[omniORB] Creating a nil reference with a repository ID?

[Lars von Wedel]

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Hi,

You're right. The function is in a template and the interface class is
actually
one of the parameters. Obviously I can return X::_nil().

My fault - my own code seems to be too complicated for me...

Lars


Duncan Grisby wrote:
> 
> On Friday 18 May, Lars von Wedel wrote:
> 
> > can I create a nil reference based on a repository ID? Of course, I
> > can create one when I know the class explicitly at compile time, but
> > using a servant locator I only have a repository ID.
> 
> I don't understand what the problem is. Servant locators don't deal
> with object references at all -- they deal with servants.
> 
> In a function that must return an object reference, there are two
> cases. The first is that the function returns generic CORBA::Object,
> in which case you can return CORBA::Object::_nil(). The second is that
> the function returns a specific object reference type, in which case
> you can use the right _nil() function for that type.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Duncan.
> 
> --
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