001/* ObjectReferenceFactory.java --
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037
038
039package org.omg.PortableInterceptor;
040
041import org.omg.CORBA.Object;
042import org.omg.CORBA.portable.IDLEntity;
043import org.omg.CORBA.portable.ValueBase;
044
045/**
046 * Provides the possibility to create the CORBA object reference.
047 * The reference is created from repository id (defining the type of the
048 * object) and the object id (defining the identity of the object).
049 *
050 * @since 1.5
051 *
052 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
053 */
054public interface ObjectReferenceFactory
055  extends ValueBase, IDLEntity
056{
057  /**
058   * Create an object with the given repository and object ids. This interface
059   * does not specify where and how the returned object must be connected and
060   * activated. The derived {@link ObjectReferenceTemplate} interface assumes
061   * the object must be connected to the POA that is specific to that
062   * template (name can be obtained).
063   * 
064   * If the object with this objectId already exists in the given context, it 
065   * is found and returned; a new object is <i>not</i> created.
066   * 
067   * @param repositoryId the repository id of the object being created, defines
068   * the type of the object.
069   * 
070   * @param objectId the byte array, defining the identity of the object.
071   * 
072   * @return The created corba object.
073   */
074  Object make_object(String repositoryId, byte[] objectId);
075}