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pragma Ada_2005;

--  Neighbour profiles are used to reach partitions for which a local client
--  binding object linking to them exists, which we call the target binding
--  object. Neighbour profiles allow us to make requests to remote object in
--  one of these partitions using this target binding object and an Object_Id.
--  Per construction, neighbour profiles always bind to their target BO.

with PolyORB.Objects;

package PolyORB.Binding_Data.Neighbour is

   pragma Elaborate_Body;

   type Neighbour_Profile_Type is new Profile_Type with private;

   procedure Create_Neighbour_Profile
     (BO  : Smart_Pointers.Ref;
      Oid : Objects.Object_Id;
      P   : out Neighbour_Profile_Type);
   --  Create a neighbour profile: BO is the target binding object, and Oid the
   --  id of the object this profile designates.

   ---------------------------------------------
   -- Overridden primitives from Profile_Type --
   ---------------------------------------------

   overriding procedure Release (P : in out Neighbour_Profile_Type);

   overriding function Duplicate_Profile
     (P : Neighbour_Profile_Type) return Profile_Access;

   overriding procedure Bind_Profile
     (Profile : access Neighbour_Profile_Type;
      The_ORB :        Components.Component_Access;
      QoS     :        PolyORB.QoS.QoS_Parameters;
      BO_Ref  :    out Smart_Pointers.Ref;
      Error   :    out Errors.Error_Container);

   overriding function Get_Profile_Tag
     (Profile : Neighbour_Profile_Type) return Profile_Tag;
   pragma Inline (Get_Profile_Tag);

   overriding function Get_Profile_Preference
     (Profile : Neighbour_Profile_Type) return Profile_Preference;
   pragma Inline (Get_Profile_Preference);

   overriding function Image (Prof : Neighbour_Profile_Type) return String;

   overriding function Is_Colocated
     (Left  : Neighbour_Profile_Type;
      Right : Profile_Type'Class) return Boolean;

private

   type Neighbour_Profile_Type is new Profile_Type with
      record
         Target_Binding_Object : Smart_Pointers.Ref;
         --  The binding object used to create the profile. This BO links to
         --  the partition the profile designates. The profile always bind to
         --  this BO.
      end record;

end PolyORB.Binding_Data.Neighbour;
