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with CORBA.Local;
with PolyORB.Representations.CDR;

package IOP.Codec.Impl is

   type Object is new CORBA.Local.Object with private;

   type Object_Ptr is access all Object'Class;

   function Encode
     (Self : access Object;
      Data : CORBA.Any)
     return CORBA.IDL_SEQUENCES.OctetSeq;

   function Decode
     (Self : access Object;
      Data : CORBA.IDL_SEQUENCES.OctetSeq)
     return CORBA.Any;

   function Encode_Value
     (Self : access Object;
      Data : CORBA.Any)
     return CORBA.IDL_SEQUENCES.OctetSeq;

   function Decode_Value
     (Self : access Object;
      Data : CORBA.IDL_SEQUENCES.OctetSeq;
      TC   : CORBA.TypeCode.Object)
     return CORBA.Any;

   procedure Init
     (Self           : access Object;
      Representation :
        PolyORB.Representations.CDR.CDR_Representation_Access);
   --  Internal initialization subprogram

private

   type Object is new CORBA.Local.Object with record
      Representation : PolyORB.Representations.CDR.CDR_Representation_Access;
   end record;

   function Is_A
     (Self            : access Object;
      Logical_Type_Id : Standard.String)
     return Boolean;

   --  Derived from PolyORB.Smart_Pointers.Entity

   procedure Finalize (Self : in out Object);

end IOP.Codec.Impl;
