SimpleSequenceProperty.java

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package org.ossie.properties;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import org.omg.CORBA.Any;
import org.omg.CORBA.ORB;
import org.omg.CORBA.TCKind;
import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;

@Deprecated
public class SimpleSequenceProperty< T extends Object > extends LegacyProperty< List<T> > {

    final private List<T> defaultValue;
    final private String type;
    final private TypeCode corbaType;

    public SimpleSequenceProperty(final String   id, 
                                  final String   name, 
                                  final String   type, 
                                  final List<T>  value, 
                                  final String   mode, 
                                  final String   action,
                                  final String[] kinds) {
        super(id, name, value, mode, action, kinds);
        this.type = type;
        this.defaultValue = value;
        this.corbaType = AnyUtils.convertToTypeCode(this.type);
    }

    public Any toAny() {
        Any retval;
        if (this.value == null) {
            retval = ORB.init().create_any();
            return retval;
        }
        Object[] dataholder = ((List<T>)this.value).toArray(new Object[0]);
        retval = AnyUtils.toAnySequence(dataholder, this.corbaType);
        return retval;
    }

    protected List<T> fromAny_(final Any any) {
        if(any.type().kind().value() != TCKind._tk_null){
            try {
                // Suppress unchecked cast warning; due to type erasure we do
                // not know the actual type of T, so this is an unsafe
                // operation, which is one of the reasons for deprecating this
                // class.
                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") T[] array = (T[])AnyUtils.convertAny(any);
                return new ArrayList<T>(Arrays.asList(array));
            } catch (final ClassCastException ex) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Incorrect any type recevied");
            }
        } 
        return new ArrayList<T>();
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return this.id + "/" + this.name + " = " + this.value;
    }

    public void fromString(final String str) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Only simple properties can be initialized with strings");
    }

    public String getType() {
        return this.type;
    }

}