[omniORB] ORB and POA reinitialization question [Repost]

[Vinaya Kavathekar]

>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Vinaya Kavathekar  
> Sent:	Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:10 PM
> To:	omniorb-list@realvnc.com
> Subject:	ORB and POA reinitialization question.
> 
> 
> I have a client that must intermittently change servers (connect to system
> A instead of B) upon user request. The easiest way for me to achieve this
> behavior - since it isn't necessary for the client to maintain previous
> state - is to clean up all prior objects and start over as if from the
> start. [The servers use omniINSPOA and persistent object references.] 
> 
> While changing systems, I issue an orb->shutdown() to clean-up the clients
> current state and then the reinitialization goes through the same process
> as startup. 
> 
>     ORB_init(argCount, argArr, "omniORB3");
>     CORBA::Object_var poa_obj =
> orb->resolve_initial_references("RootPOA");
>     poa = PortableServer::POA::_narrow(poa_obj);
>     CORBA::release(poa);
>     PortableServer::POAManager_var pman = poa->the_POAManager();
>     pman->activate();
> 
> The init call succeeds (after changing orb->destroy() to orb->shutdown(),
> which makes sense) but the call to resolve_initial_references fails with a
> BAD_INV_ORDER.  
> 
> Question:
>  Is it impossible to reinitialize a POA, as the following message
> suggests? If so, how can I achieve the desired effect?
>  http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/omniorb-list/2000-January/004074.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Vinaya