// -*- C++ -*-

//=============================================================================
/**
 *  @file    Valuetype_Adapter.h
 *
 *  $Id: Valuetype_Adapter.h 95580 2012-03-01 11:28:43Z sma $
 *
 *  @author  Jeff Parsons <j.parsons@vanderbilt.edu>
 */
//=============================================================================

#ifndef TAO_VALUETYPE_ADAPTER_H
#define TAO_VALUETYPE_ADAPTER_H

#include /**/ "ace/pre.h"
#include "ace/Service_Object.h"

#if !defined (ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE)
# pragma once
#endif /* ACE_LACKS_PRAGMA_ONCE */

#include /**/ "tao/TAO_Export.h"
#include "tao/Basic_Types.h"

TAO_BEGIN_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL

namespace CORBA
{
  class Object;
  typedef Object *Object_ptr;

  class AbstractBase;
  typedef AbstractBase *AbstractBase_ptr;

  class ValueBase;

  class ValueFactoryBase;
  typedef ValueFactoryBase *ValueFactory;
}

class TAO_InputCDR;

/**
 * @class TAO_Valuetype_Adapter
 *
 * @brief TAO_Valuetype_Adapter.
 *
 * Class that adapts various functions involving the Valuetype,
 * ValueFactory and AbstractInterface classes. This is a base class for
 * the actual implementation in the TAO_Valuetype library.
 */
class TAO_Export TAO_Valuetype_Adapter : public ACE_Service_Object
{
public:
  virtual ~TAO_Valuetype_Adapter (void);

  virtual CORBA::Object_ptr abstractbase_to_object (
      CORBA::AbstractBase_ptr p) = 0;

  virtual CORBA::Boolean stream_to_value (TAO_InputCDR &,
                                          CORBA::ValueBase *&) = 0;

  virtual CORBA::Boolean stream_to_abstract_base (
      TAO_InputCDR &,
      CORBA::AbstractBase_ptr &) = 0;

  virtual CORBA::Long type_info_single (void) const = 0;

  virtual CORBA::Boolean is_type_info_implied (CORBA::Long) const = 0;
  virtual CORBA::Boolean is_type_info_single (CORBA::Long) const = 0;
  virtual CORBA::Boolean is_type_info_list (CORBA::Long) const = 0;
  virtual CORBA::Boolean is_value_chunked (CORBA::Long) const = 0;

  virtual int vf_map_rebind (const char *, CORBA::ValueFactory &) = 0;

  virtual int vf_map_unbind (const char *) = 0;

  virtual CORBA::ValueFactory vf_map_find (const char *) = 0;

  virtual CORBA::TypeCode_ptr derived_type (CORBA::ValueBase *) = 0;
};

TAO_END_VERSIONED_NAMESPACE_DECL

#include /**/ "ace/post.h"
#endif /* TAO_VALUETYPE_ADAPTER_H */
