[omniORB] Interworking with Java IDL

[Sai-Lai Lo]

"Tim S. Woodall" <tim@redpt.com> writes:

> This has been discussed on this list in the past. JavaIDL
> clients employ a bootstrap protocol published by SUN to
> contact the name server.
> 
> Following is a modification to the omniORB ORB::ORB_init
> method that allows it to resolve the root context of the JavaIDL
> name service. Note that if the JavaIDL name service is not
> present at the specified host/port, the ORB defaults to the
> name service specified by the local configuration file.
> 
> Changes are delineated by:
> #ifdef/#ifndef  _USE_BOOTSTRAP_PROTOCOL
> #endif
> 
> Perhaps we could convince the omniORB staff to work this
> into a future release in some form?
> 

This is certainly worth looking into. 

Could you point me to the document that specify the bootstrap protocol? 
Thanks.

Sai-Lai



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