[omniORB] Re: Connection Handler

Doug Anderson doug@clark.net
Wed, 6 Jan 1999 20:15:13 -0500


Hi,

Sai Lai wrote:
>Unlike other ORBs, there is no way to insert a handler into omniORB2 to get
>a callback when a connection is made or when it is broken. It is my opinion
>that using the status of network connections to detect client failure is
>a poor way of doing the job and does not fit in very well with the CORBA
>framework. It is the job of the ORB to decide when is the best time to
>establish a connection and how many connections are necessary to
communicate
>with the server.

Not to mention the fact that this would not work well in a connection-LESS
GIOP implementation, ala IIOP over UDP??  (if and when such a beast
becomes commonplace!)

Doug