[omniORB] omniORB Authentication Methods

Simon McQueen sm at prismtech.com
Wed Oct 25 11:30:58 BST 2006


Hi Duncan,

Thanks very much for the reply.

On 24/10/2006 13:22, Duncan Grisby wrote:
> On Tuesday 24 October, "Simon McQueen" wrote:
> 
>> On 24/10/2006 10:17, Duncan Grisby wrote:
>>> Sorry, I got mixed up. In 4.0.x you _can_ send system exceptions from
>>> interceptors. What you can't do is send user exceptions from them. You
>>> can throw both kinds of exceptions in 4.1.x.
>> Introducing behaviour that contravenes the current CORBA spec ? What
>> motivated that change.
> 
> omniORB's interceptors use a proprietary interface anyway, so the CORBA
> spec is irrelevant here. 

Ah, ok. I didn't know that. Does omniORB's implementation pre-date the 
portable interceptor spec or was it a conscious decision to go with an 
alternate design ?

> I've encountered several situations where it
> can be useful to raise user exceptions from an interceptor, to indicate
> problems in service contexts.

Cheers,
-- 
Simon McQueen                                      sm at prismtech.com
OpenFusion CORBA & OpenSplice DDS   http://prismtech.com/middleware




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