[omniORB] Specification of IDL for communication

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Hi.

I am creating a communication application using the structuredescribed
in IDL language.
And, omniORB was also used for development of this application.

Currently, there is communication application working well.
And I'd like also to communicate with the application that I am going
to create newly.
At this time, the difference between the application currently working
and the new is that data type of one in the member of the structure is
different, but each other's size is the same.
(This structure is used as a parameter of the remote function.)

The reason that changed data type in new application is because it
wanted to increase the information that can be the structure has.

Would this communication be guaranteed in this case?
(Can this new application communicate with old application ?)


Specifically, I am trying to communicate in a structure as follows.

//Currently working
struct structureA {
        string     name_;
        boolean    jugement_;
        boolean    reserved_;  *1 *2
};

//Newly creating
struct structureA {
        string     name_;
        boolean    jugement_;
        octet        newValiable_;  *2
};

*1 In this structure, 'reserved_' is not used yet.
*2 This is used between the new things, but it isn't used by the thing
currently working.


Any advise is very appreciated.
Thanx.

K.Kamihata.
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YDC Corporation.
name: Katsuhito Kamihata
mail:  katsuhito_kamihata at ydc.co.jp
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