org.omg.IOP
Interface CodecFactory

All Superinterfaces:

CodecFactoryOperations, IDLEntity, Object, Serializable

public interface CodecFactory
extends CodecFactoryOperations, IDLEntity, Object

The CodecFactory is used to obtaind Codec for the given encoding. The obtaining operations are defined separately in CodecFactoryOperations.

The CodecFactory is a local object. It is not possible to get its stringified reference, to send it over CDR streams or invoke the methods remotely.

CodecFactory is returned by ORB.resolve_initial_references("CodecFactory").

Specnote:

The CodecFactory is local in both Suns (up till 1.4 inclusive) an this implementation.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryOperations

create_codec

Methods inherited from interface org.omg.CORBA.Object

_create_request, _create_request, _duplicate, _get_domain_managers, _get_interface_def, _get_policy, _hash, _is_a, _is_equivalent, _non_existent, _release, _request, _set_policy_override