[omniORB] Re: Connection Handler

[Gary D. Duzan]

   Well, strictly speaking you can't do GIOP over a connectionless
transport since it is inherently connection-oriented, but not all
CORBA communication has to be GIOP-based.

					Gary Duzan
					GTE Laboratories



In Message <001601be39db$2e073d40$0500000a@cc702523-a.hwrd1.md.home.com> ,
   "Doug Anderson" <doug@clark.net> wrote:

=>Hi,
=>
=>Sai Lai wrote:
=>>Unlike other ORBs, there is no way to insert a handler into omniORB2 to get
=>>a callback when a connection is made or when it is broken. It is my opinion
=>>that using the status of network connections to detect client failure is
=>>a poor way of doing the job and does not fit in very well with the CORBA
=>>framework. It is the job of the ORB to decide when is the best time to
=>>establish a connection and how many connections are necessary to
=>communicate
=>>with the server.
=>
=>Not to mention the fact that this would not work well in a connection-LESS
=>GIOP implementation, ala IIOP over UDP??  (if and when such a beast
=>becomes commonplace!)
=>
=>Doug
=>
=>
=>