[omniORB] problems with exceptions and anys

[Huw Rogers]

This works (and should work on all ORBs AFAIK):

const char *exceptionName(const CORBA::Exception &e)
{
  CORBA::Any a;

  a <<= e;

  CORBA::TypeCode_var tc = a.type();

  return(tc->name());
}

	-Huw

Duncan Grisby wrote:
> 
> On Sunday 19 August, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> 
> > I have a user exception that I catch in a client and want to report
> > with a simple '<<' operator. OmniORB complains about
> >
> > 'Error: function to insert the user exception into an Any is not available'
> 
> The root of the problem is that omniORB doesn't define stream <<
> operators for exceptions, so what you're trying to do isn't valid. I
> don't know why you're getting messages about Any -- I guess the
> compiler is very confused and has generated code to do with Anys
> rather than giving an error.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Duncan.
> 
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