ORBit Beginners Documentation V1.2

Ewan Birney

Michael Lausch

Todd Lewis

Stéphane Genaud

Frank Rehberger

Download page: http://www.gnome.org/projects/ORBit2/orbit-docs.tar.gz

Table of Contents

Introduction

About this documentation

Frequently Asked Questions

General Questions

What is CORBA?
What is ORBit?
Why aren't you using ILU/MICO/TAO?
Is ORBit stable?
Does ORBit work with other ORBs?
What license does ORBit get distributed with and how does it affect me?
Why doesn't ORBit compile with my cc compiler ?
What is a language binding?
What language bindings does ORBit provide?
Does ORBit have DII and DSI?
Does ORBit provide a naming service?
Can you encrypt a CORBA connection?

Common Coding Problems

LD_LIBRARY_PATH not defined
IOR strings with newlines
Activating POAManager before servants can handle requests

Installing ORBit

Installing from RPMS
Installing from Source
Getting the examples to run
Known platforms where ORBit works

CORBA concepts

Quick tour of a working client/server

Definition of the object - the IDL
Identifying the Object
Calling the method
Moving the call across the network
Returning the answer
Continue

First CORBA Programs

Examples introduction

Files at a glance

Echo client and server

Echo client
Echo Server
Compiling and Running the Server and the Client

Calculator Client Server

Calculator Client
Calculator Server
Compiling and Running the Server and the Client

Account Client and Server

Account Client
Account Server
Compiling the Server and the Client

How to do garbage collection under CORBA

The question
Difference between the client and the server
Server-side deactivation
Why is this an issue?

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