[omniORB] Finding methods in objects

[Duncan Grisby]

On Monday 29 November, Stefan Seefeld wrote:

> Hmm, this is probably more a design problem but wouldn't a trader
> solve the problem too ? You'd then not query for a method name but
> for a whole interface.

Yes, a trader would be possible as well.

>    However, the idea of querying for a method,
> not an interface makes me a bit nervous. What does it mean if a
> given interface says 'yes, I have a method 'foo'' ? There is no
> guarantee that it does what you think it should do. If you query for
> a given interface you don't take the individual methods out of their
> context.

This is a large part of the reason that omniORB doesn't have an
interface repository. The majority of non-browsing uses of an IfR have
to constrain the situation so much that it would be far easier to do
the same thing with a specific-purpose interface.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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