract class Delegate
+  extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.Delegate
+{
+  /**
+   * Returns the codebase for the provided object reference.
+   * A codebase is a location information (for instance, URL), specifying,
+   * where the missing parts of the object code can be downloaded. This
+   * is important for the value type objects that handle they method calls
+   * locally and hence must have the local copy of the implementing code.
+   *
+   * This method must be overridden to get functionality, the default method
+   * always returns an empty string.
+   *
+   * @return normally, an agreed location information, specifying, where
+   * the supporting code (like java classes) can be found.
+   */
+  public String get_codebase(org.omg.CORBA.Object self)
+  {
+    return "";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/InputStream.java b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/InputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b457abe98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/InputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/* InputStream.java --
+   Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable;
+
+import gnu.CORBA.CDR.Vio;
+
+import org.omg.CORBA.CustomMarshal;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.BoxedValueHelper;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.StreamableValue;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * This class defines a new CDR input stream methods, added since
+ * CORBA 2.3.
+ *
+ * This class is abstract; no direct instances can be instantiated.
+ * Also, up till v 1.4 inclusive there are no methods that would
+ * return it, and only one unimplemented interface,
+ * {@link org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueFactory }, needs it as a parameter.
+ *
+ * However since 1.3 all methods, declared as returning an
+ * org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream actually return the instance of this
+ * derived class and the new methods are accessible after the casting
+ * operation.
+ *
+ * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
+ */
+public abstract class InputStream
+  extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream
+{
+  /**
+   * Read the abstract interface. An abstract interface can be either
+   * CORBA value type or CORBA object and is returned as an abstract
+   * java.lang.Object.
+   *
+   * As specified in OMG specification, this reads a single
+   * boolean and then delegates either to {@link #read_Object()} (for false)
+   * or to {@link #read_value()} (for true).
+   *
+   * @return an abstract interface, unmarshaled from the stream.
+   */
+  public Object read_abstract_interface()
+  {
+    boolean isObject = read_boolean();
+
+    if (isObject)
+      return read_Object();
+    else
+      return read_value();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read the abstract interface, corresponding to the passed type.
+   * An abstract interface can be either CORBA value type or CORBA
+   * object and is returned as an abstract java.lang.Object.
+   *
+   * As specified in OMG specification, this reads a single
+   * boolean and then delegates either to {@link #read_Object(Class)} (for false)
+   * or to {@link #read_value(Class)} (for true).
+   *
+   * @param clz a base class for the abstract interface.
+   *
+   * @return an abstract interface, unmarshaled from the stream
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Needed for API compatibility
+  public Object read_abstract_interface(Class clz)
+  {
+    boolean isValue = read_boolean();
+
+    if (isValue)
+      return read_value(clz);
+    else
+      return read_Object(clz);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a value type structure, extracting the repository id
+   * from the input stream itself. The repository id is optional
+   * in the value type record, but it  must be present for this
+   * method to succeed. The {@link OutputStream} of this
+   * implementation always stores the repository id.
+   *
+   * The casts the streams ORB into a CORBA 2.3 ORB and then
+   * searched for a suitable value factory, where it delegates
+   * the functionality.
+   *
+   * If you know the exact class or can create an unitialised instance
+   * of the value type, it is recommended (faster) to use
+   * {@link #read_value(Class)} or {@link #read_value(Serializable)}
+   * instead.
+   *
+   * @return an value type structure, unmarshaled from the stream
+   */
+  public Serializable read_value()
+  {
+    return Vio.read(this);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a value type structure, corresponing to the passed type.
+   * As the type is known, the repository Id in the input stream is
+   * optional an not required. The codebase, if present, is also ignored.
+   *
+   * The passed class must implement either {@link CustomMarshal}
+   * for the user-defined reading operations or {@link StreamableValue}
+   * for the standard (generated by IDL compiler) reading operations.
+   * Also, it must have the parameterless constructor to create a new
+   * instance.
+   *
+   * @param clz a base class for a value type.
+   *
+   * @return an value type structure, unmarshaled from the stream
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Needed for API compatibility
+  public Serializable read_value(Class clz)
+  {
+    return Vio.read(this, clz);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a value type structure content, when the unitialised
+   * instance is passed as a parameter. It is a fastest method to read
+   * a value type.
+   *
+   * As the type is known, the repository Id in the input stream is
+   * optional an not required. The codebase, if present, is also ignored.
+   *
+   * The passed instance must implement either {@link CustomMarshal}
+   * for the user-defined reading operations or {@link StreamableValue}
+   * for the standard (generated by IDL compiler) reading operations.
+   *
+   * @param unitialised_value the unitialised value.
+   *
+   * @return same value, filled in by the stream content.
+   */
+  public Serializable read_value(Serializable unitialised_value)
+  {
+    return (Serializable) Vio.read(this, unitialised_value, null);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Read a value type structure, having the given repository id.
+   * The casts the streams ORB into a CORBA 2.3 ORB and then
+   * searched for a suitable value factory, where it delegates
+   * the functionality.
+   *
+   * If you know the exact class or can create an unitialised instance
+   * of the value type, it is recommended (faster) to use
+   * {@link #read_value(Class)} or {@link #read_value(Serializable)}
+   * instead.
+   *
+   * @param repository_id a repository id of the value type.
+   *
+   * @return an value type structure, unmarshaled from the stream
+   */
+  public Serializable read_value(String repository_id)
+  {
+    return Vio.read(this, repository_id);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Use the provided boxed value helper to read the value.
+   *
+   * @param helper a helper for reading the value from the stream.
+   *
+   * @return an value type structure, unmarshaled from the stream.
+   */
+  public Serializable read_value(BoxedValueHelper helper)
+  {
+    return Vio.read(this, helper);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/ObjectImpl.java b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/ObjectImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..552439189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/ObjectImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* ObjectImpl.java --
+   Copyright (C) 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable;
+
+import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_OPERATION;
+
+/**
+ * Extends the previous version of the CORBA object by one additional method,
+ * defined in CORBA 2_3 . See ancestor for details about the CORBA object.
+ *
+ * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
+ */
+public abstract class ObjectImpl
+  extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.ObjectImpl
+{
+  /**
+   * Returns the codebase for the provided object reference.
+   * A codebase is a location information (for instance, URL), specifying,
+   * where the missing parts of the object code can be downloaded. This
+   * is important for the value type objects that handle they method calls
+   * locally and hence must have the local copy of the implementing code.
+   *
+   * This implementation expects that the object delegate is set and is
+   * an instance of the org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.Delegate. If casts
+   * the set delegate to the given type and invokes
+   * {@link org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.Delegate#get_codebase}.
+   *
+   * @return normally, an agreed location information, specifying, where
+   * the supporting code (like java classes) can be found.
+   *
+   * @throws BAD_OPERATION if the object delegate is not an instance
+   * of org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.Delegate.
+   */
+  public String _get_codebase()
+  {
+    Object delegate = _get_delegate();
+    if (delegate instanceof org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.Delegate)
+      return ((org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.Delegate) delegate).get_codebase(this);
+    else if (delegate != null)
+      throw new BAD_OPERATION(delegate.getClass().getName() +
+                              " is not a org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable.Delegate"
+                             );
+    else
+      throw new BAD_OPERATION("The delegate not set.");
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/OutputStream.java b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/OutputStream.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9496ffce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/CORBA_2_3/portable/OutputStream.java
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/* OutputStream.java --
+   Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of GNU Classpath.
+
+GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
+02110-1301 USA.
+
+Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
+making a combined work based on this library.  Thus, the terms and
+conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
+combination.
+
+As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
+permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
+executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
+modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
+terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
+independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
+module.  An independent module is a module which is not derived from
+or based on this library.  If you modify this library, you may extend
+this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
+obligated to do so.  If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+exception statement from your version. */
+
+
+package org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable;
+
+import gnu.CORBA.CDR.Vio;
+
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.BoxedValueHelper;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.CustomValue;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.StreamableValue;
+import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * This class defines a new CDR input stream methods, added since
+ * CORBA 2.3.
+ *
+ * This class is abstract; no direct instances can be instantiated.
+ * Also, up till v 1.4 inclusive there are no methods that would
+ * return it directly.
+ *
+ * However since 1.3 all methods, declared as returning an
+ * org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream actually return the instance of this
+ * derived class and the new methods are accessible after the casting
+ * operation.
+ *
+ * @author Audrius Meskauskas (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
+ */
+public abstract class OutputStream
+  extends org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream
+{
+  /**
+   * Writes an abstract interface to the stream. An abstract interface can be
+   * eithe CORBA object or value type and is written as a union with the boolean
+   * discriminator (false for objects, true for value types).
+   *
+   * The object from value is separated by fact that all values implement the
+   * {@link ValueBase} interface. Also, the passed parameter is treated as value
+   * it it does not implement CORBA Object.
+   *
+   * @param an_interface an abstract interface to write.
+   */
+  public void write_abstract_interface(java.lang.Object an_interface)
+  {
+    boolean isObject = !(an_interface instanceof ValueBase)
+      && an_interface instanceof org.omg.CORBA.Object;
+
+    write_boolean(isObject);
+
+    if (isObject)
+      write_Object((org.omg.CORBA.Object) an_interface);
+    else
+      write_value((Serializable) an_interface);
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Writes a value type into the output stream.
+   *
+   * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue} (for user-defined
+   * writing method) or {@link StreamableValue} (for standard writing using code,
+   * generated by IDL compiler).
+   *
+   * The written record will have a repository id, matching the class of the
+   * passed object. The codebase will not be written.
+   *
+   * @param value a value type object to write.
+   */
+  public void write_value(Serializable value)
+  {
+    Vio.write(this, value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Write value to the stream using the boxed value helper.
+   *
+   * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue}
+   * (for user-defined writing method) or {@link StreamableValue}
+   * (for standard writing using code, generated by IDL compiler).
+   *
+   * @param value a value to write.
+   * @param helper a helper, responsible for the writing operation.
+   */
+  public void write_value(Serializable value, BoxedValueHelper helper)
+  {
+    Vio.write(this, value, helper);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Writes a value type into the output stream, stating it is an
+   * instance of the given class. The written record
+   * will have a repository id, matching the passed class.
+   * The codebase will not be written. It the object
+   * being written is an instance of the different class, this results
+   * writing two Id inheritance hierarchy.
+   *
+   * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue}
+   * (for user-defined writing method) or {@link StreamableValue}
+   * (for standard writing using code, generated by IDL compiler).
+   *
+   * @param value a value type object to write.
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Needed for API compatibility
+  public void write_value(Serializable value, Class clz)
+  {
+    Vio.write(this, value, clz);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Writes a value type into the output stream, stating it has the given
+   * repository id.
+   *
+   * The value type must implement either {@link CustomValue} (for user-defined
+   * writing method) or {@link StreamableValue} (for standard writing using code,
+   * generated by IDL compiler).
+   *
+   * @param repository_id a repository id of the value type.
+   *
+   * @param value a value type object to write.
+   */
+  public void write_value(Serializable value, String repository_id)
+  {
+    Vio.write(this, value, repository_id);
+  }
+}
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+<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN">
+<!-- package.html -
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+
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+
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+
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+
+<html>
+<head><title>GNU Classpath - org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable</title></head>
+
+<body>
+<p>This package supports the communication extensions that appeared since CORBA 2_3. 
+It mainly provides methods for input and output of value types. </p>
+
+</body>
+</html>