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ORBacus for C++ and Java (formerly known as OmniBroker for C++ and
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Java) is an Object Request Broker (ORB) that is compliant with the
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Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) specification as
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defined in:
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The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification
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Revision 2.0, OMG document 97-02-25
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and
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IDL/Java Language Mapping, OMG document 97-03-01
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ORBacus for C++ and Java is free for non-commercial use and available
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with full source code. See the file LICENSE for details. For commercial
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licenses, please visit our Web site at http://www.ooc.com or send email
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to support@ooc.com.
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Some highlights of ORBacus 3.2.1 are:
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- Full CORBA IDL support
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- Complete CORBA IDL-to-C++ mapping
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- Complete CORBA IDL-to-Java mapping
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- Includes the following Basic Services:
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* Interoperable Naming
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* Event
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* Property
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- Pluggable Protocols with IIOP as default plug-in
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- Single- and Multi-Threaded with many different concurrency models:
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* Blocking
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* Reactive
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* Threaded
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* Thread per Client
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* Thread per Request
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* Thread Pool
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- Nested method invocations even in the single-threaded version
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- Support for timeouts
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- Seamless event loop integration with X11 and Windows
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- Full support for dynamic programming:
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* Dynamic Invocation Interface
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* Dynamic Skeleton Interface
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* Interface Repository
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* DynAny for dynamic Any type handling
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- IDL-to-HTML and IDL-to-RTF translator for generating "javadoc"-like
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documentation
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The current release has the following limitations:
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- Only persistent (i.e., manually launched) servers are currently
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supported
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For more information on ORBacus, please see the ORBacus manual or
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visit the ORBacus Home Page at http://www.ooc.com/ob/.
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For installation instructions, please see the file ../INSTALL.
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