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package org.omg.CORBA;

import org.omg.CORBA.BAD_PARAM;
import org.omg.CORBA.Context;
import org.omg.CORBA.ContextList;
import org.omg.CORBA.DomainManager;
import org.omg.CORBA.ExceptionList;
import org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT;
import org.omg.CORBA.NVList;
import org.omg.CORBA.NamedValue;
import org.omg.CORBA.Policy;
import org.omg.CORBA.Request;
import org.omg.CORBA.SetOverrideType;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ApplicationException;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.InputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.OutputStream;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.RemarshalException;
import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ServantObject;

import javax.rmi.CORBA.Util;

/**
 * An object, formally implementing the CORBA {@link Object}, but actually
 * handling all invocations locally.
 * Various calls to the remote object specific methods throw the
 * {@link NO_IMPLEMENT}. The explaining message for this exception is
 * specified in java API as <code>"This is a locally constrained object."</code>.
 * It is not possible to get a stringified reference of the local object, or
 * invoke a method using DII (by name via {@link Request} class).
 *
 * However narrowing and widening methods will work with local objects.
 *
 * @since 1.4
 *
 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
 */
public class LocalObject
  implements org.omg.CORBA.Object
{
  /**
   * The explaining message for the exception, thrown in response to call
   * the method, not appropriate for the local object.
   */
  private static final String INAPPROPRIATE =
    "This is a locally constrained object.";

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public Request _create_request(Context context, String operation,
                                 NVList parameters, NamedValue returns
                                )
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public Request _create_request(Context context, String operation,
                                 NVList parameters, NamedValue returns,
                                 ExceptionList exceptions, ContextList ctx_list
                                )
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public org.omg.CORBA.Object _duplicate()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public DomainManager[] _get_domain_managers()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public org.omg.CORBA.Object _get_interface_def()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public org.omg.CORBA.Object _get_interface()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public Policy _get_policy(int a_policy_type)
                     throws BAD_PARAM
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * {@inheritDoc}
   */
  public int _hash(int maximum)
  {
    return Math.abs(hashCode()) % maximum;
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public boolean _is_a(String repositoryIdentifer)
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * Determines if the object is equal to another object, so far as it is
   * possible to determine easily.
   *
   * @param other the other object.
   *
   * @return true if the pased object is not null and
   * java.lang.Object.equals(other) returns true. False otherwise.
   */
  public boolean _is_equivalent(org.omg.CORBA.Object other)
  {
    if (other != null)
      if (other.equals(this))
        return true;

    return false;
  }

  /**
   * Always returs false.
   *
   * @return false, always.
   */
  public boolean _non_existent()
  {
    return false;
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public void _release()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @specnote it is possible to implement a local handling of the _request(),
   * but the API clearly states that NO_IMPLEMENT
   * must be thrown instead.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public Request _request(String operation)
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public org.omg.CORBA.Object _set_policy_override(Policy[] policies,
                                                   SetOverrideType how
                                                  )
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is called from <code>rmic</code> generated stubs if the
   * {@link Util#isLocal}, called passing <code>this</code> as parameter,
   * returns true. If the method returns null, the requested method is then
   * invoked on <code>this</code>. Else it is invoked on the returned object,
   * casting it into the interface that the local object implements. In this
   * case, the generated stub also later calls
   * {@link #_servant_postinvoke(ServantObject)}, passing that returned target
   * as parameter.
   *
   * @param operation the name of the method being invoked.
   * @param expectedType the interface that the returned servant
   * object must implement.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT always. If used, the method must be overridden.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Needed for API compatibility
  public ServantObject _servant_preinvoke(String operation, Class expectedType)
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }


  /**
   * This method is called from <code>rmic</code> generated stubs if the
   * {@link Util#isLocal}, called passing <code>this</code> as parameter,
   * returns true, and the {@link #_servant_preinvoke} return non-null object.
   * The stub then invokes the requrested method on that returned object and
   * later calls _servant_postinvoke, passing that returned target as parameter.
   *
   * @param servant the object that has served as the invocation target for the
   * current operation.
   */
  public void _servant_postinvoke(ServantObject servant)
  {
  }

  /**
   * Invokes the operation. This method takes the OutputStream that was previously
   * returned by a {@link #_request(String)} and returns an InputStream which
   * contains the reply. Up till jdk 1.5 inclusive this method is marked as
   * unimplemented.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT always.
   */
  public InputStream _invoke(OutputStream output)
    throws ApplicationException, RemarshalException
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * While it may look that this should return true, the jdk 1.5 API states
   * that it must throw NO_IMPLEMENT instead. The rmi stubs do not call this
   * method to check if the object is local; they call {@link Util#isLocal}
   * instead (passing <code>this</code> as parameter).
   *
   * @return never.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT always.
   */
  public boolean _is_local()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }


  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public ORB _orb()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public void _releaseReply(InputStream input)
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public OutputStream _request(String operation, boolean responseExpected)
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }

  /**
   * This method is not appropriate for the local objects and just
   * throws an exception.
   *
   * @throws NO_IMPLEMENT, always.
   */
  public boolean validate_connection()
  {
    throw new NO_IMPLEMENT(INAPPROPRIATE);
  }
}