/*
* JacORB - a free Java ORB
*
* Copyright (C) 1997-2006 The JacORB project.
*
* 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.typecode;
/**
* @author Alphonse Bendt
*/
public interface TypeCodeCache
{
/**
* storage class used to put TypeCode's into implementations of the interface TypeCodeCache
*/
static final class Pair
{
/**
* the cached TypeCode
*/
public final org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode typeCode;
/**
* position of the cached TypeCode relative to the start of the parent TypeCode (is 0 for toplevel TypeCode's).
*/
public final Integer position;
/**
* Create a new <code>Pair</code>.
*
* @param typeCode an <code>org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode</code> value
* @param position an <code>Integer</code> value
*/
public Pair( org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode typeCode, Integer position )
{
this.typeCode = typeCode;
this.position = position;
}
/**
* <code>toString</code> used for debugging ONLY.
*
* @return a <code>String</code> value
*/
public String toString()
{
return ("TypeCode: " + typeCode + " / Position: " + position );
}
}
void cacheTypeCode(String repositoryID, TypeCodeCache.Pair[] entries);
TypeCodeCache.Pair[] getCachedTypeCodes(String repositoryID);
}