/*
 * @(#)InputStream.java	1.37 05/11/17
 *
 * Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */
package org.omg.CORBA.portable;

import org.omg.CORBA.TypeCode;
import org.omg.CORBA.Principal;
import org.omg.CORBA.Any;

/**
 * InputStream is the Java API for reading IDL types
 * from CDR marshal streams. These methods are used by the ORB to
 * unmarshal IDL types as well as to extract IDL types out of Anys.
 * The <code>_array</code> versions of the methods can be directly
 * used to read sequences and arrays of IDL types.
 *
 * @version 1.12, 04/22/98
 * @since   JDK1.2
 */

public abstract class InputStream extends java.io.InputStream
{
    /**
     * Reads a boolean value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>boolean</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract boolean	read_boolean();
    /**
     * Reads a char value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>char</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract char	read_char();
    /**
     * Reads a wide char value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>char</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract char	read_wchar();
    /**
     * Reads an octet (that is, a byte) value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>byte</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract byte	read_octet();
    /**
     * Reads a short value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>short</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract short	read_short();
    /**
     * Reads a unsigned short value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>short</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract short	read_ushort();
    /**
     * Reads a CORBA long (that is, Java int) value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>int</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract int		read_long();
    /**
     * Reads an unsigned CORBA long (that is, Java int) value from this input 
stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>int</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract int		read_ulong();
    /**
     * Reads a CORBA longlong (that is, Java long) value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>long</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract long	read_longlong();
    /**
     * Reads a CORBA unsigned longlong (that is, Java long) value from this input 
stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>long</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract long	read_ulonglong();
    /**
     * Reads a float value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>float</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract float	read_float();
    /**
     * Reads a double value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>double</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract double	read_double();
    /**
     * Reads a string value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>String</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract String	read_string();
    /**
     * Reads a wide string value from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>String</code> value read from this input stream
     */
    public abstract String	read_wstring();

    /**
     * Reads an array of booleans from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of booleans.
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_boolean_array(boolean[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of chars from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of chars.
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_char_array(char[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of wide chars from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of wide chars.
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_wchar_array(char[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of octets (that is, bytes) from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of octets (that is, bytes).
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_octet_array(byte[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of shorts from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of shorts.
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_short_array(short[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of unsigned shorts from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of shorts.
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_ushort_array(short[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of CORBA longs (that is, Java ints) from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of CORBA longs (that is, Java ints).
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_long_array(int[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of unsigned CORBA longs (that is, Java ints) from this input 
stream.
     * @param value returned array of CORBA longs (that is, Java ints).
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_ulong_array(int[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of CORBA longlongs (that is, Java longs) from this input 
stream.
     * @param value returned array of CORBA longs (that is, Java longs).
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_longlong_array(long[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of unsigned CORBA longlongs (that is, Java longs) from this 
input stream.
     * @param value returned array of CORBA longs (that is, Java longs).
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_ulonglong_array(long[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of floats from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of floats.
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_float_array(float[] value, int offset, int 
length);
    /**
     * Reads an array of doubles from this input stream.
     * @param value returned array of doubles.
     * @param offset offset on the stream.
     * @param length length of buffer to read.
     */
    public abstract void	read_double_array(double[] value, int offset, int 
length);

    /**
     * Reads a CORBA object from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>Object</code> instance read from this input stream.
     */
    public abstract org.omg.CORBA.Object read_Object();
    /**
     * Reads a <code>TypeCode</code> from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>TypeCode</code> instance read from this input stream.
     */
    public abstract TypeCode	read_TypeCode();
    /**
     * Reads an Any from this input stream.
     *
     * @return the <code>Any</code> instance read from this input stream.
     */
    public abstract Any		read_any();

    /**
     * Returns principal for invocation.
     * @return Principal for invocation.
     * @deprecated Deprecated by CORBA 2.2.
     */
@Deprecated
    public  Principal	read_Principal() {
        throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();
    }


    /**
     * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>portable</code>
     * package comments for unimplemented features</a>
     */
    public int read() throws java.io.IOException {
        throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();
    }

    /**
     * Reads a BigDecimal number.
     * @return a java.math.BigDecimal number
     */
    public java.math.BigDecimal read_fixed() {
        throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();
    }

    /**
     * Reads a CORBA context from the stream.
     * @return a CORBA context
     * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>portable</code>
     * package comments for unimplemented features</a>
     */
    public org.omg.CORBA.Context read_Context() {
        throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();
    }
    /*
     * The following methods were added by orbos/98-04-03: Java to IDL
     * Mapping. These are used by RMI over IIOP.
     */

    /**
     * Unmarshals an object and returns a CORBA Object,
     * which is an instance of the class passed as its argument.
     * This class is the stub class of the expected type.
     *
     * @param clz  The Class object for the stub class which 
     * corresponds to the type that is statistically expected, or
     * the Class object for the RMI/IDL interface type that
     * is statistically expected.
     * @return an Object instance of clz read from this stream
     *
     * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>portable</code>
     * package comments for unimplemented features</a>
     */
    public  org.omg.CORBA.Object read_Object(java.lang.Class
					     clz) {
	throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the ORB that created this InputStream.
     *
     * @return the <code>ORB</code> object that created this stream
     *
     * @see <a href="package-summary.html#unimpl"><code>portable</code>
     * package comments for unimplemented features</a>
     */
    public org.omg.CORBA.ORB orb() {
	throw new org.omg.CORBA.NO_IMPLEMENT();
    }
}