[omniORB] omniORBpy: setClientCallTimeout not working

[Kristóf Stróbl]

Hi,

We are experiencing problems with omniORB.setClientCallTimeout(objref, millisec) method invocation. 

If we set the global client timeout (omniORB.setClientCallTimeout(millisec)) a method call lasting over the set timeout will be interrupted. If we set only the timeout for the object using the omniORB.setClientCallTimeout(objref, millisec), the method call will not be interrupted even if it lasts longer then the set timeout.

What are we doing wrong (we are using: omniORB 4.0.5, omniORBpy 2.5., RedHat Advanced Server 3.0)?

A sample client/server Python application:

foo.idl
-------

interface Foo
{
   void FooMethod(in string param1, in string param2);
};


idlgen.sh
---------

#! /usr/bin/env sh

omniidl -bpython -Wbpackage=idl -Wbglobal=FOOidl *.idl


server.py
---------

#! /usr/bin/env python

import time


from idl import FOOidl
from idl import FOOidl__POA

from omniORB import CORBA, PortableServer


class Servant(FOOidl__POA.Foo):
    def FooMethod(self, param1, param2):
        time.sleep(5)
        print param1, param2

commandLineArguments = ['', '-ORBendPoint', "giop:tcp:localhost:55555"]
orb = CORBA.ORB_init(commandLineArguments, CORBA.ORB_ID)
poa = orb.resolve_initial_references("omniINSPOA")

servant = Servant()
poa.activate_object_with_id("FooObject", servant)

poaManager = poa._get_the_POAManager()
poaManager.activate()

orb.run()



client.py
---------

#! /usr/bin/env python

import time

from idl import FOOidl
from idl import FOOidl__POA

import omniORB
from omniORB import CORBA

orb = CORBA.ORB_init([], CORBA.ORB_ID)
obj = orb.string_to_object("corbaloc:iiop:localhost:55555/FooObject")

#omniORB.setClientCallTimeout(1000)
FooObject = obj._narrow(FOOidl.Foo)
omniORB.setClientCallTimeout(obj, 1000)

counter = 0
while True:
    print time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), "Before CORBA call", counter
    try:
        FooObject.FooMethod("param1", "param2")
    except:
        print time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), "EXCEPTION!!!"
        raise
    print time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"), "After CORBA call"
    time.sleep(1)
    counter += 1

Thanks,
Kristof