[omniORB] omniORB without exceptions?

Thomas Lockhart lockhart at fourpalms.org
Wed Jan 14 07:41:57 GMT 2004


> TAO seems to support a non-standard way of handling exceptions
> on systems that do not support C++ exceptions.  After looking
> at http://download.ociweb.com/tao_dev_guide_getting_started.pdf,
> chapter 3.2, it seems similar to the CORBA C language binding
> way of exception handling.  Is there a way for omniORB users to
> live without exceptions, too?

No. Implementing something like the ACE exception macros is non-trivial, 
though one could borrow liberally if desired.

A (small) drawback to the TAO scheme is that it does not handle all 
exceptions; every thrown or handled exception must have been declared in 
IDL.

                     - Tom




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