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   * Copyright 2010, Real-Time Innovations, Inc.
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  package org.omg.dds.type.dynamic;
  
  import org.omg.dds.core.DDSObject;
  import org.omg.dds.core.ServiceEnvironment;
  import org.omg.dds.type.TypeKind;
  
  
  public abstract class DynamicTypeFactory implements DDSObject
  {
      // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      // Singleton Access
      // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  
      /**
       * @param env       Identifies the Service instance to which the
       *                  object will belong.
       */
      public static DynamicTypeFactory getInstance(ServiceEnvironment env)
      {
          return env.getSPI().getTypeFactory();
      }
  
      // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
      // Instance Methods
      // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  
      public abstract DynamicType getPrimitiveType(TypeKind kind);
  
      public abstract DynamicType createType(TypeDescriptor descriptor);
      public abstract DynamicType createStringType(int bound);
      public abstract DynamicType createWStringType(int bound);
      /**
       * Create unbounded sequence
       * @param elementType
       * @return A new sequence type for unbounded sequence.
       */
      public abstract DynamicType createSequenceType(
              DynamicType elementType);
  
      /**
       * Create bounded sequence
       * @param elementType
       * @param bound
       * @return A new sequence type for bounded sequence.
       */
      public abstract DynamicType createSequenceType(
              DynamicType elementType, int bound);
  
      public abstract DynamicType createArrayType(
              DynamicType elementType, int... bound);
  
      public abstract DynamicType createMapType(
              DynamicType keyElementType, DynamicType elementType, int bound);
  
      public abstract DynamicType createBitSetType(int bound);
  
      /**
       * Load a type from the specified URI. If multiple types are defined
       * only the first one is returned.
       */
      public abstract DynamicType loadType(String documentUrl);
      public abstract java.util.Collection<DynamicType> loadTypes(String documentUrl);
  
      public abstract DynamicType loadType(String documentUrl, String name);
      public abstract java.util.Collection<DynamicType> loadTypes(String documentUrl, String... names);
  
      public abstract TypeDescriptor newTypeDescriptor();
      public abstract MemberDescriptor newMemberDescriptor();
      public abstract AnnotationDescriptor newAnnotationDescriptor();
  }
  