[omniORB] POA/BOA IOR compatibility

[Duncan Grisby]

On Tuesday 9 January, Peter Rapier wrote:

> We are hearing that clients created with POA based ORB's are having problems
> understanding a persistent IOR we create on our omniORB 2.6 - based server.
> It is my understanding that clients should be able to talk to our BOA based
> orb regardless of their ORB's object adapter and that IOR's have a specified
> format.  Why would there be a problem with one ORB parsing or otherwise
> understanding anothers ORB's IOR?  Any info that can be shared with me on
> this topic would be greatly appreciated.

There should be no problem with using an IOR from any ORB with any
version of omniORB. POAs and BOAs don't come into it. What error are
you getting?

Cheers,

Duncan.

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