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ORBacus for C++ and Java is an Object Request Broker (ORB) that is
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compliant to the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
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specification as 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
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commercial licenses, please email OOC at support@ooc.com.
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1998-07-11 17:54:26 +00:00
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Some highlights of ORBacus 3.0 Preview Release 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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* 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 Preview 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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ORBacus was tested to work on the following platforms:
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- ORBacus for C++:
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* SGI C++ 7.1 or 7.2 SGI Irix 6.2 or 6.3
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* SUN C++ 4.1 or 4.2 SUN Solaris 2.5
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* HP aC++ A.01.00 or A.01.03 HP-UX B.10.20
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* AIX C Set ++ xlC 3.1.4.6 AIX Version 4.2.1
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* GNU C++ 2.7.2 Intel- or Sparc-based OS
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* GNU C++ 2.8.1 Any supported OS
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* EGCS C++ 1.0.2 Any supported OS
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* Visual C++ 4.2/5.0 Windows NT 4.0
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* Visual C++ 4.2/5.0 Windows 95
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- ORBacus for Java:
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* SUN's JDK 1.1.x or compatible
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1999-05-02 21:59:12 +00:00
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WWW: http://www.ORBacus.com.
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For installation instructions, please see the file ../INSTALL.
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