[omniORB] CORBA::Object::_non_existent()??? - does not follow spec.

Mon Sep 30 19:05:01 2002

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That's great news. omniORB is the best !!!

Regards,
Marzenna.

-----Original Message-----
From: Duncan Grisby [mailto:duncan@grisby.org]
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:40 AM
To: Kruczkowski, Marzenna
Cc: Omniorb-mail-List (E-mail)
Subject: Re: [omniORB] CORBA::Object::_non_existent()??? - does not follow
spec. 

On Friday 27 September, "Kruczkowski, Marzenna" wrote:

[...H&V...]
> "Some ORBs incorrectly raise COMM_FAILURE instead of TRANSIENT if they
> cannot establish a connection to the server. If this is the case for your
> ORB, you should put pressure on the vendor to fix it."

The vendor has fixed it. omniORB 4.0 throws TRANSIENT if the server
cannot be contacted.

H&V are rather harsh -- it wasn't until CORBA 2.3 or 2.4 that the spec
was updated to require these semantics, so older ORBs are not
incorrect to use COMM_FAILURE, just out of date.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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That's great news. omniORB is the best !!!

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Regards,</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Marzenna.</FONT>
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-----Original Message-----
 From: Duncan Grisby [<A HREF="mailto:duncan@grisby.org">mailto:duncan@grisby.org</A>]
 Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 11:40 AM
 To: Kruczkowski, Marzenna
 Cc: Omniorb-mail-List (E-mail)
 Subject: Re: [omniORB] CORBA::Object::_non_existent()??? - does not follow spec.

<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Friday 27 September, &quot;Kruczkowski, Marzenna&quot; wrote:</FONT>
</P>

[...H&amp;V...]
 &gt; &quot;Some ORBs incorrectly raise COMM_FAILURE instead of TRANSIENT if they
 &gt; cannot establish a connection to the server. If this is the case for your
 &gt; ORB, you should put pressure on the vendor to fix it.&quot;

The vendor has fixed it. omniORB 4.0 throws TRANSIENT if the server
 cannot be contacted.

<P><FONT SIZE=2>H&amp;V are rather harsh -- it wasn't until CORBA 2.3 or 2.4 that the spec</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>was updated to require these semantics, so older ORBs are not</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>incorrect to use COMM_FAILURE, just out of date.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Cheers,</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>Duncan.</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=2>--</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;-- Duncan Grisby&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp; -- duncan@grisby.org&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; --</FONT>
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