1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/IOP/CodecFactoryHelper.java b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/IOP/CodecFactoryHelper.java
index d5c55a264cc..fea0b887bd9 100644
--- a/libjava/classpath/org/omg/IOP/CodecFactoryHelper.java
+++ b/libjava/classpath/org/omg/IOP/CodecFactoryHelper.java
@@ -120,6 +120,25 @@ public abstract class CodecFactoryHelper
         throw bad;
       }
   }
+  
+  /**
+   * Narrow the given object to the CodecFactory. For the objects that are
+   * always local, this operation does not differ from the ordinary
+   * {@link #narrow} (ClassCastException will be thrown if narrowing something
+   * different).
+   * 
+   * @param obj the object to cast.
+   * 
+   * @return the casted CodecFactory.
+   * 
+   * @since 1.5 
+   * 
+   * @see OMG issue 4158.
+   */
+  public static CodecFactory unchecked_narrow(org.omg.CORBA.Object obj)
+  {
+    return narrow(obj);
+  }    
 
   /**
    * This should read the CodecFactory from the CDR intput stream,