Re: [boost] CORBA iimplementation for Boost interest?

From: Bjørn Roald (bjorn_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-23 16:01:03

Jonathan Biggar wrote:
> Bjørn Roald wrote:
>   
>>> I'll make it available once I have it building with boost build.
>>>   
>>>       
>> Great! 
>> Have you done any testing of IIOP compliance and C++ mapping 
>> compliance.  Maybe I can help with some of that testing if it is needed. 
>>     
>
> I've done some interoperability testing with TAO and JacORB, so I don't 
> expect too many problems.
>   

Sounds good for now. I am looking forward to have a look.    

>> What revisions of the CORBA standards are the target for your ORB? 
>>     
>
> It's pretty close to clean CORBA 2.5.  I've got a handful of things to 
> doublecheck or fix for CORBA 2.6 compliance.
>   

Great, I don't really know, but I think the CORBA 3 specs are mostly 
about the CCM additions.  So I guess that 2.6 is mostly the same as 3.0 
for what I think you will you provide.

>> Do you implement IR and DII ? 
>>     
>
> I implement the full DII and DSI, but I haven't written an IR yet.  My 
> plan for an IR is to implement another IDL compiler backend that outputs 
> data files that can be bulk imported into the IR.
>   

An IR that can load quickly is always nice.

>  > I ask because I have special interest in
>   
>> those.  We have worked around missing IR and DII in other ORBs, but it 
>> would be nice if it was directly supported.
>>
>> Do you plan any support for the QoS provisions and RT CORBA?
>>     
>
> I support the Messaging QoS policies, but nothing from RT yet.  I don't 
> intent to promote this as an RT ORB, but there are still features of the 
> RT spec that are useful for a "normal" ORB (thread pools, priorities, etc)

Ok.  I guess some of this can and will come along with time if it is 
accepted in boost.

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Bjørn