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--  Representation of object references as typed
--  Interoperable Object References.

--  An IOR aggregates the identification of an interface (i.e. a type
--  identifier) and a set of profiles designating an object that supports
--  this interface. An IOR can be converted to a stringified
--  representation by marshalling it according to CDR, and converting
--  the resulting stream element array into a string of hexadecimal digits.

with Ada.Streams;

with PolyORB.Buffers;
with PolyORB.Binding_Data;

package PolyORB.References.IOR is

   use PolyORB.Buffers;

   procedure Marshall_Profile
     (Buffer  : access Buffer_Type;
      P       :        Binding_Data.Profile_Access;
      Success :    out Boolean);

   function Unmarshall_Profile
     (Buffer : access Buffer_Type)
     return Binding_Data.Profile_Access;
   --  Return null if failed

   procedure Marshall_IOR
     (Buffer : access Buffer_Type;
      Value  : PolyORB.References.Ref);

   function  Unmarshall_IOR
     (Buffer : access Buffer_Type)
     return  PolyORB.References.Ref;

   --------------------------------------
   -- Object reference <-> opaque data --
   --------------------------------------

   function Object_To_Opaque (IOR : PolyORB.References.Ref)
     return Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Array;

   function Opaque_To_Object
     (Opaque : access Ada.Streams.Stream_Element_Array)
     return PolyORB.References.Ref;

   ------------------------------------------
   -- Object reference <-> stringified IOR --
   ------------------------------------------

   function Object_To_String (IOR : PolyORB.References.Ref) return String;

   ---------------------
   -- Profile Factory --
   ---------------------

   type Marshall_Profile_Body_Type is access procedure
     (Buffer  : access Buffers.Buffer_Type;
      Profile :        Binding_Data.Profile_Access);

   type Unmarshall_Profile_Body_Type is access function
     (Buffer  : access Buffers.Buffer_Type)
     return Binding_Data.Profile_Access;

   procedure Register
     (Profile                 : Binding_Data.Profile_Tag;
      Marshall_Profile_Body   : Marshall_Profile_Body_Type;
      Unmarshall_Profile_Body : Unmarshall_Profile_Body_Type);

private

   function String_To_Object (Str : String) return PolyORB.References.Ref;

end PolyORB.References.IOR;
