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WWW: http://www.uk.research.att.com/omniORB/omniORB.html
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omniORB2 is an Object Request Broker (ORB) which implements
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specification 2.3 of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
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Further information on CORBA can be found at http://www.omg.org
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Technical highlights
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C++ language binding is supported.
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The IDL compiler uses the compiler front end from Sun, and
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generates C++ language mapping conforming to the latest revision of
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the CORBA specification.
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TypeCode and type Any are supported.
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DynAny is supported (CORBA 2.2)
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The Dynamic Invocation and Dynamic Skeleton interfaces are supported
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The Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) is used as the native protocol.
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The omniORB2 runtime is fully multithreaded. It uses native
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platform thread support encapsulated with a small class library, omnithread,
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to abstract away from differences in native thread APIs.
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A COS Naming Service, omniNames, is provided.
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The following platforms are supported:
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Solaris 2.5/ Sun SparcCompiler C++ version 4.2
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Digital Unix 3.2/ DEC C++ compiler version 5.5
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Linux 2.0 (x86)/ GNU C++ compiler version 2.7.2 / Linuxthreads 0.5
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Windows NT / Windows 95 / Visual C++ version 4.2
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It should be straightforward to port omniORB2 to any platform which
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supports POSIX style threads, BSD style sockets and has a decent C++
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compiler which supports exceptions.
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It has been tested for interoperability via IIOP with other ORBs, such as
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Iona Orbix 2.1 MT, Iona OrbixWeb 2.0.1, Visigenic Visibroker for C++,
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and HP ORB Plus 2.5.
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Work in progress
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omniORB2 is not yet a complete implementation of the CORBA core. The
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following features are not supported in the current release.
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Support for these features will be included shortly in
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a future release of omniORB2.
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Portable Object Adaptor (POA)
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Missing features
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The following features are missing from omniORB2.
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We are not currently planning on adding support for these features.
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The BOA only supports the persistent server activation policy. Other
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dynamic activation and deactivation polices are not supported.
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omniORB2 does not has its own Interface Repository.
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