/*
* JacORB - a free Java ORB
*
* Copyright (C) 1999-2014 Gerald Brose / The JacORB Team.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library 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
* Library General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
* Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*
*/
package org.jacorb.orb.etf;
import org.jacorb.config.Configurable;
import org.jacorb.config.Configuration;
import org.jacorb.config.ConfigurationException;
import org.jacorb.orb.CDROutputStream;
/**
* Provides an abstraction of a protocol specific address.
* This is necessary to allow the ORB and other components deal with
* addresses generally rather than using protocol specific address elements
* such as IIOP-centric host and port values.
*
* @author Phil Mesnier
*/
public abstract class ProtocolAddressBase
implements Cloneable, Configurable
{
protected org.jacorb.config.Configuration configuration;
public void configure(Configuration configuration)
throws ConfigurationException
{
if( configuration == null )
{
throw new ConfigurationException("ProtocolAddressBase: given configuration was null");
}
this.configuration = configuration;
}
public abstract String toString();
public abstract boolean fromString(String s);
public abstract void write (CDROutputStream s);
public byte [] toCDR ()
{
final CDROutputStream out = new CDROutputStream();
try
{
out.beginEncapsulatedArray();
this.write(out);
return out.getBufferCopy();
}
finally
{
out.close();
}
}
/**
* This function shall return an equivalent, copy of the profile.
*/
public abstract ProtocolAddressBase copy();
}